High-entropy materials follow the same principle. “Most materials are made primarily from one or two elements, but high-entropy materials combine five or more elements in roughly equal proportions,” explained Salehi-Khojin. “This even distribution leads to a highly disordered atomic structure—what scientists call ‘high entropy’—which can enhance the material’s strength, resistance to heat, and ability to …
Indiana Jughead
Throw back to the Indiana “propane buck” I was fortunate to capture just a few days before my neighbor took him on Nov 4th 2018 still holding the propane tank I had hundreds of pictures of this buck all through the summer months eating my food plots just about daily And yes that’s my …
Sci-Fi : Fiction and Reality
Research demonstrated that lichen found in the Mojave Desert survived for three months under levels of solar radiation previously considered lethal. The common lichen, Clavascidium lacinulatum, was injured, but able to recover and replicate. The results show that photosynthetic life may be possible on planets exposed to intense solar radiation. Desert lichen offers new evidence for the possibility …
Back to Buckethead, Pike Album Reviews
I like the first track. An otherworldly Buckethead piece. It is weird and unconventional but it gave me a lot of impressions on different listens. It has a bluesy vibe but the repeated riff makes me think of gravitational waves and all sorts of things. It is mildly creepy and I think Lovecraft would love …
Good New Sci-Fi?
In Pip Adam’s extraordinary, humane book Audition, the stars are both a dystopian place and a site of uncharted possibility. A Novel That Reimagines the Meaning of Outer Space I haven’t read it but it sounds interesting.
Remembering A.K. Best
Remembering A.K. Best It’s with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our fly fishing hero, mentor, and dear friend, A.K. Best.i His favorite quote still makes us smile: “It doesn’t matter how big the fish are, your hands still smell the same.” That was A.K., full of wisdom, humor, and perspective. Rocky Mountain …
Hot Rock under Steve
thanks to close ties to the fossil fuel industry and new technological breakthroughs, U.S. geothermal power may survive the GOP assaults on support for renewables and even thrive. U.S. Geothermal
Grouse Mural
Revisiting an old friend. When you spend so many hours on a painting, you start considering it as a living thing, evolving, developing, growing as any soul on this planet would. This is a mural I painted in 2016, for a good client and friend at his house. Murals are slightly different than …
Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940.
A homesteader and his family in their cardboard house in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. His children are wearing flour sack dresses. Historical Photos YT Tough times. Steve may have been there. Pie Town and its people were photographed in 1940 by Russell Lee, a photographer for the Farm Security Administration of the U.S. government. Pie Town, Lee’s photos, …
Straight out of Dune
The greatest lunge I ever filmed! A facebook one by the same guy.