Mattias Krantz figured out, by experiment and by seeking advice, how to teach an octopus how to play with a piano. That took about half a year. Think of it, if you like, as a case of 88 keys and eight hands, kinda sorta. This video shows dramatic highlights from the mutual adventure. (Thanks to […]
This week’s Feedback column (that I write) in New Scientist magazine has four segments. Here are bits of each of them: Mid-air collision — To learn whether air taxi passengers need worry about collisions with birds, a crash programme in Germany did some tests. What with the complexity and danger of having actual air taxis have congress with actual […]
The snowfall from a snow-laden (from a snowfall) train is somewhat predictable—and so can be somewhat controlled, suggests this study: “Studies of Snow-Dropping from a Train on a Turnout due to Dynamic Excitations,” Tiia-Riikka Loponen, Pekka Salmenperä, Heikki Luomala, and Antti Nurmikolu, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, vol. 32, no. 2, June 2018. The authors, […]
If you want to buy a book to try to train your brain to do something, you have many somethings and many books to choose from. Here’s a sampling: Train Your Brain to be a Genius, by John Woodward, 2009. Train Your Brain to Get Thin: Prime Your Gray Cells for Weight Loss, Wellness, and […]
