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Category Archives: Biospheric

Don’t try this at home

I’ve had this page open in a browser tab for about a week. Can’t seem to let it go, so here it is. I’ve understood for years that people should not under any circumstances go anywhere near polar bears, and … more…

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Maggoty

Maggots? In the Daily Telegraph? This is a bluebottle maggot. For a price, this guy and his friends will chew — therapeutically, mind you — on your ulcerated parts. Second thought: a daily stream of this kind of thing would … more…

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Marcus Coates’ Dawn Chorus

YouTube – from DAWN CHORUS by Marcus Coates I expect that this will be all over the place in the wake of Jarvis Cocker’s show from Port Eliot at the weekend. If it isn’t, it ought to be. Coates, with … more…

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Abiogenesis

YouTube – The Origin of Life – Abiogenesis – Dr. Jack Szostak How stable, self-replicating structures might develop, entirely through chemical processes. (via Slashdot thread)

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links for 2010-03-15: Red Squirrels

POV – Nutkin's Last Stand | PBS Eccentric northerners on a mission to keep the Greys at bay. Weird racist undertones. (via @bengoldacre) (tags: squirrels documentary PBS environment)

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links for 2009-12-17: TV-as-art, Copenhagen fudgerama

Emily Nussbaum on When TV Became Art – The 00's Issue — New York Magazine Whatever else the '00s might or might not have going for them, it was beyond serious doubt the most amazing time for (some) television. Odd, … more…

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Mouse in VR Maze

YouTube – Mouse in VR Maze (via Neurophilosphy, from amongst Mac Tonnies‘ last few tweets)

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Sydney dust storm

View from Rookwood cemetery, Lidcombe, Sydney Photograph: Sach Killam A pick from the Guardian’s pick of Sydney dust storm pictures. Nothing really to add, just wanted to fix this event in place on the blog… (via Sydney dust storm: your … more…

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buggy

flight patterns from Charlie McCarthy Most ingenious time-lapse photography of insects doing what insects do around streetlamps.

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The Evolution of House Cats

Pretty interesting piece on The Evolution of House Cats at Scientific American, in which we discover that most of the varieties and breeds of contemporary cat are no more genetically different than, in the example given, French and Italian people; … more…

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