It recently became known to me that two of my favorite webcomics are in league together — like some kind of hideously wonderful coalition of the willing.
Centripetal Notion// archive
You are at the archive for the September, 2005
First Live Giant Squid Photographed
The animal — which measures roughly 25 feet (8 meters) long — was photographed 2,950 feet (900 meters) beneath the North Pacific Ocean. Japanese scientists attracted the squid toward cameras attached to a baited fishing line.
The scientists say they snapped more than 500 images of the massive cephalopod before it broke free after snagging itself on a hook.
E = mc^2
Airing Tuesday, 11 October, 8-10 PM, is Einstein’s Big Idea: featuring ten prominent physicists — two Nobel Prize winners among them — discussing Einstein’s life, and in particular, his theory of special relativity in terms accessible to non-phycisists.
Assassin Dolphins
“Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the US navy’s cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying ‘toxic dart’ guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet’s smartest. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.”
BOC: The Campfire Headphase
Boards of Canada’s new album, The Campfire Headphase, comes out on the 17th of October. Here’s a pre-release single, etc.
Martin Waugh: Liquid Sculpture
Martin Waugh’s high-speed photography collection of pouring and splashing liquids in motion.
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
While many fish and amphibians have the ability to regenerate severed limbs and damaged organs, us warm-blooded mammals have never quite managed to swing such a feat … until now. Scientists at the Wistar Institute, an American biomedical research center, have created a mouse with unnatural abilities.
Free From Scandinavia, With Love
Five volumes of Nu: The Sounds of New Scandinavia are available on iTunes, with four tracks each downloadable for free! Thats 20 songs idiots! Have at!
Feist
Specifically, Leslie Feist of Canada. She’s done some live radio performances recently, both of which are excellent — and free to listen/watch.
MESSENGER Earth Flyby
This is not CG — a beautiful video compiled from images taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft during its 2nd of August Earth flyby.
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