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Author Archives: Laura Pelcher
Amphibious Architecture- The Life of the Urban Aquatic
Rivers are frequently used as natural boundaries for cities, states, countries, etc. So it’s natural in a city like New York, shaped by the Hudson and the East River, to think of it’s borders at the waterfront. The rivers are … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, art, Bronx River, climate change, conservation, East River, exhibitions
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Imagine Science Film Festival Preview
Tonight’s the Quirky Science Shorts at the Imagine Science Film Festival, and quirky indeed. And short. Most of the films run under ten minutes and the topics span from lab waste to the friendship between a moth and a firefly. … Continue reading
Shoot For the Stars… of Astronomy
Astronomers are used to being behind the scenes, allowing the universe to be the real star. But in a new photo exhibit in the United Kingdom, photographer Max Alexander turned the cameras on the scientists themselves. This patriotic exhibit on … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, exhibitions, Photographer, Photography
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Ardi’s Song
Ardi the Ardipithecus ramidus, a fossil skeleton of a female hominid dated 4.4 million years ago, was a great find for the science community. 1.2 million years older than Lucy, Ardi offers new evidence of the early evolutionary steps that … Continue reading
Singing to the Beat of Their Neighbor’s Drum
We all have neighbors and it’s easy for disputes to come up. When this happens, communicating is key to moving past the issue, but what if you don’t speak the same language as your neighbor? In a diverse ecosystem like … Continue reading
Carl Sagan and the Cosmos Remixed
Musician John Boswell’s tribute to Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking is bizarrely awesome- starting off with Sagan in his iconic turtleneck/blazer look explaining that in order to bake an apple pie, you must first invent the universe. The video goes … Continue reading
The Power Loader Has Arrived
In the span of science fiction in our culture, the genre has taken the current science and followed it down as many different roads as possible. Once in a while, the roles are reversed and the science follows the science … Continue reading
Stealing Attention
Would you like to play 3-card Monte? All you need to do is count how many times the Queen of Hearts appears in a cycle (hint- the yellow circle appears before the card) Did you notice the antiquities flying off … Continue reading
