Yugenometry

A blog of science and technology, to bring a little wonder into your lives. Visit my Wordpress blog at yugenometry.com

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Webcomic Wednesday: Number I thought I'd keep on with the dinosaur theme and present to you this comic from…

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Updating the Science: Dinosaurs and their Feathers

Updating the Science: Dinosaurs and their Feathers

Now I remember hearing a while back that dinosaurs actually had feathers, but I was never sure whether it was a true scientific discovery or just a theory. Turns out that with a modicum of research I could have found that yes, many dinosaurs did have proto-feathers: a prequel to modern bird feathers. While some dinosaurs that are less related to birds (such as the Triceratops) merely had quills…

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Webcomic Thursday - Number 1(1)

Webcomic Thursday – Number 1(1)

Man I need to get better at posting. A friend gave me a handy notebook for my recent birthday that I’m using to try and get my life sorted.

Not exactly motivational

So hooopefully I’ll actually start updating more often! Wouldn’t that be nice?

This week’s wonderful comic is from the incredible and incorrigible Completely Serious Comics by Jesse. This guy has heaps of funny comics, lots of them a…

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Webcomic Wednesday - Number Ten

Webcomic Wednesday – Number Ten

This week’s dose of comic-y goodness comes from the wonderful Gemma Correll. She has a myriad of funny pictures, including a Monday Punday! Check her out and have a giggle. A friend actually just gave me one of her books for my birthday! (Thanks Morgan!)

Poor quality photo, great quality book!

Enjoy the comic!

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  I wouldn’t bother going to an e coli party…

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The Nature of Colour - Why Plants are Green and the Sky is Blue

Those of us able to see the full range of colours often take colour for granted. We consider it to be an implicit characteristic of an object – If you have a red ball, it is red just as obviously as it is a ball – rather than something affected by its environment. To actually understand the nature of colour you need to take a dive into the deep, muddy pool of quantum physics. I’m only just…

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Webcomic Wednesday - Number Nine

This week’s comic (and the first post in a looong time (sorry)) is from a new source called For Lack of a Better Comic! Contrary to the name, they’re actually pretty up there in terms of originality. There’s a fair bit in the way of butt jokes, but still well worth having a look at. Enjoy, and I’ll hopefully keep on top of articles for the coming weeks!

For any of you who live in Australia or…

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My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing: The Debate over Pluto’s Loss of Planetary Status

Pluto: No longer one of the big boys

The demotion of Pluto from planet to ‘dwarf planet’ status in 2006 caused an outcry in both the general and scientific communities. Children who had previously learnt the order of the planets with the mnemonic ‘My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas’  wrote letters to those who instigated the change demanding to know why their favourite planet was…

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Webcomic Friday

I’ve been pretty lax over the past few weeks. This has mainly been because I’ve had a week of university study break (which everyone knows means a break from study amirite). But I’ve also been getting onto things while being back at uni so I haven’t had much spare time. So, with a break in tradition, I bring you my first Webcomic Friday.

This comic is from someone that I’ve only recently…

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Webcomic Wednesday: Number Eight

I’ve been doing this for eight weeks? Good god. Thank you to those that have been reading!

This week’s comic is from The Gentlemans Armchair. This particular one is about a kid’s show called The Magic School Bus, which I absolutely adored when I was younger. It involved Miss Frizzle and her class’ adventures with, you guessed it, a magic school bus. She took her class on excursions showing them…

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Webcomic Wednesday: Number Eight

I’ve been doing this for eight weeks? Good god. Thank you to those that have been reading!

This week’s comic is from The Gentlemans Armchair. This particular one is about a kid’s show called The Magic School Bus, which I absolutely adored when I was younger. It involved Miss Frizzle and her class’ adventures with, you guessed it, a magic school bus. She took her class on excursions showing them…

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Webcomic Wednesday: Number Seven

This week’s comic is from Left Handed Toons! Left handed comics drawn by right handed people. Some of the lines are a little wobbly but the artwork is still very good!

    telIf you don’t know something you’re unknowledgeable. If you ‘dark’ don’t know something, it’s science.

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Why I Am Not a Zoologist

How I Decided to Not Become a Zoologist

  If you’ve read this blog before, you’d know that I’m currently studying physics at university. But, when I was little, I wanted to be a zoologist.

I think this stemmed from my love of roaming our bushy backyard, catching lizards and slaters, and lying on the grass and watching the beetles roam over the uneven green carpet. This desire spanned a good ten years and lasted until I was fifteen when…

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Quantum Conundrum: How Do We Describe Our Universe?

The world as a whole has become more interested in particle physics since the development of the Large Hadron Collider and the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson (the particle that allows matter to have mass). Have you ever wondered how it all works?

The Hadron Collider: basis for physics jokes everywhere.

Well, so have scientists. We have Newtonian Physics to explain the world around us (why…

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Webcomic Wednesday: Number Six Here's another gem from the illuminating Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal The previous discovery of the golden goose resulted in plummeting gold prices, destruction of the economy and the ruination of the lives of all fairy-folk. Fairy-tale societies are highly unsustainable.

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Prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse... If You're an Ant There is a video below. I warn you now, it is not for the fainthearted. It's an extract from one of BBC's David Attenborough documentaries 'Planet Earth' and concerns a parasitic fungus that preys upon certain ants.

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Webcomic Wednesday: Number Five

  And here is a video that fits snugly into the intersect.

  That rap’s tighter than an e^x graph and the x-axis.

Word.

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Homokakapens - Conservationist Takes 'Active' Interest in Preserving a Species of Rare Parrot

Mark Carwardine, a zoologist, has worked tirelessly to conserve the fragile organisms of our planet. He has written and done the photography for an enormous number of books (including one with great sci-fi author Douglas Adams) and starred in a BBC documentary with Stephen Fry. It was during this documentary that the wildlife decided to show their appreciation.

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