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Category Archives: Science and Technology
Why are some people left handed
I’m a pure rightie but in my family there are lefties and some with traits of both. One of my sons throws right in baseball, bats left and in soccer, kicks left. Gordon G sends along this interesting video essay. … Continue reading
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How easy it is to make fake videos – and how to spot them
Thanks to Gordon G!
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Journey to the moon – Skyline presentation
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Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid
This month, officials in Los Angeles, California, are expected to approve a deal that would make solar power cheaper than ever while also addressing its chief flaw: It works only when the sun shines. The deal calls for a huge … Continue reading
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Remembering Tom Gibbs, a Titan of Seattle Infrastructure
By Doug Macdonald published in Post Alley Ed note: A good friend and colleague of Tom’s has written more of his story and sent this along to Skyline. What a marvelous legacy he has left. Do we all understand that … Continue reading
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The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.)
Few wonders of the sunless depths appear quite so ghoulish or improbable as anglerfish, creatures that dangle bioluminescent lures in front of needlelike teeth. They are fish that fish. Typically, the rod of flesh extending from the forehead glows at the … Continue reading
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DNA Microscope Sees ‘Through the Eyes of the Cell’
From the NYT by By Knvul Sheikh Peering inside cells has been an integral part of biology ever since the 17th century, when cells were discovered under a microscope. But even with advances in light and electron microscopy, researchers who want … Continue reading
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Technology is revealing new information about the ocean floor
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Making ears out of apples
Thanks to Gordon G for finding this interesting TED talk. Andrew Pelling is a biohacker, and nature is his hardware. His favorite materials are the simplest ones (and oftentimes he finds them in the garbage). Building on the cellulose structure … Continue reading
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Was It an Invisible Attack on U.S. Diplomats, or Something Stranger?
Ed note: The article below from the New York Times raises the possibility, even probability, that those diplomats in Cuba were affected by a “functional” psychogenic type of disorder. It’s a real, treatable and widely misunderstood – a neurologic phenomenon … Continue reading
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The world seems designed against the elderly
Aside from being old, Don Norman is a leading authority on the design of emotional pleasing and useable technology. He is the author of Design of Everyday ThingsandEmotional Design, a former vice president at Apple, and professor and director of the … Continue reading
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The NASA Kelley Twin Study – comments and a video about the future of genetics in space travel
The news media yesterday had a fascinating story about a twin experiment involving astronaut Scott Kelly and his identical twin Mark. The results of the effects on Scott have recently been published in the journal Science. Most changes to his … Continue reading
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The first-ever picture of a black hole
In April 2017, scientists used a global network of telescopes to see and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation Wednesday morning. They captured an image of the … Continue reading
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The biggest problem we are not addressing
The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation mean for coastal communities across the globe? … Continue reading
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Office Depot settles tech support scam FTC complaint
From KIRO news: “Office Depot agreed yesterday to pay $25 million in a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission as part of a lawsuit accusing the company of tricking customers into buying unneeded tech support services –akin to a real-world version … Continue reading
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Wreckage of WWII aircraft carrier USS Hornet discovered in expedition
Thanks to Paul T for sending this along.
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Brain chemistry and love – from BrainHQ.com
Thanks to Sally S who sent this in. BrainHQ is an online brain-training system that represents the culmination of 30 years of research in neurological science and related medicine. It was designed by an international team of neuroscientists, led by Michael Merzenich—a … Continue reading
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Alfred U. MacRae ’54, G’57, G’60 a pioneer in integrated circuits, satellite communications
Ed note: The following article came out this past year from Syracuse University. It highlights Al’s career as a scientist and rogue bagpipe player – the ghost of Archibald Stadium. Al is one of the many “FIPs” at Skyline. “I’ve … Continue reading
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Ingenious: Leonard Hayflick
One of the world’s preeminent experts on aging on his life in research. From Nautilis: “After all, for 60 years it had been known that human cells were immortal, capable of dividing forever if they were cultivated in the right … Continue reading
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Is the future of medicine a cell, not a pill?
Thanks to Gordon G for sending this along. We are entering a new area where using specialized cells modified with your genome in mind, may provide the breakthroughs in cancer, parkinson’s and other serious illness.
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Should Scientists Toy With the Secret to Life?
Ed Note: Science continues to push well ahead of the ethical implications involved, especially now with the ability to modify our basic genetic makeup. With Crispr the key is now present to consider literally cutting out bad genes known to … Continue reading
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In 5G Race With China, U.S. Pushes Allies to Fight Huawei
Thanks to Mary Jane F for sending this in. From the NYT: ” Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign minister, arrived in Washington last week for a whirlwind of meetings dominated by a critical question: Should Britain risk its relationship with … Continue reading
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Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!
Funny!! Thanks to Tom G for sending this along. If you are under 55, you simply won’t understand. This one is still around IN CASE YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW THIS LITTLE TIDBIT OF WONDERFUL TRIVIA……………ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO … Continue reading
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Nature vs Nurture – our beliefs may be more important than our genes in this study
Ed note: The age old argument about nature vs. nurture will likely continue on for ages. In the field of epigenetics it’s been discovered that we can actually turn our genes off/on with some life experiences. At times our beliefs … Continue reading
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Irene Peden’s talk at Skyline
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