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Because forgetting is another kind of extinction…

Posted on December 2, 2011 by aranyak

via youtube.com Another documentary to look out for… Once, flocks of over 1 billion passenger pigeons darkened the skies for days. By 1900, a 14-year-old boy shot the last one. How did this happen? The Lost Bird Project is a … Continue reading →

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Wind and Mr. Ug – a lovely loopy tale

Posted on January 23, 2011 by aranyak

via youtube.com [h/t: Bad Astronomer]

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RIP: Denis Dutton, “creator of complicated fictions”

Posted on December 29, 2010 by aranyak

As another year approaches its sad end, Professor Dennis Dutton, who created “complicated fiction” (as seen doing so in front of a live audience in the clip below) by combining art and literature with science and skepticism, and curated digital … Continue reading →

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Help Kickstart a field research project! The Quail Diaries: In Search of the Elegant Quail

Posted on December 22, 2010 by aranyak

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/401217730/the-quail-diaries-in-search-of-the-elegant-quail/widget/video.html via kickstarter.com In what I am told is the season of giving, why not give to a couple of field biologists and artists who want to go chase a rare quail in an interesting collaborative field project? My friend … Continue reading →

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Beauty

Posted on November 18, 2010 by aranyak

Questions about Beauty – what it is, where it came from, how we think of it, and where it might be hiding – have somehow bubbled up to the surface of my consciousness this week through some rather divergent social … Continue reading →

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Dating tips for the LBJ-challenged wader

Posted on June 24, 2010 by aranyak

via kolkatabirds.com I just discovered this new series of bird cartoons on Kolkata Birds! Check out the rest. And join me in looking forward to more… Never heard of an LBJ? Here you go. [Hat-tip: Dharm Khandal]

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A 9-year old’s lovely doodle of Rainforest Habitat on Google’s homepage

Posted on May 27, 2010 by aranyak

via google.com Have you seen this wonderful work of art on Google’s homepage today? Dare I hope this lovely treatment of the famous Google logo gets at least as much attention as their recent one on Pac-man’s 30th anniversary? Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Who’s that young artist on the telly promoting the Youth Orchestras of Fresno?

Posted on March 4, 2010 by aranyak

http://www.ksee24.com/v/?i=86292727 This aired earlier today on KSEE24, Fresno’s NBC affiliate station. I didn’t get to see it live on the telly when it aired, because I was actually in the studio watching it being recorded, having driven there in my … Continue reading →

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