Living the Sci Life
The Life & Times of Ryan J. Haupt.
Gentleman scientist, paleodetective and future time-traveler.
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Hypersonic records are broken & primes are all paired in this week’s rollicking ep of @sciencesortof - HYPERPRIME!!
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Abe returns to talk volcanos, Man of Steel, 3-body problems and more in Ep 173 - Steel Bodies In Motion!
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The yeti (@jdyeakel) returns to the show to talk about networks, Star Wars & more in Ep 172 - Net Wars!
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.@beatricebiology joins us to talk about comics, biology, & more on ep 171 - Beatrice Walks The Plank!
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Episode 170 - Story Time
00:00:00 – Erin Barker and Ben Lillie of The Story Colliderlive show and podcast join Patrick and…
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Photo reblogged from MonkeyBrain, Inc.
Evil Science Bros.
This is apparently from the “Superman Giant Games Book,” artist unknown.
I want it hanging on my wall…
Seconded
(Source: dudesmacdougal)
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Photo reblogged from Thug Kitchen
Just look at this for a few iterations before looking below to see what it is. The answer may surprise you. Also, it’s way cool.
Take a gander at this shit right here, it’s an MRI of broccoli.
Broccoli contains a fucking ridiculously high amount of potassium, which maintains a boss nervous system and keeps your brain at the top of it’s game.
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.@derektmead and @haupt sit down for a special edition - The Feline Phenomenon!
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It is extremely to easy to write badly.
- Lewis Spurgin, using George Orwell to try and help science writing. I obviously approve.
Read the whole piece here: Science and the English Language | A great tree
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Condors Drive Cougars in SA to Kill More
by Douglas Main
Cougar biologist Mark Elbroch spent more than a year in South America’s Patagonia region tracking down pumas and recording what they hunt and eat, riding on a horse for up to 21 hours at a time. In the course of his research, Elbroch noticed something odd: Patagonian pumas kill about 50 percent more animals than their North American counterparts and spend less time feeding on their hard-earned meals. But why?
According to a study Elbroch co-authored and which was published earlier this month in the journal PLoS One, the cougars abandon their kills due to harassment from Andean condors, a near-threatened scavenging bird, Elbroch told OurAmazingPlanet. This came as a surprise, however, since the condors are physically much smaller than these mountain lions, and don’t directly threaten the big cats, he said…
(read more: Live Science) (photos: Mark Elbroch)
A very cool interaction. Makes me wonder if we’ll see something similar is the California Condor recovers even more.
