http://www.netvouz.com/narky/tag/science?feed=rss narky's bookmarks tagged "science" on Netvouz http://eyestilts.com/index.html The Telestereoscope is an optical device that increases the distance between your eyes. This has the effect of enhancing your perception of depth. For some people, it makes the world seem miniaturized: cars become toys, and landscapes look like model train sets. For others, the environment deepens and splits into many distinct planes. One viewer described it as "like looking at the real world through a Viewmaster. Art > Reflective narky Mon, 22 May 2006 12:50:28 GMT http://www.realclimate.org/ RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political or economic implications of the science. Political > Enviromental narky Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:38:28 GMT http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/vis2006/ Science and the National Science Foundation are pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. The links on this page will take you to articles describing the accomplishments of the creative and gifted scientists, artists, and others who put the winning entries together, as well as an online slide presentation that showcases the competition's winners and honorable mentions. All material is freely available for all site visitors. Art > Reflective narky Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:02:41 GMT http://www.princeton.edu/artofscience/gallery/ Images presenting a fascinating and beautiful cross section of the arts and sciences at Princeton. It celebrates the aesthetics of research and the ways in which science and art inform each other. Art > Reflective narky Mon, 22 May 2006 13:40:04 GMT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_darko Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult film, the first by writer and director Richard Kelly. Set in 1988, the movie is a psychological science fiction film about a boy named Donnie Darko who, after narrowly escaping death, has visions of an eerie, bipedal, giant rabbit named Frank who predicts when the world will end. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle and Maggie Gyllenhaal. Media > Movies and TV shows narky Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:49:03 GMT http://www.livingreviews.org/ 'Living Reviews' is a unique editorial concept for the publication of high-quality scientific content. 'Living' review articles are 1. as the name suggests, review articles, providing insightful surveys on research progress in the fields they cover and guiding readers to the most important literature in the field, 2. solicited from experts in the field by an international Editorial Board, 3. subject to peer-review, 4. open access publications 5. and, most important, 'living' which means that the articles are regularly being updated by their authors to incorporate the latest developments in the field. Educational > Cosmology narky Wed, 24 May 2006 09:19:04 GMT http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/ Eric Weisstein's World of Science Educational narky Mon, 22 May 2006 12:03:19 GMT http://www.atnf.csiro.au/ The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) supports Australia's research in radio astronomy. It is administered by the CSIRO, Australia's national scientific research organisation and is funded by the Australian Government. The ATNF operates the Australia Telescope which consists of the Compact Array at Narrabri and the Parkes and Mopra radio telescopes. These telescopes can be used together as a long baseline array for use in Very Long Baseline Interferometry. Educational > Physics narky Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:35:56 GMT http://www.banksiafdn.com/ The Banksia Environmental Foundation, established in 1989, is a national not-for-profit organisation that promotes environmental excellence and sustainability through its Awards program and other associated events. The Banksia Environmental Awards are regarded as the most prestigious environmental awards in Australia. The Banksia Environmental Foundation also organises the Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year Award and is in partnership with other Environmental and Sustainability Awards Political > Enviromental narky Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:27:56 GMT