DEJA MOO

I can’t think of any more human activity than conducting science experiments. Think about it — what do kids do? … They’re turning over rocks, they’re plucking petals off a rose — they’re exploring their environment through experimentation… We explore our environment more than we are compelled to utter poetry when we’re toddlers — we start doing that later. Before that happens, every child is a scientist. And so when I think of science, I think of a truly human activity — something fundamental to our DNA, something that drives curiosity.

—Neil deGrasse Tyson on why the impulse for science is hard-wired in our DNA. (via explore-blog)

The remarkable Lyrebird imitating man made sounds - chainsaw, camera, car alarm.

The bird itself creating these sounds not sensing the impending threat of its habitat being destroyed.

(Source: youtu.be)

the-star-stuff:

The first Artist In Residence at SETI Institute creates haunting alien shapes

The SETI Institute is dedicated to finding extraterrestrial life, so it’s perhaps fitting that SETI’s first Artist In Residence creates art that looks utterly alien. Charles Lindsay, a former photojournalist, has developed a new form of art called CARBON.

Here are a selection of images from Lindsay’s existing CARBON installations, showing the weird shapes he’s been able to generate using his “camera-less photographic process.” Check out more at the link. [Charles Lindsay and Charlie’s Experiment, via SETI Institute]

‘Promethium moon’ - ART Scii
Experimentation in plaster and photography

Yukinori Yanagi -The World Flag Ant Farm

abeckler:

Transgenic artwork “GFP Bunny” comprises the creation of a green fluorescent rabbit, the public dialogue generated by the project, and the social integration of the rabbit.

http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html#gfpbunnyanchor

spacequest:

The saying ‘you are what you eat’ is true for these insects as stunning pictures show their abdomens changing colour as they sip on sugar drops.

Father of three Mohamed Babu set up the photographs after his wife, Shameem, showed him some ants had turned white after drinking spilt milk.

He gave the creatures the brightly coloured sugar drops and watched as their transparent stomachs matched the food they were eating.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2022765/The-ants-multi-coloured-abdomens-exactly-theyve-eating.html#ixzz1V0u2aAWY