From Tibet to the edge of the Universe
From Tibet to the known Universe
Design and Art
Radiolab Live: Amazing
This is off topic for the CAD Blog but if you have any interest in science and/or art you must see: Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical and Amazing - RobiNZ Personal Blog
Radiolab Live: Apocalyptical and Amazing
I’ve heard all their podcasts—so expected the typical Radiolab brilliance—but this video of the Radiolab Live tour is amazing. I heard the audio version on Sunday and just watched the video. If you have any interest in science and/or art you must see this. Robert Krulwich
Nikola Tesla honoured in comic infographic
I’ve always been intersted in both the myth and (incredible) reality of Nikola Telsa. He truly did pioneer many technologies which make our society what it is. theoatmeal.com has a great comic tribute to Nikola Tesla
The importance of being wrong: the Big Bang and precision cosmology - Professor Richard Easther
This sounds interesting. I hope to get to to his inaugural lecture as found Richard’s Auckland Skeptics in the Pub cosmology talk (October 2011) and the discussion after really interesting. Although my Physics education ended at High School, so probably won’t understand much, i still enjoy learning what
A new look for RobiNZ CAD Blog, a very natural glow!
A few weeks ago I mentioned I was considering a redesign for the blog. At the time I made a few tweaks as realised a new ‘look’ would take more time than I had to spare. A few months ago I was one of many who helped crowd fund a
StarTalk Podcast and CAD, Computer Aided Dimensions?
Not sure how I missed it but I’ve been busy catching up with the awesome StarTalk podcast back catalogue. It is where, to quote their own tagline: “Science, pop culture & comedy collide on StarTalk w/ astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-hosts, celebrities &
Lunar Eclipse
Not the clearest, a bit of halo and at the limit of IXUS zoom, but you get the idea.
Lawrence Krauss, brilliant about Nothing!
When I heard Lawrence Krauss, author of A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, was giving a lecture at The University of Auckland I had to be there. I’ve always regretted missing Richard Feynman’s 1979 Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures. I was 13 and although
Invest in science, get your name ‘drawn’ in glowing bacteria!
Siouxsie Wiles is a microbiologist and bioluminescence enthusiast who heads up the Bioluminescent Superbugs Group at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I know her through the Auckland Skeptics in the Pub Meetup Group. BSG make bacteria that glow in the dark to better understand how to prevent and fight
Help save NZ’s native praying mantis!
Not pretty like a Panda or iconic like a Kiwi, actually quite gruesome in their eating habits but Native Preying Mantis (with blue spotted arms below right) awesome little creatures well worth saving. How you can help save our native praying mantis - Photos - Graeme Hill - Weekend Hosts - RadioLIVE Good Mantis-
Paleo, another way to spell fad, Diet?
This started as a comment on a blog post but got a bit long and involved. I’m not much of an expert on dieting as have only managed my own weight without formal dieting. I’m also far from perfect but perhaps lucky in finding lots of potentially fattening