Link Round-up August 2011
Science Links:
A bit too accurate sometimes :).
Iconic scientific images Quite an awesome collection.
Water marks on Mars The dark patches off the side of a Martian crater slope grow and ebb in a way that really does look like water.
DNA can separate nanotubes A really cool alternative use for our genetic material.
RNA versions of GFP Let there be more light!
Buckyballs used to trap water. This is a bit mindblowing considering how hydrophobic C60 is.
The science of coffee rings
If Earth were a cube Just some nerdy hypothetical musing.
New chromatin assembly molecule found Looks like life is more complicated than we thought, again.
Ecstasy relative viable anticancer drug An interesting approach to chemo.
Animal reactions to the recent East Coast earthquake Interesting to note the range of responses from hiding before it happened to not registering it at all.
Dolphin fishing Those guys are so clever!
Planet-sized diamond a-la Midnight.
Create your own solar system This one is a fun interactive game where you can pick the size and mass of the central star as well as the size, mass, and momentum of orbiting planets. The challenge is to make sure that the planets form stable orbits, even in the presence of random bombarding debris/comets.
Fluffy Hum:
Dutch church without God or afterlife Interesting variation of Christianity.
Editorial on criminalization of poverty It's a bleak picture.
Faulkner is bizarre It's surprisingly hard to them apart.
Recipes:
Food tips The advice about cutting boards and microwaves are especially useful.
Nutella Chocolate Cobbler An oldie but goodie. This comes out so gooey and chocolaty. Works well with vanilla ice cream.
Miscellany:
Bananas Because they might be good, but they're also a bit unstable.
A potential scenario for human-alien interaction An interesting and unusual posit.
So awesome!
Images and Videos:
Sometimes nature just gives the best shots.
It's just so cute to see!
Because AC's laugh is contageous.
An interesting AI conversation. Not quite passed the Turing Test.
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