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grrlscientist | April 8, 2008tags: sensitive plant, botany, pet plants, streaming video
An interesting video of the Sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica. The music is the intro to 'Baba O'Riley' by The Who. [1:13]
The photographer writes;
I've been growing this unusual plant for a couple of months. The Sensitive plant is a creeping annual or perennial herb often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched, re-opening within minutes. Mimosa pudica is native to Brazil, but is now a pantropical weed. Other names given to this curious plant are TickleMe Plant, Humble plant, Shame plant,…
grrlscientist | April 7, 2008tags: elephant picasso, wow, animal behavior, streaming video
This is an absolutely amazing video of an elephant painting a picture of .. an elephant holding a flower! [8:28]
grrlscientist | April 4, 2008tags: beer orchestra, humor, silliness, streaming video
Those crazy beer-swilling Canadians! At least they aren't advertizing icky beers like Budweiser or Coors lite or other crappy American beers [1:15]
grrlscientist | April 3, 2008tags: unemployment, humor, satire, streaming video
So, you all thought the Streetwalking Lawyers of Seattle video was humorous, did you? Well, after a quick trip through my time machine to the year 2009, I have found that streetwalking lawyers was prescient. [1:28]
grrlscientist | April 2, 2008tags: European starling flock, birds, behavior, streaming video
This streaming video shows what happens when a large flock of starlings decides to roost in a small red cedar tree -- it bends over and then, when they fly away, it snaps back. [1:40]
grrlscientist | April 1, 2008tags: flying penguins, humor, satire, streaming video
Wow, hot off the presses: A flock of flying penguins has just been discovered! This video documents this amazing feat. [1:31]
grrlscientist | April 1, 2008tags: The Best Cigarette, poetry, Billy Collins, streaming video
April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day, this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). For this first poem of the month, I found this gem by Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets. It is a streaming video where the poet reads his own poem in his luscious voice, and it is wonderfully animated by David Vaio of FAD [1:42]
The Best Cigarette
There are many that I miss
having sent my last one out a car…
grrlscientist | March 31, 2008tags: The Streetwalking Lawyers of Aurora Avenue, humor, satire, streaming video
"The Streetwalking Lawyers of Aurora Avenue" is a great idea that I should emulate to get a job .. maybe I can hang around in the garment district with a set of pipettemen and offer to clone rich people so they can get transplants of their own organs from their clones? [1:26]
grrlscientist | March 28, 2008tags: Cheesus, humor, punny, satire, streaming video
According to this video, Cheesus was churned by a simple carpenter and his wife who was a virgin. Wow! [3:38].
oops. I meant to show you this video [0:51];
grrlscientist | March 27, 2008tags: playing fetch, cute dog, pets, streaming video
This is the funniest video of a cute dog that plays fetch all by himself! You've got to see how he does it! [2:09].
grrlscientist | March 26, 2008tags: liger, hybrid big cat, streaming video
This streaming video shows the liger -- a hybrid between a male lion and a female tiger. This animal grows to be much larger than either parent. Interestingly, the tigon -- a hybrid between a male tiger and female lion is usually smaller than either parent. [2:00].
grrlscientist | March 24, 2008tags: christian gene, humor, satire, streaming video
Gay scientists have isolated the gene they believe makes people Christian. [1:15].
grrlscientist | March 23, 2008tags: Expelled!, Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, religious wingnuts, christian fundamentalists, cultism, streaming video
This streaming video reveals the unadulterated stupidity of the religious wingnuts; their poor public relations skills, their artlessness, their shocking lack of creative abilities, along with their unabashed duplicity. Oh, by the way, Happy Easter! [9:30].
grrlscientist | March 21, 2008tags: Easter bunny, cute bunny, pets, streaming video
This is especially for the kids out there .. a brief glimpse into the Easter bunny's nonworking hours [1:38].
grrlscientist | March 20, 2008tags: bring your daughter to war day, humor, satire, streaming video
Girls between the ages of 8 and 14 spent the day helping their parents fight insurgents and defuse mines in Iraq [1:22].
grrlscientist | March 19, 2008tags: Shadow puppets, streaming video
This is the 7th Annual Helpmann Awards in 2007 featuring Raymond Crowe doing "Shadow Puppets" [2:17].
grrlscientist | March 18, 2008tags: amphibians, frogs, toads, salamanders, streaming video
Frogs Forever? Only if we leap in to save them. There's a global crisis facing all amphibians -- frogs, toads and salamanders -- they're vanishing before our very eyes. [2:11].
grrlscientist | March 17, 2008tags: Swan Lake, acrobats, ballet, streaming video
I love ballet, especially Swan Lake, but this rendition with Chinese ballet dancers who are also very accomplished acrobats is simply beyond description. Perhaps the most impressive moment is when the prima ballerina is on pointe on her partner's head! [7:21].
grrlscientist | March 15, 2008tags: genetics, Bill Nye the Science Guy, education, streaming video
Those of you who do not know who Bill Nye the Science Guy! is will especially enjoy this video. In this streaming episode, Bill Nye the Science Guy explores the science behind genes (part 3). Basically, you can thank your parents for all those nice pairs of genes. Chromosomes are made up of sequences of genes, which are themselves made up of strands of DNA. The mutations in DNA during replication cause resulting changes within genes, which is the basis of evolution. [8:54].
grrlscientist | March 14, 2008tags: genetics, Bill Nye the Science Guy, education, streaming video
Those of you who do not know who Bill Nye the Science Guy! is will especially enjoy this video. In this streaming episode, Bill Nye the Science Guy explores the science behind genes (part 2). Basically, you can thank your parents for all those nice pairs of genes. Chromosomes are made up of sequences of genes, which are themselves made up of strands of DNA. The mutations in DNA during replication cause resulting changes within genes, which is the basis of evolution. The third and last part appears tomorrow morning. [6:17].