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Ambigrams video
Escrito em 4 Feb 2007 às 1:42 pm.
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Categoria - English.
This video is a good way to undertand ambigrams.
Its very interesting to use this kind of thechnics in logo design.
Created by Mara Ang Chong Lai.
Petição para Open Access
Escrito em 27 Jan 2007 às 3:15 pm.
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Categoria - English.
Recebi e achei importante.
Dear PLoS Letter Signers,
We are writing to you because you signed the PLoS open letter some years
ago urging scientific publishers to allow the research reports that have
appeared in their journals to be distributed freely by independent,
online public libraries of science. As you supported that initiative we
are now asking you to support a […]
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Metalosis Maligna, a fictitious documentary
Escrito em 10 Jan 2007 às 8:53 am.
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Categoria - English.
The mockumentary is presented as if it were a documentary, though it is not factual.
Metalosis Maligna is a mockumentary about a spectacular yet chronically disabling disease which affects patients who have been fitted with medical implants.
Graphic and potentially disturbing images.
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Abacus fast math
Escrito em 4 Jan 2007 às 3:24 pm.
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Categoria - English.
Amazing fast calculations.
But not free lunch… it is a result of two hours practice each day.
Quick but not so easy.
Tags: math, abacus, calculations, tokyo,
The selfish green
Escrito em 21 Sep 2006 às 12:33 pm.
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Categoria - English.
The Selfish Green was the opening event of Wildscreen 2004, a landmark debate on the future of conservation led by Jonathan Dimbleby with Sir David Attenborough, Professor Richard Dawkins, Dr Jane Goodall and Dr Richard Leakey.
http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/06/selfish-green.html (video)
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13 rocket explosions videos
Escrito em 1 Sep 2006 às 5:51 pm.
1 Comentario.
Categoria - English, Vídeos.
Rocket Explosion CNN
Rocket Explosion CNN 2
Complete NASA Footage of Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion
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Columbia Re-Entry Analysis
Rocket Engine Explosion (Sep 26, 1990) #1
Rocket Engine Explosion (Sep 26, 1990) #2
Rocket Engine Explosion (Jun 18, 1992) #2
Rocket Engine Explosion (Jun 18, 1992) #1
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Mooore
Ariane 5 France
China explosion
Rocket Fuel Plant Explosion
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Thermite
Escrito em 3 Jun 2006 às 11:35 pm.
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Categoria - English.
A thermite reaction is a type of aluminothermic reaction in which aluminium metal is oxidized by the oxide of another metal, most commonly iron oxide.
The thermite reaction is an exceedingly dangerous reaction and should only be performed by a trained chemical professional capable of assessing the risks.
A thermite reaction generates large amounts of ultraviolet radiation […]
Research Channel
Escrito em 6 Apr 2006 às 4:24 pm.
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Categoria - English.
ResearchChannel is a nonprofit media and technology organization that connects a global audience with the research and academic institutions whose developments, insights and discoveries affect our lives and futures.
An intellectual community, ResearchChannel was founded in 1996 by leading research and academic institutions so they could share the work of their researchers with the public. […]
Millikan’s experiment and cargo cult science
Escrito em 21 Mar 2006 às 9:56 am.
2 Comentarios.
Categoria - English, História.
Richard Feynman said in a commencement lecture he gave at Caltech in 1974:
We have learned a lot from experience about how to handle some of the ways we fool ourselves. One example: Millikan measured the charge on an electron by an experiment with falling oil drops, and got an answer which […]
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Google Finance
Escrito em 7 Mar 2006 às 8:40 pm.
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Categoria - English.
Google on Tuesday introduced Google Finance, a beta web site that offers much of the same data as Yahoo and Microsoft, but also provides information on many privately held companies.
http://finance.google.com/
