THINGS I’VE SEEN
CLICK ON THE LINK TO GO TO LARGER IMAGE I’ve seen it all - – - I’ve seen enough - – - I’ve seen the light - – - I’ve...
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE CLUSTER IN NGC2264. (Look carefully, it’s inverted). “NGC 2264: Cone Nebula at bottom with inverted Christmas Tree cluster above the cone; the bright star just above the...
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VINTAGE BIODIVERSITY IMAGES WITH CHRISTMAS TWIST. (Beautifully done). By Ruth Bleakly, and available for sale as Christmas cards at Concertina Press (See previous day)
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IN WHICH WE ARE TOLD WHY RUDOLPH’S NOSE IS RED. “Epidemiology of reindeer parasites.” Halvorsen O. Parasitol Today. 1986 Dec;2(12):334-9. ABSTRACT: Every Christmas we sing about Rudolph the red-nosed...
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IN WHICH WE DETERMINE A GENETIC BASIS FOR THE GRINCH PHENOTYPE. (Something about G-protein signalling and a heart, two sizes too small) Scott I.C. et al. Dev Cell. 2007 Mar;12(3):403-13....
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MARVELOUS CHRISTMAS CARD BY ROY DOTY (The most awesome Rube Goldberg Machine ever!) By Roy Doty, 2006. Click on the image for full size goodness. (See previous day)
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HEIGHT OF CHRISTMAS TREE DRAWINGS AS A FUNCTION OF TIME: THE STUDY (Conclusion: the drawings get bigger at xmas time) Summary. Thirty male and 30 female srudents in Grade 6...
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NITROGEN INCREASES FRESH WEIGHT AND RETAIL VALUE OF FRASER FIR CHRISTMAS TREES (As measured by number of buds as well as weight, length, and surface area of needles) Hinesley L.E....
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SNOWMAN SCIENCE (Courtesy of Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson) (See previous day)
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AWESOME MICROBIAL CHRISTMAS ART! Fungal plates by Stephanie Mounaud: Bacterial plates by Niall Hamilton. Fungal Christmas tree. Top: Talaromyces stipitatus; Tree: Aspergillus nidulans; Ornaments:...
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PRETTIEST CHRISTMAS LIGHTS EVER (Animated gifs of epithelial cells doing the mitosis) Just staring at this makes us think about the brilliance of nature. Just consider the complexity of what’s...
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ANIMATED GIF OF A GROWING SNOWFLAKE (By Kenneth G. Libbrecht, via Snowcrystals.com) (See previous day)
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An Administrative Approach from Santa Claus and Stork (JE May; CR Ribeiro; F Belini) Abstract: As a public domain, the Santa Claus is able to deliver in a single night...
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IMAGES IN CHRISTMAS BALLS: A.K.A. CRAZY OPTICS CALCULATIONS (By Eef van Beveren, Frieder Kleefeld, George Rupp | pdf) Figure 6: The locations of the various images as seen by each of the five...
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DARWIN AS SANTA (a.k.a. one way Darwin Could Jump the Shark) “Sporting his full white beard, Darwin is hired to impersonate Santa Claus at the local mall. He initially does...
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GEEKY LABORATORY CHRISTMAS PLAYS (Collected works by Vince Li-Cata) IT’S A DEBATABLE CHRISTMAS Hello, Hello Everyone, and welcome to the Special Christmas Edition of The Sean Connery Show. I’m your...
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