Crazy-seeming research, every now and then, leads to something really, really wonder-filled. In this case, the discovery of something long-predicted (by Einstein) but seemingly impossible to perceive: gravity waves. (HT Maggie Lettvin)
Tag: waves
Innovative Scientists Talk About Their Childhood (9): Nicole Sharp and the Boat Ride
Here’s Nicole Sharp talking about a paddleboat ride she took when she was a child. That ride excited Nicole in a way that led to her eventual unusual career. Nicole created and runs FYFD, the most popular fluid dynamics web site in this part of the universe. ABOUT THIS LITTLE VIDEO SERIES—This is part of […]
High Sounds of the Sea, Over There
If you love the sounds of the sea, and you want to know where — precisely where in the sea — some of those sounds come from and go to, this study may be of interest: “High frequency directionality measurement of ambient noises from breaking waves in the surf zone,” Hsiang-Chih Chan, Chi-Fang Chen, Ruey-Chang […]
“Tiny sea monkeys influence oceanic currents and waves”
This week’s Headline of the Week appears in the Delhi Daily News, on October 1, 2014: Tiny sea monkeys influence oceanic currents and waves Tiny sea monkeys, which are actually a kind of shrimp, create giant ocean currents every evening after sunset. Even though these sea monkeys are small in size they are given the […]
