Another Look at Sexism in the Games Industry
Our friends at ResearchGate interviewed two scientists about sexism and social dynamics in the games industry. Here’s what they have to say.
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Total Lunar Eclipse of the Heart
By Max Goldberg The lunar eclipse is something a person can see only a few times in a lifetime. Luckily enough for me, I was able to see it this Sunday night, in Ames Iowa, at Iowa State University. Even though I live on campus, this was not just a “walk out of my dorm and shoot it” kind of project. Saturday night, I spent a solid hour researching and planning where I would need to be at what time in order to get the shots I wanted. T-2HR 30MIN…
Read More![Sunsets: Sunset seen at the coast in Novigrad, Croatia. Thin clouds turn a normal sunset into a sci-fi worthy sunset. [EOS 7DmkII: 400mm, f5.6, ISO 100, 1/2000 sec]](https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/3A4A2828-down-cropped-2058-1146-e1443210710946.jpg)
Sunsets are Illusions
What are sunsets? To human eyes, they are very cool optical illusions. Learn about light scattering, and how to photograph sunsets.
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Photographer’s Adventures with Grizzly Bears
Up and coming wildlife photographer Max Goldberg describes his visit to Katmai National Park in Alaska to photograph grizzly bears. Writing and Photography by Max Goldberg After an eight-hour plane ride from Chicago, and a day to get over the jet lag, the first stop for my father and I on our week-and-a-half trip to Alaska was Brooks Lodge. Brooks Lodge is a camp in the heart of the Katmai National Park, and it is famous for two things: fishing and bears. Upon getting off the float plane that got…
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The Artful Science of Diaphonization
Diaphonization, or the artful science of preserving soft-tissue scientific specimens, is something few have heard of but many have seen.
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Aurora Borealis: Myths, Legends, Science
What causes the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights? Where can you see this amazing natural phenomenon? What did our ancestors think the aurora was? By Alistair McLean Alistair McLean is the Managing Director of The Aurora Zone, a company that specializes in holidays searching for the Northern Lights. He has seen the aurora borealis more times than he can count and never fails to be enthralled by its beauty. In the late 1980’s, a group of musicians calling themselves 10,000 Maniacs penned a song called “Planned Obsolescence.” The lyrics suggested…
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Arborsculpture: Artful Science of Tree Shaping
An ancient practice combines art and science, humanity and nature, to deliver an innovative contemporary creation: Arborsculpture.
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Embryogenesis: How to Build a Human
Embryogenesis Illustrated This embryogenesis gif illustrates human embryo and fetus development from fertilization to birth. It is the work of graphic artist/biologist Eleanor Lutz. Here is what she has to say about this piece of science art: I’m actually really happy with how this turned out. I made this using 44 animations that are 9 frames each. That’s 396 sketches total – probably the most complicated GIF I’ve made so far. I am a little sad that I wasn’t able to show size properly though. For example. the 24 week fetus is…
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Declining Bee Populations Revisited
Are we headed toward a future with no bees? Declining Bee Populations Revisited covers what we know about bee hive collapse and recovery.
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How to Make Animated Infographics
Make Animated Infographics: A Brief Tutorial This brief overview of how to make animated infographics is the work of Eleanor Lutz, who blogs at Tabletop Whale. Don’t miss her other work, including the animated infographic about breathing, the planet earth control panel, or this explanation of how our muscles work. Here is what she has to say about the tutorial: Recently I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking for a tutorial on how to make animated infographics. So this week I put together a quick explanation for anyone who’s interested. This is…
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