Scientists Engineer Human Cells to Have the Camouflage Ability of Squids
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Coloring Outside the Lines
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023 on April 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
More Mars
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, maps, Mars, science on April 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Fun With Caffeine
Posted in Food and..., Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, science, Thoughts on April 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Today in random things you will never need to know but are oddly fascinating anyway:
Caffenol: A Guide to Developing B&W Film with Coffee | PetaPixel
I used to develop my own film (you know, kids, that thing we had before digital pictures). I also used to drink coffee.
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Going Up!
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Thoughts on April 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
This Map Is Wrong
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, maps, Thoughts on April 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Maps Distort How We See the World – by Tomas Pueyo
Maps twist our perception of the world.
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Nope. Nope Nope Nope.
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on April 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »
AI re-creates what people see by reading their brain scans | Science | AAAS
A new artificial intelligence system can reconstruct images a person saw based on their brain activity.
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What May Be
Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, climate change, science, Thoughts, writing on April 11, 2023| 2 Comments »
What will the world look, feel and sound like by 2100? For those of us who imagine possible futures, the graphics in this article may be helpful.
Climate change is forcing map makers to redraw the world
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A Bold Mission
Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, 25% Canadian, Artemis, free fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, NASA, science, space exploration, Thoughts, Writers on April 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
NASA recently released the Artemis II roster for the next crewed lunar mission. As one article put it, “this is not your grandfather’s moon mission” and that’s a good thing. The crew is 25% female, 25% African American, and even (gasp!) 25% Canadian! (Think you too have what it takes? Here’s a link to get started: Astronaut Selection Program | NASA. Good luck!)
Why go to space? There are a lot of potential answers. Given the complex, diverse and fascinating future of exploration, here’s a collection of stories and essays that address this very question.
Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures from ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination
Stories by: Madeline Ashby, Steven Barnes, Eileen Gunn, Ramez Naam, Carter Scholz, Karl Schroeder, Vandana Singh
Essays by: Jim Bell, Lawrence Dritsas, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Emma Frow, Roland Lehoucq, Andrew D. Maynard, Clark A. Miller, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Steve Ruff, William K. Storey, Sara Imari Walker, G. Pascal Zachary
Interview with: Kim Stanley Robinson
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Our Ancestors’ Dreams
Posted in Favorites, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, innovation, inspiration, technology, Thoughts on April 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »
A century ago gasoline-powered cars really came into their own. (In 1920, if memory serves, Ford sold a million Model Ts for the first time.) Now, a hundred or so years after that milestone, we’re living in the midst of another significant change.
Mr Man and I were discussing electric vehicles today. As an example, in the space of a block we spotted half a dozen Teslas. Regardless of what one thinks about the company (or its owner’s shenanigans), it has been a pioneer and visible symbol of the shift from fossil fuels to electrification. Despite decades of resistance from established interests, that change is now happening at a rapid pace.
That also got me thinking about the speed of technological change over humanity’s history, which brings me to this article.
Technology over the long run: See how dramatically the world can change within a lifetime
…we live in a time of extraordinarily fast technological change. For recent generations, it was common for technologies that were unimaginable in their youth to become common later in life.
The graphic captures this well.
It makes me think of my grandparents, born around the time of that Model T milestone. They lived to see the moon missions, internet and cell phones.
It’s been said before but it bears repeating. We’re living our ancestors’ dreams. Let’s make them good ones.
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You’re a Rockstar
Posted in Likes, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, innovation, inspiration, problem solving, Thoughts on March 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Most mornings I stop by the MIT homepage to see what new projects are in the works. Today I was particularly struck by the sense that these folks are freaking rockstars.
Designing a flexible graphene supercapacitor for solar energy storage?
Rockstars.
Researching cell-based treatment for Type 1 diabetes?
Rockstar.
Advising the White House on space policy?
Rockstar.
Reducing concrete emissions, making affordable air quality sensors, supporting collaborative action, and addressing disparities in health care?
Rockstars all.
As someone who imagines the future, I love to see it being built.
And it’s not just MIT, of course. The world is full of creative innovators at all levels, from cutting-edge research to finding solutions to everyday issues. Scientists or not, that’s kind of humanity’s thing.
Take a moment to remember a time when you identified a problem and worked to fix it. Have you ever soaped a sticky drawer, had a stoplight installed at a dangerous intersection, added pollinator-friendly plants to your garden, or tackled any of the many (many) problems we face every day?
Then you’re a rockstar too.
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