Other Shenanigans

TED: Visualising data

TED talks are cool. I remember seeing this guy’s book in a shop – and not buying it. I love his point, I draw out information myself for revision times.

One thing though … what if, what if all this where online complete with links to sources and further information? Now that’d be what I’d call sexy.

Cool New Pictures of Embryos

My chosen speciality is Developmental Biology so naturally this video fills me with excitement.

But this is not only about some pretty cool images but also about the technique. There’s a paper in Science that’s all about taking images of embryos and measuring them. It’s all very technical but it comes with some cool computer generated images made from these measurements.

Olivier N, Luengo-Oroz MA, Duloquin L, Faure E, Savy T, Veilleux I, Solinas X, Débarre D, Bourgine P, Santos A, Peyriéras N, & Beaurepaire E (2010). Cell lineage reconstruction of early zebrafish embryos using label-free nonlinear microscopy. Science (New York, N.Y.), 329 (5994), 967-71 PMID: 20724640

Peter Tyack: The intriguing sound of marine mammals

Fascinating talk of problems and solutions. Acoustic pollution is something most of us do not often consider when considering the state of the ocean but Peter Tyack clearly shows the issue.

For more information on the current state of the ocean, see the special feature in last week’s issue of Science (18.6).