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Throwback Thursday #19
Throwback Thursday is here once again. To start this week off, we have a mix of the Cornetto trilogy films by Edgar Wright, and it’s rather well done. If you haven’t seen any / all of those films, you’re missing out, … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Ramblings, Science, TV shows
Tagged #19, 10th Anniversary, AI, animation, Artificial Intelligence, Battlestar Galactica, BBC, Cornetto Trilogy, Edgar Wright, eyes, film, gravity, io9, maths, Mental Floss, movies, Numberphile, Pixar, science, science fiction, Slate, Space Age, technology, Throwback Thursday
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Throwback Thursday #17
It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Throwback! First up are some translucent ants eating a coloured liquid, colouring themselves in the process (Colossal). It looks pretty cool, especially the ants that create new colours by sampling several of the different liquids. From … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Ramblings, Science
Tagged 17, 2011 visualisation challenge, ants, BBC, bionic, Colossal, colour, contact lenses, io9, IOP Blog, microscope, microscopy, New Scientist, ninja, photographs, physics, salmon ladder, skin, skin cells, The Telegraph, The Terminator, Throwback Thursday, warrior, Wired
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Throwback Thursday #13 – Maps
From the stars of last week’s Throwback Thursday, to the geography of Earth, and the many maps that can explain it. Maps are fascinating. No, really, they are. And some maps are more fascinating than others. Join me as we … Continue reading
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Tagged #13, 12 data maps that sum up London, 40 maps that explain the world, 40 more maps that explain the world, Africa, BBC, China, compromise projection, Gall-Peters projection, India, interactive maps, io9, London, map, map projections, MapCrunch, maps, Mercator projection, migration, NPR, population, Quartz, random Google Street View, The Washington Post, The West Wing, Throwback Thursday, true size of Africa, UK, world maps, world population
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67 Science Fiction And Fantasy Movies To Watch Out For In 2015
I’m a big fan of science fiction and fantasy films (in case you hadn’t already figured that out…), and this year looks set to be a good one. io9 have compiled a list of 67 science fiction and fantasy films … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Chappie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2: The Green Legend, Ex Machina, Fantastic Four, fantasy, film, films, io9, Jupiter Ascending, Jurassic World, Marvel, release dates, science fiction, Spectre, Star Wars, Star Wars episode VII, The Force Awakens
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Wanderers
“Wanderers is a vision of humanity’s expansion into the Solar System, based on scientific ideas and concepts of what our future in space might look like, if it ever happens. The locations depicted in the film are digital recreations of … Continue reading
Posted in Films, Science
Tagged Carl Sagan, comet, Erik Wernquist, exploration, io9, Jupiter, Mars, Mika McKinnon, Moon, Phil Plait, planets, Saturn, Slate, solar system, space, Wanderers
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10 Misunderstood Scientific Terms
There are several words in the scientific language that have a different meaning when scientists use them compared to what other people perceive them to mean. Over at io9, they have a list of 10 scientific ideas that scientists wish … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, gene, geologic timescale, innate, io9, learned, misunderstood, natural, organic, proof, quantum uncertainty, quantum weirdness, science, scientific, scientific language, scientists, statistically significant, survival of the fittest, terms, theory, words
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Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks
Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements in human history, eradicating many diseases (such as smallpox) and greatly extending and improving human life. Unfortunately, many vaccine-preventable outbreaks (iO9) are making a comeback, due to anti-vaxxer propaganda and scaremongering. The Council on Foreign … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-vaxxer, CFR, Council on Foreign Relations, disease, diseases, Forbes, herd immunity, immune system, immunity, interactive maps, io9, life, map, measles, mumps, outbreaks, polio, preventable, protection, rubella, smallpox, vaccination, vaccine, vaccines, whooping cough, world
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