Metousiosis

A Pulseless Heart

metousiosis — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:23:14 +0000

Focus Forward Films highlights the extraordinary vision of doctors Billy Cohn and Bud Frazier, from the Texas Heart Institute, in their effort to show that “physiology can be supported without a pulse,” by replacing a dying man’s heart with a device capable of providing a steady stream of blood to the body, ”like water from a garden hose.”

[Via Texas Medical Center]

Aurora and the Largest Solar Storm in 6 Years

metousiosis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:54:54 +0000

AP provides this beautiful time lapse video, captured last weekend, of the Aurora over Trondheim, Norway, manifested from the largest solar storm since 2005.

Debunking 10 Common Misconceptions

metousiosis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:34:59 +0000

C.G.P. Grey shines the light of reality on 10 popular myths in merely 4 minutes.

Ferguson’s Unseen Doctor Who Opening

metousiosis — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:40:10 +0000

After watching far too many episodes of Doctor Who last night, I simply have to re-post this . . .

It’s all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.

TED: Drew Berry – Animations of Unseeable Biology

metousiosis — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:59:05 +0000

Drew Berry presents some of his advances with computer graphics, in this TED talk, in order to illuminate the unseeable biology occurring every second in every cell within your body.

Metousiosis 22Jan12 Links

metousiosis — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:38:05 +0000

The weekend link dumb:

The James Webb Telescope in all it’s glory:

[Via NASA]

Winter . . .

metousiosis — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:07:25 +0000

Finally, now in the later half of January, Boston was dusted with 1-2 inches of snow in what seems to be a rather bleak winter. Below is Evans Way Park with the new wing of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the background.

Photograph by Metousiosis.

I Don’t Know…

metousiosis — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:49:05 +0000

The Doctor with the three most important words in the English language . . .

[Via WhovianForever]

The Nature of Phi

metousiosis — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:25:29 +0000

Vi Hart expands upon her pervious video on the Fibonacci sequence to explore the role of phi (1.618o3399… or The Golden Ratio) in nature.

Although there are a lot of myths out there regarding phi, it remains my favorite irrational number.

Dumpster Diving

metousiosis — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:08:26 +0000

Daniel Klein highlights the life of someone who dumpster dives in order to sustain his family, and thus emphasizes the great abundance, waste, and inefficiency in todays US food market.