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Math = Purity

Micah Goulart — Sat, 29 May 2010 18:05:06 +0000

What’s unique about humans

Micah Goulart — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:36:27 +0000

Robert Sapolsky – one of the world’s leading neurobiologists, a MacArthur Fellow, Stanford professor, and author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers — breaks down an intriguing question. Precisely in what ways are we (humans) different from other animals inhabiting our world? The differences are fewer than we think. But there are some, and they’ll make you sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes a little more confident in humanity, and sometimes motivated to change the world, even in these cynical times.

If you want the nugget of the whole speech, jump to the last few minutes by pressing play below.

Or watch the whole speech in this video:

Via OpenCulture.

Collecting whale snot via RC helicopter

Ric Bruce — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:29:00 +0000

This is just strange. To monitor the health of whales bodily fluid samples must be taken. Since taking blood, urine, or stool samples is hard (considering IT’S A WHALE) scientists might opt to position remote controlled helicopters over whale blow spouts to collect snot samples. Dr. Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse of the Zoological Society of London claims the hacky fix could be a breakthrough.

Via Boing Boing and Make