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Typical Italian Building

Typical Italian Building

Ducati Scooter

Ducati Scooter

Alfa Wagon Tail View

Alfa Wagon Tail View

A view of the back of Naqqar Khana from Diwan-i-Aam - where the King's throne is.

A view of the back of Naqqar Khana from Diwan-i-Aam - where...

ntableman's photo

ntableman's photo

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Zoology to Dev: Lessons in Learning & Teaching

I get asked a lot about why I have a background in Zoology (particularly, marine and even more particularly, neuroscience) but now work in IT. It is a little hard to describe quickly, especially since this question is often asked by an HR representative over the phone as part of an interview.

To answer [...]

Invisible Matter?

In one of my science RSS feeds I noticed this article today: “Pools of Invisible Matter Mapped in Space“. Does this make anyone else ponder?

Scientists theorize that dark matter, considered to make up about 85 percent of the universe’s matter, acts as scaffolding on which galaxies mature. As the universe evolves, the tug [...]

Science, Evolution, and Creationism

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The above is a “sticker” for a short but interesting booklet from the National Academy of Sciences attempting to address what is faith and what is science and how they are not the same thing. Interestingly [...]

Back When I Was a Scientist

I came across this today: Inhibition of the calcineurin-like protein phosphatase activity in Limulus ventral eye photoreceptor cells alters the characteristics of the spontaneous quantal bumps and the light-mediated inward currents, and enhances arrestin phosphorylation. This is from Visual Neuroscience.

Space & Radio Lab & Science

Occasionally, I have been able to listen to Radio Lab on WNYC. Every time I do so, I am astonished. Not in a glib bored postmodernist way, but in the way where I find myself sitting on the couch listening, doing nothing but listening and imagining what they are describing. To give you an [...]

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Ellie as a Little Puppy

Ellie in Maine

Ellie My Siberian Husky

The name of this blog comes directly from my attempts at learning Hebrew. Nearly the first thing I learned to say was “The dog jumps.” It became a running joke amongst friends. But as you can see, I have [...]

Water Problems

The BBC has an article on global water stress. Be certain to check out the pdf attached to the article.

The map shows two types of water scarcity. Economic scarcity occurs due to a lack of investment and is characterised by poor infrastructure and unequal distribution of water.

Physical scarcity occurs when the water [...]