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My kind of bank
Timbuktu Chronicles, a “view of Africa and Africans with a focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, practical remedies and other self sustaining activities” by Emeka Okafor, takes note of Community Seed Banks with links to fuller reports..
Scary global warming animation
Quicktime animation of glogal warming via Will Shetterly.
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The Mystery of Consciousness
Great article in Time about “The Mystery of Consciousness “: Some mavericks, like the mathematician Roger Penrose, suggest the answer might someday be found in quantum mechanics. But to my ear, this amounts to the feeling that quantum mechanics sure … Continue reading
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Wolf Moon
In honor of tonight’s Wolf Moon, Astronomy Picture of the Day has posted a montage of twenty full moons. Be sure to click through to the twenty frame movie.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
A truly amazing photo on Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 21. (You can see previous days’ photos if you follow the link after today.)
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Brian Greene. A brilliant, understandable attempt to describe current physical theories on the nature of reality. Not easy going, but all the same it’s meant for lay readers, not physicists. Literally thrilling–especially the initial description of relativity. I felt like … Continue reading
Grasshopper Dreaming: Reflections on Killing and Loving
By Jeffrey A. Lockwood. What a fantastic little book of essays from a Unitarian Universalist professor of entomology at the University of Wyoming. In “Confession of a Deserter” Lockwood addresses the scientific hegemony on defining truth and argues: I would … Continue reading
Thanks for that solar flare
See the animated gifs towards the bottom of this page: Spaceweather.com: October 2003 Aurora Gallery If this isn’t just too cool, I don’t know what is. I’m hoping we’ll see some Northern Lights here in Boston tonight.
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Mars
Last night I went to the Museum of Science with my friends Paul and Alanna, who have a telescope that they set up on the roof. Thousands of people were there in lines for the observatory and for the other … Continue reading
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