The question of print books versus e-books is a matter of life and death, if Bill Crozier’s theory is correct. In 2006, Mr. Crozier proposed that schoolchildren be equipped with thick books, to use as shields if and when their school is attacked by terrorists. Mr. Crozier proposed this theory during his campaign to become Superintendent of Education for […]
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Worm-generated wormholes record history in space and time
Wormholes — what are they good for? This study suggests one possible answer: “Wormholes record species history in space and time,” S. Blair Hedges, Biology Letters, vol. 9, no. 1. February 2013. The author, at Penn State University, reports: “I show that printed wormholes in rare books and artwork are trace fossils of wood-boring species […]
Improbable on “Science Friday” today: Tom Swift
I’m going to be on NPR’s Science Friday program again today, discussing the Tom Swift novels. (Special thanks to Jess Zimmerman for sending a copy of Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone!) BONUS: A repository of info about the Tom Swift books BONUS: Tom Swift and the blessings of invention BONUS: Wikipedia is a good gateway for info about the […]
Medical pop-up book vids, with silent organs!
These are pop-up medical books, or rather videos of some of those books being flipped-through. Whitney Trettien, Rachel Ingold, and Meg Brown of Duke University created the videos. The videos, being silent*, feature silent organs. (Thanks to Laughing Squid and @JenLucPiquant for bringing them to our attention.) *Well, not entirely silent. You can hear some unexciting […]