December 2010
44 posts
Tardigrade (Wikipedia) →
Tardigrades are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of −273 °C (−459.400 °F), close to absolute zero, temperatures as high as 151 °C (304 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals, and almost a decade without water. In September 2007, tardigrades were taken into low Earth orbit on the FOTON-M3 mission and for 10...
Tardigrade (Wikipedia) →
Tardigrades are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. Some can survive temperatures of −273 °C (−459.400 °F), close to absolute zero, temperatures as high as 151 °C (304 °F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals, and almost a decade without water. In September 2007, tardigrades were taken into low Earth orbit on the FOTON-M3 mission and for 10...
Do not stand at my grave and weep (poem)
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the starshine of the night. I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room. I am in...
Do not stand at my grave and weep (poem)
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am in a thousand winds that blow, I am the softly falling snow. I am the gentle showers of rain, I am the fields of ripening grain. I am in the morning hush, I am in the graceful rush Of beautiful birds in circling flight, I am the starshine of the night. I am in the flowers that bloom, I am in a quiet room. I am in...
Cook County Democratic Organization (Wikipedia) →
The Cook County Democratic Organization is one of the most powerful political machines in American history. Commonly called the “Chicago Democratic machine”, or simply the “Chicago Machine”, the organization has dominated Chicago politics since the 1930s. It relies on a tight organizational structure of ward committeemen and precinct captains to elect candidates.
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Cook County Democratic Organization (Wikipedia) →
The Cook County Democratic Organization is one of the most powerful political machines in American history. Commonly called the “Chicago Democratic machine”, or simply the “Chicago Machine”, the organization has dominated Chicago politics since the 1930s. It relies on a tight organizational structure of ward committeemen and precinct captains to elect candidates.
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"The beard-second is defined as the length an... →
"The beard-second is defined as the length an... →
Saint Valentine's Day massacre (Wikipedia) →
The Saint Valentine’s Day massacre is the name given to the murder of seven people as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Illinois, in 1929: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran.
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When one of the dying men, Frank Gusenberg, was asked who shot him, he replied, “Nobody shot me”...
Saint Valentine's Day massacre (Wikipedia) →
The Saint Valentine’s Day massacre is the name given to the murder of seven people as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Illinois, in 1929: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran.
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When one of the dying men, Frank Gusenberg, was asked who shot him, he replied, “Nobody shot me”...
"All other life uses phosphorus to create the... →
"All other life uses phosphorus to create the... →
Eyetap (Wikipedia) →
An EyeTap is a device that is worn in front of the eye that acts as a camera to record the scene available to the eye as well as a display to superimpose a computer-generated imagery on the original scene available to the eye.
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Eyetap (Wikipedia) →
An EyeTap is a device that is worn in front of the eye that acts as a camera to record the scene available to the eye as well as a display to superimpose a computer-generated imagery on the original scene available to the eye.
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“In Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany, some nursing homes build false,...”
“In Australia, the United Kingdom and Germany, some nursing homes build false,...”
“Paradise is not for this world. All men cannot be masters, but none need to be a...”
– Bernard Baruch
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Prince Rupert's Drop (Wikipedia) →
Prince Rupert’s Drops (also known as Rupert’s Balls, Dutch tears[1]) are a glass curiosity created by dripping hot molten glass into cold water. The glass cools into a tadpole-shaped droplet with a long, thin, tail.
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The very high residual stress within the drop gives rise to unusual qualities, such as the ability to withstand a blow from a hammer on the bulbous end...
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“In a famous article in 1995, Watanabe, Sakamoto and Wakita described an...”
– Pigeon intelligence (Wikipedia)
HeLa (Wikipedia) →
A HeLa cell (also Hela or hela cell) is a cell type in an immortal cell line used in scientific research. It is one of the oldest and most commonly used human cell lines. The line was derived from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks, a patient who eventually died of her cancer on October 4, 1951. The cell line was found to be remarkably durable and prolific as illustrated by its...
Codex Seraphinianus (Wikipedia) →
The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by the Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months, from 1976 to 1978. The book is approximately 360 pages long (depending on edition), and appears to be a visual encyclopedia of an unknown world, written in one of its languages, a thus-far undeciphered alphabetic writing.
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Sehnsucht (Wikipedia) →
Sehnsucht (pronounced [ˈzeːnzʊxt]) is a German noun translated as “longing”, “yearning” and “craving”, or in a wider sense a type of “intensely missing”. However, Sehnsucht is almost impossible to translate adequately and describes a deep emotional state. Its meaning is somewhat similar to the Portuguese word, saudade. The stage director and...
“Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?”
– Sun Tzu