The number 3 draws much of the focus in this study: “The intriguing human preference for a ternary patterned reality,” Lionello Pogliani, Douglas J. Klein [pictured here], and Alexandra T. Balaban, Kragujevac Journal of Science, 27 (2005): 75-114. The authors, at Università della Calabria, Italy and Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA, explain: “Number three […]
Words That, Taken Together Possibly Mean Something
The scholarly journal called Social Text has again published a paper that may seem to be a jumble of big words but may, conceivably be full of deep, clear, important meaning. The new study is: “S’More Inequality — The Neoliberal Marshmallow and the Corporate Reform of Education,” Bethany Moreton [pictured here], Social Text, 2014, Volume 32, Number 3 […]
The tantalyzing fly
This 1919 animated cartoon by Max Fleisher shows many aspects of the motion of a fly. The Public Domain Review explains (basing its explanation on that in Wikipedia): Max Fleischer (1883–1972) was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty […]
“Tiny sea monkeys influence oceanic currents and waves”
This week’s Headline of the Week appears in the Delhi Daily News, on October 1, 2014: Tiny sea monkeys influence oceanic currents and waves Tiny sea monkeys, which are actually a kind of shrimp, create giant ocean currents every evening after sunset. Even though these sea monkeys are small in size they are given the […]