Back to work: Of bats and bumblebees
Well, I had a nice, relaxing, vacation in India. It was great to see friends and family after a long while, and enjoy the good food and warm weather. Now I’m back, well refreshed, and it’s time to get back to work. Right after I got back, I attended the 2014 Beckman Initiative for Macular […]
Happy Thanksgiving! and my 100th post!
The Neverending Beauty of the War Between Sun and Earth. Aurora Borealis timelapse HD – Tromsø 2010 from Tor Even Mathisen on Vimeo. Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a gorgeous HD video of the Northern Lights in Norway to enjoy. Definitely watch it in full-screen mode. [Via Gizmodo] And just to keep the turkey day theme going, […]
Nature News published my story about a new underwater robot
Underwater robot can follow marine organisms over record distances: Nature News. Nature News published my story today! Follow the link above to read it. I’m obviously excited to publish a story in Nature, it’s been a dream of mine. And the fact that it was my first pitch to them makes it feel even more […]
2009 Photo Contest Winners Gallery – National Wildlife Federation
2009 Photo Contest Winners Gallery – National Wildlife Federation. 2009 Photo Contest Honorable Mentions – National Wildlife Federation. Just came across these photos of the winners and honorable mentions from the National Wildlife Federation‘s 2009 photo contest. See the links above for all the images, there’s 32 winners (across several categories) and 60 honorable mentions, […]
Photo Gallery of Cool New Science Images
As I’ve previously noted, I like cool, preferably scientific, images. I really enjoyed taking pretty microscope pictures as a graduate student, and I’ve been enjoying working on the Megapixels section of Popular Science and the Bull’s-Eye section of Science Illustrated, as well as for the various photo galleries I created for PopSci.com or posted about […]