Month: January 2014

Wild Life (Short) – National Film Board of Canada

Nominated for an Oscar® for Best Animated Short at the 2012 Academy Awards This animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man, sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909. However, his affection for badminton, bird watching and liquor leaves him little time for wrangling cattle. It soon becomes clear…… Continue reading Wild Life (Short) – National Film Board of Canada

Dolphins Communicated with Ecolocation

At the Kolmården Wild Animal Park, dolphins like young Luna can now aim their echolocation beam at shapes on an underwater screen to indicate their choices and answer questions. The project is called ELVIS (The Echo Location Visualization and Interface System) and it’s currently being used to help the dolphins choose the types of fish they want to eat. Research Director…… Continue reading Dolphins Communicated with Ecolocation

Celebrating Crystallography – The Royal Institution

One of the great innovations of the twentieth century is likely not well-known, but this video from the Ri Channel is looking to change that:This is X-ray crystallography. Discovered in 1913 by William and Lawrence Bragg, x-ray crystallography is a technique that reveals the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal. When a narrow beam of x-rays is shown through the crystal, it…… Continue reading Celebrating Crystallography – The Royal Institution