Category Archives: Science

The Matrix Vs. Carl Sagan

Posted on 8/18/2008 by Ben

Carl Sagan fans will love this brilliant mashup of The Matrix with a speech on the nature of matter from Cosmos. Now I know why I liked Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith so much: it was a Sagan homage. [via … Continue reading →

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Lyrebird

Posted on 12/31/2007 by Ben

The Lyrebird mimics the sounds it hears with incredible accuracy: other birds, camera shutters, car alarms, chainsaws.

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Todd Gross New England Weather

Posted on 2/10/2006 by Ben

New England weatherman Todd Gross was fired from his job as Chief Meteorologist at WHDH in Boston last December. Now Gross has gone independent and started an awesome weather blog with a podcast of his MP3 forecasts and a for-pay … Continue reading →

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Earth as you’ve never seen it

Posted on 8/29/2005 by Ben

Please watch this breathtaking movie of one full rotation of Earth created from photos taken by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft as it left after a fly by. [via jwz]

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Science Explores Meditation’s Effect on the Brain

Posted on 7/26/2005 by Ben

Here’s and interesting piece from Morning Edition about scientists who are investigating the effect of meditation on the brain. In related news, David Lynch is starting a foundation to do similar research and promote the teaching of Transcendental Meditation in … Continue reading →

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The Eerie Sounds of Saturn’s Radio Emissions

Posted on 7/26/2005 by Ben

How cool is it that these spooky-sounding radio emissions from Saturn sound exactly like Louis and Bebe Barron’s score for Forbidden Planet?

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