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A Rubik’s cube solving machine. I can’t get the gif to upload here so here’s a link.
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What 7th graders think of scientists (and how they look) before and after they meet in person:
I think of a scientist as very dedicated to his work. He is kind of crazy, talking always quickly. He constantly is getting new ideas. He is always asking questions and can be annoying. He listens to others’ ideas and questions them. - Amy
Click thru to see before and after drawings.
H/T Dr. SunWolf & Annie Murphy Paul
I like the description, but it’s important for kids (and adults) to know that scientists are normal people (ok, maybe a bit more awesome than than the average bear).
The truth is that we all do science to some extent in our lives (“I wonder what does that button does? Hmm..” - Science!) and we can all be “scientists”.
So keep getting new ideas, keep asking questions, and rock on scientists!
(P.s. See a related post by ScienceNote here.)
Not gonna lie, this is exactly how I pictured scientists as a kid. And exactly what I wanted to be.
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Ten years ago today - a trip to the Korean folk village near Suwon, Korea.
27th January 2002
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shooting at random: I had an amusing and slightly disturbing encounter last time I entered Japan. →
The Customs official, after going through my suitcase meticulously, even opening my tube of…
At the same time my wallet went missing and an erupting volcano was burying my apartment in 50cm of ash.
Yes, my few paragraphs were only the beginning of the tale.
Let’s see how the next chapter goes this year eh?
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Seriously - I would like these pictures so much more if the woman was not in them. I have never liked model photography. Nature is better without people in it. Especially posed people.
Here are some lovely photos from Amanda White’s latest series, which she shot in the Hoh Rainforest!
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A drawer-full of 35mm cameras.
Clockwise from top left : Olympus OM2 with Vivitar 28/2.5, Minolta 7a, Olympus 35 Trip, Leica IIIf, Minolta SRT202, Nikomat FTn, Pentax K1000.
Shot with Hipstamatic “Disposable” App on iPhone 4
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I had an amusing and slightly disturbing encounter last time I entered Japan.
It was at Fukuoka, getting off the ferry from Busan, South Korea. I was the only non-Asian on the boat except for an overweight American woman who seemed to be traveling with a mountain sized sumo.
The Customs official, after going through my suitcase meticulously, even opening my tube of toothpaste and looking incredulously at the rolls of film I was carrying, (Why you use film?”. “To take photos.”), asked me to take off my jacket. He then turned out the pockets and found a small seed of something. It had been there for ages and was nothing in particular.
He then proceeded to dismantle my suitcase, taking out the liner, checking everything again. Checking all my pockets. Turning out my wallet and examining the lining with a magnifying glass.
Then he asked me - “You are from Australia. Do you know Nimbin?”
Me - “Yes”
Him - “Have you been to Nimbin?”
Me - “Yes”
Him - “When did you go to Nimbin?”
Me - “On the 24th of October 1986.”
Him “How long did you stay?”
Me - “47 minutes.”
Him (still not batting an eyelid) - “Did you buy marijuana?”
Me - “No”
Him - “Do you like marijuana?”
Me - “No”
Him (leaning over and prodding me in the belly) - “Do you like beer?”
Me - “I think you are getting a bit too friendly now. But, yes, I like beer.”
He then became very friendly and spoke about Japanese beer. He recommended I try Yebisu beer and lamented that I was traveling on from Fukuoka almost immediately and would be unable to have a drink with him. As if I would…
He kept me more than 30 minutes. The area which had been packed with people arriving, was now empty. I went out and found my friend Bill waiting for me. He had been wondering here I was.
No-one else had been delayed or searched.
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“Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun will shine upon the key-hole.”
No that’s not what it says. It says “Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast. Th.Th. (Thorin Son of Thrain)” . I’ve been reading runes of all sorts since the 60’s.
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Interesting. I think I might make some orders. I need to stock up on T-Max 8x10 sheets.
With the looming price increase, a 25% jump on all Kodak products, there were several people in Yodobashi Camera tonight stocking up now to save money later. I chatted with Shinya Arimoto about this earlier in the day- he suggested to offset the increase by shooting 25% less- instead of taking four shots of something only take three. He laughed and said that this is probably impossible though. Arimoto shoots a lot of Kodak film (T-Max) and like me uses Kodak HC-110 to develop his negs. Unlike me however, he orders his 20 bottles at a time.)
Keep in mind the people in the image above are not ”hoarding” out of fear that all Kodak films will disappear tomorrow. Kodak says that their film business is profitable. Let’s hope it stays that way.
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Fascinating photos of Korea during the Korean war.
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The Olm, the Bliond cave Salamander That Lives to 100 Years
by Ed Yong
In the caves of Slovenia and Croatia lives an animal that’s a cross between Peter Pan and Gollum. It’s the olm, a blind, cave-dwelling salamander, also called the proteus and the “human fish”, for its pale, pinkish skin. It has spent so long adapting to life in caves that it’s mostly blind, hunting instead with various supersenses including the ability to sense electricity. It never grows up, retaining the red, feathery gills of its larval form even when it becomes sexually mature at sweet sixteen. It stays this way for the rest of its remarkably long life, and it can live past 100.
The olm was once described as a baby dragon on account of its small, snake-like body. It’s fully aquatic, swimming with a serpentine wriggle, while foraging for insects, snails and crabs. It can’t see its prey for as it grows up, its eyes stop developing and are eventually covered by layers of skin. It’s essentially blind although its hidden eyes and even parts of its skin can still detect the presence of light. It also has an array of supersenses, including heightened smell and hearing and possibly even the ability to sense electric and magnetic fields.
(sketch of the olm in an Austrian text pub. 1768 by Josephus N. Laurenti)
The caves of Slovenia and Croatia have provided the olm with safe haven for over 20 million years, but these unchanging habitats are changing quickly. Chemical pollutants leaching into the caves and the attentions of eager black market collectors have seriously hit the olm population, and it is now vulnerable to extinction. Scientists have risen to the challenge by setting up various “cave laboratories” throughout Europe to save and study this iconic species at the same time…
(read more: Wired Science) (top images: Arne Hodalič)
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