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npr: It’s October, which means it’s officially OK for Americans to go crazy about pumpkin and pumpkin-flavored stuff. I’m fascinated by the pumpkin craze, so I searched our archives for related stories. I came across this neat 1996 All Things Considered interview about the origin of the pumpkin. The transcript is copied below. Photo: iStockphoto. –…
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fuckyeahfluiddynamics: Designer Eleanor Lutz used high-speed video of five different flying species to create this graphic illustrating the curves swept out in their wingbeats. The curves are constructed from 15 points per wingbeat and are intended more as art than science, but they’re a fantastic visualization of several important concepts in flapping flight. For example,…
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mudwerks: (via Pre Raphaelite Art: The Witch on her Broomstick, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite)
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breakingnews: Nobel physics prize awarded for LED discovery BBC News: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to 3 scientists for their work in inventing blue LED lights, allowing a new generation of bright and energy-efficient lighting Photo: A blue LED (SPL)
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