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And you can watch an amazing time-lapse video of the tornado here.
The birth of the Oklahoma tornado
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Category Archives: science
Beware the ice tsunami
Check out this slow motion tsunami of ice that recently occurred in Minnesota. Amazing.
More here.
A fourth grade “science” test
Check this out:
More details, including the reaction of the student’s father, here. Bottom line: the student will be a new school next year.
Be careful what you wish for
London housewife Barbara Carter won a “grant a wish” charity contest, and said she wanted to kiss and cuddle a lion. Wednesday night she was in a hospital in chock and with throat wounds. Mrs. Carter, forty-six, was taken to the lions’ compound of the Safari Park at Bewdley Wednesday. As she bent forward to stroke the lioness, Suki, it pounced and dragged her to the ground. Wardens later said, “We seem to have made a bad error in judgment.”
– British News Bullentin, 1976, quoted in the Spring 2013 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, which is focused on animals.
William Gibson at the NYPL
William Gibson was interviewed this week at the New York Public Library. He is a terrific science fiction writer, and is credited with the invention of the term “cyberspace.” You can listen to his talk below. (requires flash)
The Internet: A Warning from History
Check out this video, which is produced in the future year 2068:
This is from the UK humor site The Poke.
April showers bring . . .
Chicago sinkholes.
Apparently, Chicago received over 7 inches of rain in 24 hours.
The science of cats
This is a pretty informative video.
Bruce Sterling is one interesting guy
Bruce Sterling is a terrific writer and technical guru, as well as a deep thinker. He is always worth a listen. Here is his closing keynote from this year’s SXSW.
(via Boing Boing)
True facts about the dung beetle
According to Ze Frank…
(via Andrew Sullivan)
Free the chimpanzees
The United States is one of only two countries that performs medical experiments on chimpanzees. This should end entirely. More details here.
(via Andrew Sullivan)
Related articles
- A New Era – US Stops Using Chimps for Medical Research (richarddawkins.net)
Another great compilation of Chelyabinsk Meteor footage
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Holy crap! A bear!
How fast are bears? Check this out.
Urban bobcat standoff
Spontaneous human combustion
Spontaneous human combustion is on the rise. At least according to the Sequoyah County Sheriff. And this coroner in Ireland. It happens sometimes . . .
