We humans aren’t the only ones to experience cognitive decline as we age. Research conducted by neurologists and data scientists reveals that some artificial intelligence models struggle with visual, spatial, and executive tasks as they get older, suggesting that they, too, age away from peak performance. The study highlights an unanticipated problem with the world’s …
Month: March 2025
Loon and Lillies
Here’s a piece I carved into a loon awhile ago from a walnut stump I found in a ditch by the road while walking my dogs . Walnut is a fickle wood to finish as the hairs of the grain stand up when the oil finish touches it … you have to sand off those …
Eclipse
In 1991, Mexican photographer Antonio Turok took this haunting image of the solar eclipse, from Chiapas, Mexico. I saw this pic years ago and it stuck in my head as a great pic. We had a partial solar eclipse here last April. I am stunned it was then and not 2-3 years ago. The mind …
Beretta A300 Snow Goose
Shotgun Tech has been changing. I couldn’t find a video link off Facebook so I went with a screen shot. In this case, the top 2 arrows point to a suppressor, the arrow under it to a camera, the yellow circle is a mount for cameras, or other devices, and the bottom arrow points to …
Australopithecus
Australopithecus afarensis. In early 1994 National Geographic Magazine asked me to create, for the first time, a painting closer to our own ancestry, and closer to my own training (anthropology). The famous Lucy fossil had made her debut without her head twenty years earlier, and the new National Geographic story was about the discovery …
‘Falcon Trainer’ by Pavle Paja Jovanović
‘Falcon Trainer’ by Pavle Paja Jovanović (Serbian, 1859-1957). He is considered one of Serbia’s greatest “orientalist” painters. The Scottish School of Classical Art
Snake Enrichment Boards
We’ve been trying to incorporate more natural behaviors into our animal programs, and for ratsnakes like Allegheny, one common behavior is climbing. To help show off his climbing skills, we built a stand-up board with lots of perches to navigate — and he loves exploring every inch! Wildlife Center of Virginia More. It surprised me …
Lyrebird’s secret farming skills uncovered in Australian forests
New research has revealed the superb lyrebird to be a resourceful farmer, creating micro-habitats to host and fatten its prey before returning later to feast. Scientists from La Trobe University observed the ground-dwelling birds working to create habitats suitable for their diet of worms, centipedes and spiders. In a paper published in the Journal of …
Good News for Ash?
Crossbred resistant ash more resistant. My land has a lot of ash. Losing them then the hemlocks is a painful thought.
Fallstreak hole
Fall streak hole cloud yesterday, Montréal area, Québec, Canada. Fallstreak Hole Never heard of it.