Author: Daniela

  • Fun Animation of the Solar System

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    If you needed a quick reminder of how small you are in the universe, just check out this video, created by designer Philipp Dettmer. It’ll give you the basic run-down of the solar system: how many moons each planet has, how far apart they are, etc., plus a few fun tidbits (Saturn would float if you…

  • Georgian Legend Dance

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    If you ever get one, run at the chance to see a Georgian dance troupe live.  This video can’t do justice to the absolutely electric energy in the theater when these guys dance.

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    Originally posted on Viewfound: Definitely the Photo of the Day. Psychedeli should have titled it A Man and His Goat. Viewfound View original post

  • Fighting To Learn In Pakistan

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    Originally posted on The Dish: by Jessie Roberts http://youtu.be/AjoG2ozdlS0 Rahul Bhattacharya profiles Humaira Bachal, a woman who has devoted her life to educating her community in Pakistan: What would become the Dream Model Street School began in 2001, with one blackboard, at home. Humaira taught ten friends of her age, seven of them girls. She…

  • The Group Effort

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    Originally posted on The Dish: by Jessie Roberts Bill McKibben thinks that climate science has risen to prominence “not despite its lack of clearly identifiable leaders … [but] because of it”: For environmentalists, we have a useful analogy close at hand. We’re struggling to replace a brittle, top-heavy energy system, where a few huge power…

  • Resnick Sustainability Institute’s “RESONATE” Awards Focus on Paradigm Shifting Work

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    The Resnick Sustainability Institute at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has announced that it has established an award that will honor cutting-edge work that addresses some of the hardest problems in energy and sustainability. The award winners will be announced in the Spring of 2014. The Resnick Sustainability Institute’s “RESONATE” Awards will focus on…

  • Science Takes Major Step Toward Protecting Groundwater from Industrial and Domestic Waste

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    redOrbit posts information about the advances scientists have made towards shielding groundwater from mining, industrial and domestic waste, all of which can contaminate the water for decades, rendering it unusable and undrinkable. A team led by Professor Derek Eamus at The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has…

  • Bayou Sinkhole Growing

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    Tim Murphy at Mother Jones described the sinkhole at Bayou Corne as “the biggest ongoing disaster in the United States you haven’t heard of.” One night in August 2012, after months of unexplained seismic activity and mysterious bubbling on the bayou, a sinkhole opened up on a plot of land leased by the petrochemical company Texas Brine, forcing…

  • Dolphins May Have Non-Linear Math Skills

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    Science on NBCNews.com has several interesting articles on animal intelligence.  This article by Jennifer Viagas investigates the non-linear math skills of Dolphins: Dolphins may use complex nonlinear mathematics when hunting, according to a new study that suggests these brainy marine mammals could be far more skilled at math than was ever thought possible before. Inspiration…

  • Syria In The Red

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    Originally posted on The Dish: by Brendan James http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_hyVOtKuLc More images and testimonials of this week’s purported chemical attack flood in, with Human Rights Watch currently placing the death toll at several hundred. Jay Newton-Small sums up the administration’s tepid response, despite previous red-line rhetoric: [T]he White House isn’t exactly springing into action. “We are calling for…