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Ayer llegamos a Puerto Montt. El día estaba hermoso como sucede...

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:39:53 -0400

Ayer llegamos a Puerto Montt. El día estaba hermoso como sucede siempre después de una tormenta. Así se despidió el sol dejando paso a un cielo estrellado. (en Laguna Trapen)

Paz. Flores de loto en Bali, Indonesia (en Novotel Bali Nusa Dua...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:53:05 -0400

Paz. Flores de loto en Bali, Indonesia (en Novotel Bali Nusa Dua Hotel & Residences)

Así está Spencer ahora, con casi tres meses.

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:20:36 -0400

Así está Spencer ahora, con casi tres meses.

bluedogeyes: Amazing Ocean Facts by Dr. Byron Beekle Artist...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:18:59 -0300

bluedogeyes:

Amazing Ocean Facts by Dr. Byron Beekle

Artist website / via pleated jeans

Jajaja hahaha XD

freshphotons: “In its natural environment, Drosophila...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:09:31 -0300

freshphotons:

“In its natural environment, Drosophila melanogaster feeds on yeasts that grow on sugar-rich substrates such as fermenting fruit. Fruits, however, also harbor toxic microbes, and flies need to distinguish those microbes that are safe and nutritious from the harmful ones. In this issue, Stensmyr et al. (pp. 1345–1357) demonstrate that flies detect toxic molds by sensing a volatile compound called geosmin, which exclusively triggers a dedicated signaling pathway in the flies’ olfactory system. This circuit, upon activation, causes innate aversion and also prevents egg laying and feeding. Cover concept by Rakel and Marcus Stensmyr. Clay modeling and photo by Marcus Stensmyr.”

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Genial!!!

Floreció este cactus que pasó de fome a hermoso!!!

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:02:09 -0300

Floreció este cactus que pasó de fome a hermoso!!!

Floripondios en Indonesia. Verdaderos árboles.

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:49:12 -0300

Floripondios en Indonesia. Verdaderos árboles.

Puerto Montt a esta hora

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:20:19 -0300

Puerto Montt a esta hora

La última luz del día. (at Jambuluwuk Resort Batu)

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:51:14 -0300

La última luz del día. (at Jambuluwuk Resort Batu)

staff: Whoa! Our iPhone app has been chosen by Apple as an App...

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:24:47 -0300

staff:

Whoa! Our iPhone app has been chosen by Apple as an App Store Best of 2012.

We are truly honored. And we’ve still got some surprises this year. :)

CONGRATS!!!

Los cielos del Sur, maravillosos! (at Pelluhuin)

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:35:30 -0300

Los cielos del Sur, maravillosos! (at Pelluhuin)

Debería darle una medalla a mi cafetera Bialetti porque tras 10...

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:26:28 -0300

Debería darle una medalla a mi cafetera Bialetti porque tras 10 años de servicio sigué regalándome momentos sublimes.

factstofigures: Artist: Eduardo Bernain D. National Tourism...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:36:16 -0300

factstofigures:

Artist: Eduardo Bernain D.

National Tourism Service (1980). Guide to Fishing for Sport in Chile. Paris: Editions Delroisse.

Su Jurelito!

Esta tarde en Puerto Montt

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:37:40 -0300

Esta tarde en Puerto Montt

sciencecenter: The nine circles of scientific hell This graphic...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:25:24 -0300

sciencecenter:

The nine circles of scientific hell

This graphic is awesome. Be sure to read the accompanying article from Perspectives in Psychological Science.

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri is a classic of world literature and was the first major work in the Italian language. In the first book of the trilogy, Inferno, Dante offers a tour of the nine increasingly horrible levels of Hell, in which the wicked are tormented forever in ways corresponding to their sins. But Dante lived before the era of modern science. Perhaps it is necessary to update his scheme to explain what happens to those guilty of various scientific sins, ranging from the commonplace to the shocking

Hahaha heal!

Siempre (at Sitio arqueologico Monte Verde)

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:52:09 -0300

Siempre (at Sitio arqueologico Monte Verde)

sciencecenter: 35 years later, Voyager spacecraft nearing the...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:12:16 -0300

sciencecenter:

35 years later, Voyager spacecraft nearing the edge of the solar system

In the fall of 1977, NASA launched the two Voyager spacecraft, which were designed to study Jupiter and Saturn and then continue on to the limits of the solar system. Today, they are each more than 14 trillion kilometers from the sun and nearing the “bowshock,” the transitional region where the solar wind collides with gas from interstellar space. Within five years, the Voyager crafts should be completely clear of our solar system’s influence. That far, light must travel more than 30 hours from the sun before it reaches the spacecraft.

What’s especially interesting about the Voyager expedition is the backstory behind the mission. Rocket scientists around the time of Sputnik were trying to design a rocket that could overpower the sun’s gravitational pull, a very tough task. A trip of more than a few months using this brute force method was out of the question. Cue Michael Minovitch, who in 1961 set out to solve the three-body problem, the question of how gravity from both the sun and the Earth would impact a third body, in this case the spacecraft. Some of science’s greatest minds, including Newton, were stumped by the task. However, with the use of one of the first computers, Minovitch was able to demonstrate how exploiting the sun’s gravitational field to slingshot a spacecraft deep into space. One of Minovitch’s simulations used this slingshot approach to accelerate using the gravitational fields of the sun as well as Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. The planets were only on the same side of the solar system in 1977, and the same opportunity wouldn’t present itself again for 176 years. Scientists luckily realized the potential in Minovitch’s idea, and launched the Voyager crafts with enough power to last for decades in space and with instruments to study the solar system’s furthest reaches. Today, although the signal from the spacecraft represents only a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a watt once it reaches Earth, the ships keep sending back data and contribute to new discoveries.

Quick Links

Voyager Mission - NASA

The Math That Made Voyager Possible - BBC

Buenísima, no sé si cuando la enviaron se imaginaron lo lejos que llegaría!

Sandy??

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:09:12 -0300

Sandy??

sciencecenter: All of this hurricane talk has put me in the...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:09:11 -0300

sciencecenter:

All of this hurricane talk has put me in the mood to talk about global warming…

(Source)

Se calienta!!!

Zoox(anthellae)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:36:36 -0300

Zoox(anthellae):

mad-as-a-marine-biologist:

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Good initiative. Thank you for the tip.