August 2012
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“Kids don’t stop asking questions because they lose interest. It’s the other way...”
– For Maria Montessori’s birthday today, Superwoman Was Already Here – an animated homage to the iconic educator’s philosophy. (via explore-blog)
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On the Consciousness of Animals . . .
Last month in Cambridge, several of the world’s experts in the biology, philosophy and psychology of consciousness gathered. Where does it originate and manifest itself? What is the biology behind it? What, in the animal kingdom (or beyond) possesses it? Simply what … IS it?
The conversations happening in those halls were likely some of the most intelligent happening on Earth at that...
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“There’s a rare ‘blue moon’ on Friday, a fitting wink to Neil Armstrong by the...”
– ‘Blue moon’ on same day as Neil Armstrong service
A touching, if coincidental, tribute.
But as Neil pointed out the other day: Blue moons are not rare. They happen more frequently than Presidential elections.
And yes, I did just refer to Dr. Tyson as Neil. We’re tight like that...
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What Happens to Aquatic Mammals When Hurricanes...
Got this question on Twitter this morning, so I threw together this ecology lesson. Isaac made its second landfall early this morning, flooding the Gulf coast with torrential rain and storm surge. So what happens to aquatic mammals like dolphins, whales and manatees? And wildlife in general?
Hurricanes don’t produce much lightning, but maybe you’d like to revisit my look at what...
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The Neuroscience of Twenty-Somethings →
Ferris Jabr takes a cue from Lena Dunham’s Girls and dissects current research on the biological maturity of the twenty-something brain. That age is a period of intense flux in the Western world, with jobs, relationships, emotions and stability all in limbo … is there neuroscience to explain any of it?
“To reflect the ongoing structural changes in the adolescent and...
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“The moon, it turns out, is a great place for men. One-sixth gravity must be a...”
– E. B. White, July 26, 1969
Truth.
(via explore-blog)
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WatchThe Sky is NOT the Limit
X Prize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis drops some inspiring words on ya about how space inspired him to create inspiration in others.
“I want my kids to grow up in a world of hope where they know they can go out there and solve the world’s grand challenges.”
Yep. Like he said … you win.
(via Doobybrain)
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keeplivingon asked: You and your blog rock. So much.
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There are 10 million trillion microbes on the... →
… according to the newest estimates just released by German biologists.
Based on the mass of a single E. coli bacterium being about 665 femtograms, that means that the ocean floor contains about 0.2 exagrams of microbial biomass, or somewhere in the neighborhood of 600,000 Empire State Buildings.
Oh, and that’s less than 10% of the previous estimates. We were WAYYYYYY off! More at...
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