Tail-assisted pitch control in lizards, robots and dinosaurs : Nature
Weird science by perturbing lizards in mid-flight
Posted 1 year ago
Neural Grooving
my conscience. add science. a pinch of freedom. roast in oven for 45 mins, then cool.
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…educational television had a dramatic effect on relational aggression. The more the kids watched, the crueler they’d be to their classmates. This correlation was 2.5 times higher than the correlation between violent media and physical aggression.
Essentially, Ostrov had just found that Arthur is more dangerous for children than Power Rangers.
"— Bronson & Merryman, NurtureShock
Posted 1 year agoNurtureShock
by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
Excellent book of recent child psychology and neuroscience research that busts myths about modern parenting including praise, sleep, lying, sibling rivalry…. and NOT written as a self-help book. Think of Barbara Coloroso’s (Kid’s Are Worth It!) philosophy written with the scientific punch of Steven Levitt (Freakonomics) or Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point).
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Japan Geigermap: At-a-glance
Crowdsourcing real-time radiation feeds from government, concerned citizens, and hackers all over Japan.
Posted 1 year agoShapeways
Finally! Affordable custom 3D model production in stainless steel, plastic, or glass. Upload and it’s at your door in 10 days.
Posted 2 years ago
"Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame."
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame."
— September 1, 1939, WH Auden
Posted 2 years ago