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5 Gifs of n-body Orbits [Animation]
“What I do is I have code that minimizes things,” says Robert Vanderbei, a Professor of Operations Research at Princeton University.
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Find Your Voice: Unlocking the Mysteries of Stuttering
Terrence Murgallis, a 20 year-old undergraduate student in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Misericordia University has stuttered all his life and approached us recently about conducting brain research on stuttering...
The Sciences
M@h*(pOet)?ica–Music and Autobiography
I’ve always loved music, believing with Nietzsche that without it, life would be a mistake. And I have dealt with it in poems of mine going back to the following, which I included in my 1966 collection of visual haiku, poemns: It happened that I had several such poems all in a file because I’d [...]..
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M@h*(pOet)?ica-Music and Autobiography
Editor's note (11/7/13): Find the entry point and new posts of Bob Grumman's M@h*(pOet)?ica at http://poeticks.com/ I've always loved music, believing with Nietzsche that without it, life would be a mistake...
Evolution
Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine—Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man
“[Wolverine’s] mutation…He has uncharted regenerative capabilities, enabling him to heal rapidly…” Dr. Jean Grey to Cyclops and Professor Charles Xavier in the Marvel movie “X-Men” (2000) Wolverine was created, designed, and drawn by Len Wein, John Romita Sr., and Herb Trimpe and had his full comic book debut in “The Incredible Hulk” #181 in November [...]..
Evolution
Fighting Tooth and Claw with Wolverine Examining the Healing Power of an X-Man
“[Wolverine’s] mutation…He has uncharted regenerative capabilities, enabling him to heal rapidly…” Dr. Jean Grey to Cyclops and Professor Charles Xavier in the Marvel movie “X-Men” (2000) Wolverine was created, designed, and drawn by Len Wein, John Romita Sr., and Herb Trimpe and had his full comic book debut in “The Incredible Hulk” #181 in November of 1974...
Evolution
Eye-Tracking Reveals What’s Hot, What’s Not from the Peahen’s Point of View
The peacock is one of the animal kingdom’s ultimate Casanovas. But which parts of the peacock’s love dance turn a female’s head? An eye-tracking study finds it’s not what you might think...
Evolution
Eye-Tracking Reveals What s Hot, What s Not from the Peahen s Point of View
The peacock is one of the animal kingdom’s ultimate Casanovas. But which parts of the peacock’s love dance turn a female’s head? An eye-tracking study finds it’s not what you might think.Researcher Jessica Yorzinski of UC Davis and Duke University uses tiny custom-fitted cameras modeled after human eye-tracking devices to study peacock courtship from the female’s point of view.A peacock’s long technicolor tail may be eye-catching, she said, but males have other amorous charms that could also get a girl’s attention.“Females could be looking at the males’ eyespots, head crests, spurs, or the length of their legs,” Yorzinski explained...
Evolution
This Research Is worse Than Bad-It's Basic
It’s not every day that you turn away the opportunity to promote a scientific finding that was published in Nature . Usually, an email notification from the prestigious journal sends communications departments such as mine into hyperdrive: press releases, media calls – this stuff is gold...
Evolution
Well, I'll BEE...Bees see UV
When I was a kid my sister and I would go hiking on a wooded Adirondack trail behind my grandparents’ camp. The start of the trail was rugged and involved a rigorous uphill climb but the surprise waiting at the top was always a feast for the eyes...
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