Damian’s notes

Breakdown on life on Earth in terms of biomass (measured in millions of tonnes of carbon). Scroll down for a surprise!

All the Biomass on Earth in One Massive Visualization Our planet supports nearly 8.7 million species. We break down the total composition of the living world in terms of its biomass.

Noted by Damian Cugley 3 years, 3 months ago.

This was an eye-opener: a podcast episode on the vagus nerve, an anatomical feature of the body I was entirely ignorant of, that connects all sorts of parts of the body to the brain without diverting via the spinal column, and in which a lot of our consciousness of ourself is located.

Finding consciousness outside the brain, and using DNA to reunite families — Science Magazine Podcast — Overcast

Noted by Damian Cugley 3 years, 5 months ago.

The eye has a system for detecting whether it is daylight or not that is separate from the light sensors that let us see. So faffing with the colour balance of your LCD display probably makes little difference.

Researchers discover second light-sensing system in human eye New research on blind subjects has bolstered evidence that the human eye has two separate light-sensing systems — one that perceives the familiar visual ...

Noted by Damian Cugley 3 years, 7 months ago.

Science Magazine roundup of 2020—including a sample of the top non-COVID stories of the year.

Breakthrough of the Year, top online news, and science book highlights — Science Magazine Podcast — Overcast

Noted by Damian Cugley 4 years ago.

Podcast including a segment on research into where the stereotypical human pointing gesture comes from. As I was listening I was practicing pointing at things and being amazed at how the researchers described behaviour I'd been performing without realizing all my life!

The point of pointing, and using seabirds to track ocean health — Science Magazine Podcast — Overcast

Noted by Damian Cugley 5 years, 4 months ago.

Science posters all use the same wall-of-text design. Here’s a proposed design that is both more usable, and easier to create

(Via Timothy O'Leary on Twitter)

How to create a better research poster in less time (including templates) Get the template here... https://osf.io/ef53g/ Every field in science uses the same, old, wall-of-text poster design. If we can improve the knowledge transfe...

Noted by Damian Cugley 5 years, 7 months ago.

Podcasts ep with a more thorough discussion of the reviving dead pigs’ brains experiment and ethical considerations regarding how alive they’re allowing them to be.