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Home Halloween light show: If memory serves, the music is by Danny Elfman from The Nightmare Before Christmas. by … Continue reading
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If you haven’t yet taken a look at the moving Wind Map of the United States, this is an excellent time to pay a visit. The wind appears as moving streaks on a dark gray background. The brighter an area, … Continue reading
It took three days to move the retired space shuttle Endeavor from LAX airport to its permanent home at the California Science Center 20 km away. This sped-up version shows highlights of the trip in less than three minutes, and … Continue reading
The WDR Radio Orchestra of Cologne (Köln) Germany surprises passersby in Wallrafplatz with what is possibly the best-known piece of music from John Williams: by … Continue reading
Google competitor DuckDuckGo reports that people searching for the same terms on Google can encounter very different results, because Google tracks details of your search history and which results you click on even if you’re not logged in to Google. … Continue reading
Last week I posted a clip in which Frans de Waal described observations of a monkey offended by getting lower pay for completing a task (a bit of cucumber rather than a grape) in comparison with another monkey. This was … Continue reading
Coma Niddy’s rap about dark matter: On the clip’s YouTube page you can click “Show more” to see the lyric and additional information about Coma Niddy (Mike Wilson), the writer-performer-producer, including links to his other science-related rap songs. I have … Continue reading
In this remarkable video, a young orangutan in a South Carolina animal sanctuary makes friends with a stray dog who comes to live at the sanctuary. Link: https://youtu.be/vMUWGkdYcdQ A particularly interesting bit: When the orangutan is fed, he gives half … Continue reading
Here’s an updated version of a classic experiment originated by Sarah Brosnan showing that capuchin monkeys resent what they perceive as unfair unequal pay. The monkeys in this test have been taught that they can buy a treat with a … Continue reading