A student in tonight’s class brought up the story of an artist implanting an ear onto his arm (reminiscent of the ear on a Vacanti mouse). I did a bit of googling, and found his website (here). His name is Stelarc. Here’s his ear:
From the BBC:
The ear does not function, but he hopes to have […]
As Dave noted in class this evening, a study published in 1997 demonstrated that human mate choice was based partially on a protein found in human urine. Given this study is almost 15 years old, I decided to check Web of Science for any new literature on the subject. A review came up, “An initial […]
With issues of sustainability behind us, and big agro on deck for this week’s ASIC class, I thought I’d share with you the following graph of food production in the US (care of Sociological Images; click through for larger versions):
Notice the high levels of production of chickens throughout the southeast. This is a relatively new […]
From (strangely enough) the International Business Times:
The Indian government has moved to establish its own body to address and monitor science surrounding climate change, saying it “cannot rely” on the official United Nation panel.
The move is a severe blow to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following the revelation parts of its 3000 […]
This in the from VAG – the show opens this Saturday.
Leonardo da Vinci was the quintessential Renaissance man. He explored the world with an unrivalled spirit of curiosity, making discoveries centuries ahead of his time. Leonardo appears to have collaborated with the University of Pavia to participate in dissections of corpses, which in the 16th […]
“Punkin Chunkin, for Christ’s sake,” added Bunting, referring to the popular program in which contestants launch oversized pumpkins into the air using catapults. “What more do you people want?”
also:
“People liked that the particle accelerators were really huge, but apparently the show didn’t have enough smashing to hold their interest,” said a former employee who wished […]
From Copenhagen:
“The diplomatic snub was obvious and brutal, as was the practical implication: several times during the session, the world’s most powerful heads of state were forced to wait around as the Chinese delegate went off to make telephone calls to his “superiors”…
…I am certain that had the Chinese not been in the room, we […]
When the CBC asked whether the success of the climate talks [currently undergoing at Copenhagen] would depend on the ability of China and the United States to come to an agreement, I watched Kenya’s environmental minster reply, “That is bullshit.”
I think he summed up the conference quite succinctly.
Have you read Vancouver is Awesome? If not, go read it.
I’ll wait. Take your time, explore the website, check out the interviews with Dan Mangan, George Stroumboulopoulos, or Douglas Coupland. Big fan of dogs? They do dogs, they do Japadogs, and most other things that make Vancouver unique.
So please, enjoy, I’ll even go re-heat […]
