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April 4, 2013
What if the moon was one of the other planets in the solar system? What would it look like?
Pretty freaking cool actually…
The moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
By Ron Miller, via My Modern Met.
April 3, 2013
Sound advice from Yoda (I mean @BoraZ) on breaking into science writing.
I can get from BORA to YODA in only 4 lines…
BORA
KORA (a African harp-like instrument)
KODA (common name for the tree species, Ehretia acuminata)
YODA
A coincident?!? (I think not)
If providing sound advice on science blogging and science writing had a ranking system, then Bora Zivkovic would be clearly be somewhere at the top.
Anyway, here’s a quality must read for those of you who are curious about the traditional ways, the non-traditional ways, and various degrees of meta-ways in which a person can become a “science writer.”
April 2, 2013
How you might express “meh” in mathematical notation
By Kristopher Kelly, via McSweeney’s
March 25, 2013
In which Minecraft is used to create a working neuron. #whoa
Here is a close-up of the voltage-gated Sodium Channel…
By AllUpInHyuh. See details here (click – this is very cool).
March 25, 2013
Converting Pi to a 26 base (alphabet unit) numerical code equals monkeys typing randomly on typewriters!
Whoa, this is pretty cool…
“If π is expressed in base 26, then each of its digits can be associated with a letter of the alphabet (0=A, 1=B, … 25=Z). This produces an endless string of letters:
D.DRSQLOLYRTRODNLHNQTGKUDQGTUIRXNEQBCKBSZIVQQVGDMELM …
If the digits of π are truly random, then this string “emulates the mythical army of typing monkeys spewing out random letters,” writes Mike Keith. “Among other things, this implies that any text, no matter how long, should eventually appear in the base-26 digits of π.”
By Mike Keith – more here (text found via futility closet)
March 22, 2013
Audubon’s Aviary: The Complete Flock. Amazing exhibit at the New York Historical Society #wow @nyhistory
“On display now through May 19 at the New York Historical Society is the first of three installations in Audubon’s Aviary: The Complete Flock, the society’s unprecedented exhibition of 474 paintings.”
From New York Historical Society, via Wired.
March 14, 2013
It’s Pi Day everyone! And in celebration, here is an assortment of #awesome Pi related links. #piday
It’s March 14th (or 3/14), and I figure clicking on these links should keep you occupied for at least 3.14 minutes…
Pi in the sky (or at least the first 1000 digits). #whoa
When you use Pi to create art, these are the types of incredible images you might get.
Time to ride your Picycle! #math
The “ARE YOU A DICK?” Pi recognition scale.
Lovely mnemonic for Pi involving liquor and physics.
In case you ever want to see Pi to the first one million digits.
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