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John Edmark, a sculptor, inventor, and Stanford professor, loves spirals. When making his mesmerizing “blooms” Edmark wants people to say “wow, how’s that possible?” In this lovely little clip, he explains how it all works. Advertisement Edmark has some big, profound explanations about why he likes spirals so much—that’s just what happens when you spend […]
NC Iverna Quay apartments are behind Greenwich Yacht Club But if the animal-mad novelist Gerald Durrell had lived in modern Britain he would have been delighted to discover an increased interest in wildlife among all ages. And, unlikely though it may seem, property developers are often to thank for improved accessibility to wildlife in urban […]
fThe first time I heard of Nature is Brutal, it was in the context of cat necrophilia. See, I had friends over to grill sausages in the backyard, and the conversation turned to feral cats. My yard has a pretty stable community of feral cats that, during the day, cuddle up cutely in chairs. At […]
The gentle burbling of a brook or the sound of the wind in the trees can physically change our mind and bodily systems, helping us to relax. But artificial noises such as the interior of a car or train, a hairdryer and traffic increase stress levels. Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School found that […]
Slowly but surely, PlayStation is releasing more non-gaming offerings for the PSVR headset. Next up is Virry VR, an app that wants to put you within arm’s reach of Kenyan wildlife. Among other things, you’ll see rhinos bathing and lions eating according to the European PlayStation Blog. The entirety of the video was filmed at […]
Planet Earth II has only just started airing in North America, but already the BBC is working on a big-budget nature follow-up. Blue Planet II, a successor to the original Blue Planet series from 2001, will be broadcast in the UK later this year. It’ll be narrated by veteran presenter Sir David Attenborough (who else) […]
Nature photography usually involves a lot of being outside and walking. That’s fine for some, but photographer Marcus DeSieno captures our world’s natural majesty from his computer, via online traffic and weather camera feeds. DeSieno’s photo series “Surveillance Landscapes” comes from looking at more than 10,000 webcams, he told Wired. DeSiento creates his images by […]
The Planck cosmic microwave background observatory and its map of temperature fluctuations on the sky. (credit: ESA) Cosmology is a funny kind of science. At one end of the spectrum, cosmologists can explain vast swathes of the Universe with remarkable accuracy. Unfortunately, at the point where this explanation breaks down, cosmology theories don’t gently fail, […]
