I am SO going to this – should be great fun! Kermadec Adventures: A special Blue Wellington event: Dr Tom Trnski of Auckland museum is coming to town! Dr Trnski led the awesome marine survey trip earlier in the year,… Read more ›
“Far out!” say friends and loved ones. aimee ‘oh dear, her again’ whitcroft and Dane ‘finn’ Foster are, it would appear, going to be undertaking the legendarily ludicrous Mongol Rally next year. Naming themselves ‘Lemur Attack Force’, they will… Read more ›
nevver: The Devil’s Dictionary
Today I was looking into HTML5 (as one does), when I came across an incredible site: CANVASMOL. HTML5 is the newest incarnation of HTML (the language in which large bits of the web are written*). What has people extremely excited… Read more ›
The NIWA peeps are well curious about the nigh-on unprecedented amount of frozen precipitation (read: snow) falling all over NZ. In Wellington, and as we speak: it’s snowing _in_ the CBD and also at sea level (Greta Point, for example). … Read more ›
qotumblr: thespitfireemporium: ornamentedbeing: Topless dueling? I know it’s a long text but it’s worth the read! “The most intriguing duel fought between women, and the sole one that featured exposed breasts, took place in August 1892 in Verduz, the capitol… Read more ›
Enough said, really :) Are _you_ in science? Would you agree/disagree? If so, how? HT our very own Alison Campbell, for sharing this…
A quickie, but a fantastic one nonetheless. During its decomissioning, the Space Shuttle Discovery had one of those cool 360 degree virtual photos done, which means one can browse around the cockpit* and look at everything. As if you were… Read more ›
This popped up in one of the legion of email newsletters I generally fail to do anything other with than skim. It’s a video in which Barney Pell (successful entrepreneur and former NASA engineer) pitches the new venture with which… Read more ›
Honestly, what is there to say at this point? Sciblogs just keeps getting more awesome. The newest foal to be welcomed to our fold is Robert Hickson, who will be penning the fantastically classically-named ‘ariadne: a foresight blog‘. He’s going… Read more ›