German artist, Andre Baran has created a stunning animation based on the idea: “What complexity fits in a Sphere?” |
Andre writes:
The theme of this study is the mechanical transformation, a change of the form. The 5 items that have arisen here, fall back in form and process of change on analogies from nature. A sphere, the simplest geometric shape that we know, serves as a starting form.
It was made in CAD Software (SolidWorks and Rhino) an than imported in Blender for mapping, lightning and animation.
Read more at www.blendernation.com |
Sir David Attenborough’s newest plan was given the green light this week which will see a beer garden become converted into a safe haven for plants and animals.
The beer garden is from the now derelict Hole in the Wall pub’s outdoor space located on Park Road, Richmond. |
| Attenborough purchased the pub last year and submitted plans in December to extend space between his home and the pub to create an outdoor wildlife space that will have a ‘bog garden,’ glasshouse, and orchard. |
| The proposal was met with four objections but overall the area residents were pleased with the idea of the proposal and wrote into the council pledging their support. |
Attenborough’s next door neighbour, David McGrath, stated that the community is happy that with the loss of the green land on the other side of the road the new wildlife green space will help restore balance to the area. Read more at www.wildlife-gardening.org.uk |
I have vaguely been following this story's unfolding for a number of years. URL: news.nationalgeographic.com
It was a tough egg to crack, but scientists have finally explained why some chickens are born half male and half female. |
The bodies of these hen-rooster hybrids, or gynandromorphs, have a mixture of genetically male and female cells, the research reveals. |
Only about 1 in 10,000 chickens are born as gynandromorphs, which have male features—such as a rooster’s comb and a defensive leg spur—on one side of their bodies and dainty, henlike features on the other. |
| To test this theory, Michael Clinton of the University of Edinburgh and his team analyzed cells from three gynandromorph chickens. |
To their surprise, the team found that the chickens’ cells were normal. What was strange, however, was that male cells made up one half of the body, and female cells composed the other half. |
There is video footage at the source site. National Geographic Traveler contributor Andrew Evans recently spotted and filmed an all-black king penguin—a very rare mutant—on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. |
This all black-feathered king penguin could be ‘one in a zillion.’ |
The video was recorded on the Sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia by National Geographic Traveler Magazine contributor editor Andrew Evans on his bus2Antarctica expedition. |
While many king penguins and other penguins can have feather-coloring mutations, usually, the variations are partial. |
Dr. Allan Baker, an ornithologist and head of the Department of Natural History at the Royal Ontario Museum, called the discovery of the ‘all-black’ king penguin “astonishing.” He jokingly said ”it’s a one in a zillion kind of mutation,” and scientifically calls it ‘very rare.’ Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com |
I was heartened to find this, as people have been speaking about this for over 20 years and very few have listened and heeded their insight. I just wonder whether we will ever see a day when humans on this planet choose to learn throug... more I was heartened to find this, as people have been speaking about this for over 20 years and very few have listened and heeded their insight. I just wonder whether we will ever see a day when humans on this planet choose to learn through opportunity, rather than necessity. The current situation to me is one of necessity = learning through suffering rather than learning through opportunity, intuition, wisdom.
A final note my thoughts on abortion. When I look at death, we say a person is dead when they breathe their last breath. So, more than just intellectually, it makes sense to me, that a fetus can only be considered truly alive when it takes its first independent breath outside of its mother's womb.
Before that, it is the mother's breath & nutrients that are simply helping the physical form to develop. So besides the huge guilt trips via religion et al, I do not see anything wrong with abortion, because the baby is not actually breathing its own breath, it is a bit like a parasite within the womb of its mother. URL: www.worldpopulationbalance.org
There are more videos at the source. If you are in to adventure, or want to follow blow by blow, a real life scientific adventure, then this is for you. Secret Island TV. |
We mounted an expedition to Lampi Island 25 miles of the Myanmar (Burma) coast. 100 square miles of unexplored and uninhabited forest teaming with wildlife, but ruled by a heard of killer elephants. The local sea gypsies say the bull has killed at least 15 people. |
This Before It’s Too Late expedition saw a group of international and Myanmar scientists and conservationists begin the first of what was hoped to be a number of scientific expeditions to the island. |
Their mission to begin a scientific survey of the island by documenting species. Also to track down the herd of elephants and study them if possible. |
But you know what they say about the ‘best laid plans of mice and …….. |
I wonder why these sorts of things are implemented more globally? ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2010) — Three thousand five hundred, 20- to 24-year-old women from Tromsø and Hamar in Norway were offered free hormonal contraception for a year. The result was that the abortion rate in the trial cities was halved. |
The project came to an end in December 2009, and the results obtained by the SINTEF Technology and Society scientists were quite clear: |
The abortion rate in the trial cities was halved, and the women involved were very happy to be given free contraception of this sort, according to the project manager, research manager Anita Øren. Read more at www.sciencedaily.com |
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What Complexity Fits in a Sphere?
