| Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur? By SETH BORENSTEIN 2010-09-08T18:26:59ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising.... hosted.ap.org |
Personal Health: Parents, Relax. Don’t Keep Them From School. It’s Just Lice. Besides a sometimes itchy scalp from an allergic reaction to their saliva, scientists say, lice cause no physical distress and transmit no diseases. feeds.nytimes.com |
Video: Manchester University scientists celebrate Nobel physics prize Andre Geim calls award 'life-changing' after he and Konstantin Novoselov won for their creation of graphene using a block of carbon and some sticky tape guardian.co.uk |
Nature by Numbers Mathematics helps us discover nature: A stunning movie inspired by numbers, geometry and nature, by Crist坦bal VilaIn this beautiful video, "Nature by Numbers," filmmaker Cristobal Vila presents a series of animations illustrating various mathematic principles, beginning with a breathtaking animation of the Fibonacci Sequence before moving on to the Golden Ratio, the Angle Ratio, the Delaunay Triangulation and Voronoi Tessellations. The words are scary-sounding, but the math is beautiful and the film serves to remind us of the intimate relationship between nature and math. Music, "Often a Bird," by Belgian composer Wim Mertens [Download this piece from iTunes]. This movie was inspired by numbers, geometry and nature. You can learn more about the videographer, Crist坦bal Vila, at etereaestudios. That website has more information about the film, including a fascinating step-by-step explanation of the theory behind the film (English is side-by-side con Espa単ol), along with stills, screenshots, tutorials and workshops.GrrlScientistguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Summit agrees tiger recovery plan Governments of 13 countries where tigers still live have endorsed a plan to save the big cats from extinction. bbc.co.uk |