Fieldnote Friday: Visiting a Friend: Skywatch

Last friday we visited an old friend who has some land out in the country: a nice little island split up by the Genesee River. The Cosmic Perspective According complex systems, emergent properties arise as a result of changes in the web of relationships.  A tiny tug somewhere, can result in a huge shift elsewhere.  [...]

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Ancient Thursday: Feel Like a Broke Down Engine, Ain’t Got No Drive at All: Youtube

I must admit that I have nothing for you today, but out of force of habit I found myself in the New Post page.  So, like so many other wonderful websites out there, I’ll just post a video from Youtube! 

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Wildlife Wednesday: Tarsier

The tarsier is a small primate native to southeastern Asia.  This is one strange animal.  The animal’s most noticeable feature is its large eyes.  Each eye is over 1.5 centimeters in diameter at full maturity, which is the same size as the creature’s brain.  This helps them with their nocturnal activities.   If our eyes were as [...]

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Bioengineering Tuesday: Running Out of Time

Global rice production has decreased due to drought, climate change, and a dwindling amount of land available for rice paddy farming.  Many scientists now believe that using genetically modified rice is the only way to continue current levels of rice production in this new scenario.  Rice is the staple foodof approximately three billion people around [...]

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Spacey Monday: Plastic Surgery is Not an Option

The Hubble Space Telescope photographed atmospheric debris from a collision between Jupiter and an unknown object.   The resulting impact left a large gash in the clouds of Jupiter.  The object was probably the diameter of multiple football fields.  This is the best quality image of the resulting scar, meaning that Hubble’s repairs were successful.  The Cosmic Perspective We [...]

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