-
Where’s my umbrella? Thunder, Chaos, and Lorenz Attractors
Where’s my umbrella? Thunder, Chaos, and Lorenz Attractors Okay, you live in California, but there must have been at least one or two occasions when you’ve had to endure complaints against the weather–and the weather app. For example, perhaps an umbrella-less friend expected a sunny weekend before the skies decided to open itself on him…
-
MIT Scientists Produce Hybrid Material
According to a paper published in Nature Materials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists recently have incorporated inorganic matter with living cells to develop a material that has properties of living and non-living things using E.coli bacteria. Led by Timothy Lu, a professor of electrical engineering and biological engineering, MIT researchers used E.coli bacteria to…
-
To know where we are with Geographic Information Systems is to understand who we are.
“A place is what it is because of its location. Where we are is who we are.” Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa did not take geography for granted. He understood that a place is a space with an identity. Throughout his work Pessoa created multiple personalities to write his poetry, so much so that his literary…