Srinivasa Ramanujan brings life to the myth of the self-taught genius. He grew up poor and uneducated and did much of his research while isolated in southern India, barely able to afford food. In 1912, when he was 24, he began to send a series of letters to prominent mathematicians. These were mostly ignored, but …
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The Chihuahua desert once had tall grasses and they are coming back.
The Chihuahua desert once had tall grasses and they are coming back. Meet the superhero Alejandro Carrillo, fighting climate change with CATTLE and TREES! This used to be a dry, barren, crusty desert at Las Damas Ranch in the Chihuahuan Desert. Now, without applying fertilizer, irrigation, or chemicals on his livestock, he’s transformed the land. …
Zero Taxes the Brain
“Zero is, by many mathematicians, definitely considered one of the greatest — or maybe the greatest — achievement of mankind,” said the neuroscientist Andreas Nieder(opens a new tab), who studies animal and human intelligence at the University of Tübingen in Germany. “It took an eternity until mathematicians finally invented zero as a number.” Perhaps that’s no …
FYI Fair Warning.
Did you know small lead fragments can be present in hunter-harvested deer and bear, particularly in ground meat? Often, lead particles are too small to detect by sight or feel, making removal practically impossible. Lead is also a threat to eagles that feed on the remains of hunter’s harvests. Please consider using lead free ammunition.The …
Carpet Shoes
Being into deer tracking I thought this interesting. I heard about it on the radio Oct 21. The description was that the border patrol used to consider themselves the best trackers in the world but with carpet shoes they have given up. I wish I was smart enough to think of things like that.
Turkey Dogs
Fall Turkey Fest How to use gun dogs to hunt these big birds. I flipped through the latest Gun Dog issue and there was a turkey dog article. No biggie but the setting was NW rain forest. In Oregon, I think. That surprised me. I didn’t know they were able to handle the …
Sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens Specimen
It’s one of the biggest discoveries of the century, and the first time humans have seen a Machairodontinae (Sabre-toothed/Scimitar-toothed cat) in the flesh (albeit mummified in permafrost) since their extinction some 14 – 10,000 ybp. Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia The Badyarikha cub is the …
Beachcombing by Satellite
I was looking on Google Maps in a remote area of the island, and stumbled across something anomalous. After zooming in, it looks like a whale washed up on the shore! Thought this was pretty cool. I’m guessing the images might already be a couple of years old, but maybe, just maybe, some bones are …
Eagle hunters @ Altai, Mongolia.
Sept 2024 Eagle hunters @ Altai, Mongolia. Sony A1, 70-200 f4 oss ii. Julian Ngu Straight up tourist pandering bull.
Repeat after me: “I will NOT eat bees!
Repeat after me: “I will NOT eat bees!” Happy Hippie