“How do they film that?” I always ask. “How do they coordinate? What are they not showing me?” That is how I watch natural history documentaries in between the “ah! That's so cool!” and “hmm, interesting. I should look that up.” Then one day on Netflix I saw BBC Earth's 2009 Life: On Location, where … Continue reading Film Reflection: Life on Location by BBC Earth
Poisoning ivory horns tagged with pink dye to deter poachers. When I read this old news on Facebook, at first I thought, "How does this affect survival among other wild animals?" Then I remembered that this is limited to animals living in fence reserves and human kill far more than the lions do. Then there … Continue reading Pink Rhinos and Elephants?
Originally posted and full article at Research Frontiers blog: You usually do not think much about teeth. You brush them twice a day and use them to chew your food. But who would have thought that the texture of your teeth can tell scientists, now or give or take a few million years, what … Continue reading From Hominins to Hadza: the Evolutionary Dental Approach
I contributed to an article featured at LiveScience.com! I'm excited about it since it is a product from my internship and the people I work with were encouraging, and the editor from LiveScience sounds pleased in his correspondence emails. Normally I consider myself a natural historian. I love the natural sciences in general and a few … Continue reading Solar Cell Efficiency and Zinc Oxide
Imported from university electronic communications course blog. There is a lot of commotion on a farm. If the livestock is not calling for your attention, then the insects are announcing their feast on your crops. Perhaps the irrigation system needs mechanical attention. However, there is one sound you do not want to silence: the tractor. … Continue reading Call of the Tractor
Recently I can across some articles on what might be the upcoming trend in photography, particularly a surprisingly intriguing post from Yahoo Tech. If you want more details, that would be the place to start. Conventionally, professional photographers use large cameras partly because a large sensor needs a large body. A large sensor needs less … Continue reading Go Big or Go Full Frame
Imported from university electronic communications course blog. I have a Nikon that, if it was not Thanksgiving week and the new model was coming out, would have cost close to $800. As a general rule, consumer-level (non-professional) digital SLRs are less than $1,000. I have said previously that a major spec distinguishing consumer cameras from … Continue reading More Sony: The Consumer DSLR
Imported from university electronic communications blog. Expanding upon last week's post, Sony's new pocket-sized camera looks just like any other compact on the outside. By price, it's three times more expensive. By sensor size, it is four times larger. Since the sensor practically determines whether a camera is professional- or amateur-grade, this camera is essentially … Continue reading Sony RX-100 II: The Compact Camera
Imported from university electronics communication blog. Technology: the practical application of knowledge, especially in a particular area. --Merriam Webster Dictionary Technology: a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like. --Dictionary.reference.com Technology: the application of scientific knowledge for practice purposes. --Oxford Dictionary This is to keep me on-base with what technology really is. It … Continue reading New Competitive Edge From Sony Cameras
California's giant redwoods. Congo's mysterious forest elephants. Serengeti's lions and elephants. National Geographic's editor-at-large for photography, Michael Nichols, is notably a daring conservationist. Why? A single redwood tree cannot be photographed in one shot from the ground, air or a neighboring tree in a dense forest. It must be scaled with ropes, harnesses and pulleys. … Continue reading National Geographic Photographer Michael Nichols Shares Conservation Stories
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