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Centripetal Notion// archive
You are at the archive for the September, 2006
Imperial History of the Middle East
This hypnotic animation shows the rise and fall of Middle Eastern empires over the past 5,000 years, starting with the Egyptians, in 90 seconds.
ISS Back on Track
News of the SS Atlantis’s successful mission to the ISS, setting the international community back on track to complete the station over the next four years and fourteen missions may be old news by now, but have you seen this picture?
Red-capped Manakin
Dr. Kim Bostwick captures video of the Red-capped Manakin (Pipra mentalis) “moonwalking”, among other things, to attract attention.
Dream Manifesto
One of my favorite websites, Quantum Biocommunication, has returned in essence under a different name and slightly different format. Dr. Thomas Herold curates the new Dream Manifesto along with his wife Aviva Engel.
Nanoflowers
Flower-like nanostructures made from zinc oxide at China’s Harbin Engineering University by Yujin Chen et al. can detect ethanol by responding to changes in electrical resistance.
Chris Thile: How to Grow a Woman from the Ground
Chris Thile is no stranger to my music library or this website. In the wake of Nickel Creek’s announced “indefinite hiatus” he is actively pursuing new solo work and collaboration (…)
LA from a Time/Space Distance
(…) time-lapse video shot in LA entirely with a Canon 20D digital still camera.
Josh Keyes
“Raised in Tacoma, Washington, Keyes grew up surrounded by forests, and witnessed their decimation by the logging industry. Josh earned a bachelor’s degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a master’s degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. His work has been published in New American Painters and exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.”
Flirting with Blindness Redux
NASA’s STEREO mission, launching sometime around the 18th of October, will use two satellites placed ahead and behind Earth’s orbit to obtain stereoscopic images such as these (…)
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