Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Jan 21, 2009

Apologies

Oct 3, 2008

Phagocytosis and Chemotaxis


2. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=oYS90knzRl8
3. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=O21VnOgICa8
Phagocytosis is the cellular process of engulfing solid particles by the cell membrane... in the immune system it is a major mechanism used to remove pathogens and cell debris.

2. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql7i_TLUurM
3. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=b0vkSFs5RvM
4. http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=fzbtsJz2Ofc
Chemotaxis is the phenomenon in which bodily cells, bacteria, and other single-cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment.

Jun 19, 2008

May 23, 2008

The stones have small voices

EM emissions:
http://www.terraresearch.net/wav/zapseismo.wav (warning: loud section near middle)
Longitudinal Scalar EM Waves – strong Earth Emissions are part of Quakes and Volcanics
Above is a real plot from a seismograph being zapped by a strong scalar wave burst from the earth. These waves are not mechanical in nature but are pure energy, similar to how a radio wave is pure energy that couples to a radio antenna.

Sped-up seismograph readings from earthquakes:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/listen/wavs/MTCM.wav
http://www.cisn.org/special/evt.04.09.28/sounds/pkfpilot_16x_50.wav

USGS Earthquakes Hazards Program Downloads
Skywise - Earthquakes

May 21, 2008

May 14, 2008

An Elephant Crackup

The elephants of decimated herds, especially orphans who’ve watched the death of their parents and elders from poaching and culling, exhibit behavior typically associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related disorders in humans: abnormal startle response, unpredictable asocial behavior, inattentive mothering and hyperaggression...In July of last year, officials in Pilanesberg shot three young male elephants who were responsible for the killings of 63 rhinos, as well as attacks on people in safari vehicles. In Addo Elephant National Park, also in South Africa, up to 90 percent of male elephant deaths are now attributable to other male elephants, compared with a rate of 6 percent in more stable elephant communities.
An Elephant Crackup?

Mar 30, 2008

...Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw / With ravine, shriek'd against his creed

Insects with modified body structures and embedded micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) have survived to adulthood in a US Defense Advanced Reseach Projects Agency (DARPA) programme.
Cyborg insects 'born' in DARPA project
InsectLabs

Mar 18, 2008

Fish


Electrodes sense "bioelectronic signals" emitted whenever the fish inhale through their gills. The information is fed into a computer programmed to recognise their normal respiration rates.

A screen displays the information. If the computer ever detects that at least five fish - a majority of those on guard - are breathing abnormally and are in distress, it will automatically trigger an alarm and order gates to close, shutting off the flow in canals carrying water to Sydney.


Sink or swim: eight fish who guard the health of millions

Nov 30, 2007

Water Bears

Water bears are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. They can survive temperatures close to absolute zero, temperatures as high as 151°C (303°F), 1,000 times more radiation than any animal, nearly a decade without water, and can also survive in a vacuum like that found in space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_bear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho2sPvza0oA
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay01/mmbearvideo.html
Muscle structure: http://www.baertierchen.de/wb_jul04.html

Sep 11, 2007