My favourite animal has long been the 2 toed sloth, with a top speed when chased by a predator of 0.5mph. You don’t get more laid back than that, but if they are so inefficient, how have they managed to survive? This article from the i a few weeks back, by Becky Cliffe provides some … Continue reading
Here’s a great short clip on the parts of our bodies that once served important roles, but now exist only in vestigial forms. As the film says, we are our own museums of natural history. Fascinating: http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/proof-of-evolution-in-our-own-spare-body-parts.html
Last night I watched a tv show on animal skeletons, and how they determine so much about all of us. I learnt the following: Snakes do not have really bendy joints in their spines, just lots of bones that can can each bend a bit. Gibbons are the greatest aerialists, sẃinging through the trees at … Continue reading
This is a brilliantly funny animation: http://www.openculture.com/2013/02/richard_dawkins_dies_not_really_and_meets_his_maker_in_a_new_nsfw_animation.html Enjoy!
Two years ago I went to Exeter to see an incredible exhibition at the Spacex gallery, by Theo Jansen, a man who combines engineering with art to produce some incredible shows. There was an old film of one of his earliest shows, in 1979 when he and some friends launched a 4 metre wide helium … Continue reading
