All the links rom iamcal.com 2013-05-30T20:38:00Z Flickr tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10078/ 2013-05-30T20:38:00Z 2013-05-30T20:38:00Z <p>Everybody know that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)">Primer</a> is amazing. Emily Yoshida tries to <a href="http://youmightfindyourself.com/post/51576219982/primer-2004">explain why</a>. (Contains spoilers: watch it at least once before reading)</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10013/ 2013-01-05T04:40:00Z 2013-01-05T04:40:00Z <p>An interesting little piece on British environmentalist Mark Lynas, an early anti-GMO campaigner, who has <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/03/mark_lynas_environmentalist_who_opposed_gmos_admits_he_was_wrong.html">come around</a> after discovering science.</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10047/ 2012-11-06T18:01:00Z 2012-11-06T18:01:00Z <p>There's a great little piece in New York Magazine about the <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/how-did-the-mta-restore-subway-service.html">restoration of the NYC subway</a> after Hurricane Sandy. It echoes some of the things at the start of <a href="http://www.worldwithoutus.com/index2.html">The World Without Us</a> about the huge level of everyday maintenance required to keep the subway system from flooding completely.</p> <p class="bimg"><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/how-did-the-mta-restore-subway-service.html"><img src="/images/blog/a_560x375.jpg" width="560" height="375" /></a></p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/10095/ 2012-09-24T06:24:00Z 2012-09-24T06:24:00Z <p>The case of the missing bees (more specially, colony collapse disorder) might have actually been <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/04/09/mystery-of-the-disappearing-bees-solved/">solved</a>.</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2755/ 2012-02-28T19:05:00Z 2012-02-28T19:05:00Z <p>i went to CERN when i was in high school and <a href="http://booktwo.org/notebook/cern/">james bridle is right</a> - it's amazing</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2708/ 2011-08-23T07:36:00Z 2011-08-23T07:36:00Z <p>reading the archive of <a href="http://zomgscience.net">zomgscience</a> is worth it</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2663/ 2011-05-03T06:38:00Z 2011-05-03T06:38:00Z <p>not only do some crabs have blood that is <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/crash-a-tale-of-two-species/the-benefits-of-blue-blood/595/">blue</a>, it's worth $15k per quart. crab blood!</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2600/ 2010-12-30T00:16:00Z 2010-12-30T00:16:00Z <p>learning science is <a href="http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/4107.html">best</a> when you do it yourself. does that apply to other subjects?</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2594/ 2010-11-30T22:44:00Z 2010-11-30T22:44:00Z <p>yup, the universe it pretty big. and the planck length is <a href="http://uploads.ungrounded.net/525000/525347_scale_of_universe_ng.swf">pretty small</a></p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/ tag:iamcal.com,2005:/blog/2575/ 2010-11-07T21:59:00Z 2010-11-07T21:59:00Z <p>using angled cups to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk7LcugO3zg">drink coffee in space</a>. go science!</p> Cal Henderson http://www.iamcal.com/