Rasterbate this. Using the wonders of modern technology, the Rasterbator takes any image you feed it and turns it into a massive, massive poster that you can print out on your standard printer. To date, it’s rasterized enough images to cover 2.39% of Vatican City. (via WFMU’s Beware of the Blog) Build your own. Read […]
Rats, of course, have limitations
But they can, through a strict training regimen, learn to distinguish one language from another. Dutch from Japanese, for instance. (NYT: “Is It Dutch? Japanese? Why Not Ask the Rat?” by Nicholas Bakalar [Jan 11, 2005])
Posted by Ben on March 27, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/rats-of-course-have-limitations/
Various online resources
MCZ Type Database! Well, no, of course you aren’t supposed to know what it means. The MCZ is for Museum of Comparative Zoology (at Harvard), and the database is of insects. This might not warrant mention, if not for the fact that a fair portion of the entries have accompanying photographs. Be sure to check […]
Posted by Ben on February 17, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/various-online-resources/
random crap
More lies. The BoGlo has a quick & fluffy piece on the relevance of lie detection to modern-day struggles. On the verge of making an interesting statement, the article spends too much time bringing the presumably ignorant reader up to speed on the state of modern lie psychology (or whatever you want to call it). […]
Posted by Ben on February 13, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/random-crap/
General disorder
Nalgene, forever! Or not. Over at Grist, Umbra makes a case against Nalgene bottles. (Although the column is actually a clarification of an earlier column, so if you’re new to the Nalgene question, you may want to do a little reading.) How about Orangene? A research team at Cornell has apparently discovered a way to […]
Posted by Ben on January 26, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/general-disorder/
On a related note
Fake bands and science songs: two databases you pretty much can’t do without. Let’s face it, they’re essential. The former’s a comprehensive list of fake bands, musical groups which do not exist. The latter’s a list of actual songs about—you guessed it—science. And math, too. Though there probably aren’t as many songs about math. (If […]
Posted by Ben on January 4, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/on-a-related-note/
Science Fair
Touching on a topic near and dear to my heart1, the Waterboro Public Library weblog has a few links of interest to those faced with the prospect of doing a science fair project. Note: 1 Or at least brain. And if I never say “near and dear to my heart” again, it will have been […]
Posted by Ben on January 4, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/science-fair/
Top Science News of 2004
Science News has a list of the “most compelling” stories as selected by its writers; some of the articles are available free (look for the asterisks), though most aren’t. (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on December 29, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/top-science-news-of-2004/
The 52 Hertz Whale
Imagine roaming the world’s largest ocean year after year alone, calling out with the regularity of a metronome, and hearing no response. Such, apparently, is the situation faced by a solitary whale, species unknown, that has been tracked since 1992 in the North Pacific by a classified array of hydrophones used by the Navy to […]
Posted by Ben on December 21, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-52-hertz-whale/
Free Knowledge
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
Posted by Ben on December 9, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/free-knowledge/