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Fighting Infection by Clonal Selection

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:23:47 GMT

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Clip Source: news.nationalgeographic.com

Honorable Mention, Noninteractive Media: "Fighting Infection by Clonal Selection"

The picture, which won an honorable mention in the noninteractive media category of the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, depicts how immune system cells can ride to the rescue and destroy the harmful bacteria.

Tags: fighting infection, clonal selection, nature, bacteria, animal

The Original POWERS OF TEN video - Still Awesome!

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:36:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: WOW, Its the one I watched at the science center years ago - still awesome!

Clip Source: www.amazingincredible.com

Powers of Ten

"Powers of Ten" is a classic short film illustrating the vast magnitude of our universe with a hypnotic zoom from the margins of our galaxy cluster to the inside of our bodies' cells. This film was created in 1977 by Charles and Ray Eames (of Eames Chair fame).

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Paul Drummond Illustrations

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:23:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.pauldrummond.co.uk

Science Fiction

Select an image to view it in detail:

His Master’s Voice

Little Lost Robot

Africa (cover)

Strange Behaviour

Insurgency

Leaving Orbit

Exploration

Tags: paul drummond, artist, art, illustrationist, scifi, fantasy, horror

What is Science?

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:14:11 GMT

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Clip Source: humanknowledge.net

Definition of Science

Science is the study of regular objective phenomena through empirical induction and logical deduction. The scientific method consists of observation and measurement, induction of hypotheses and deduction of consequences, experimental or empirical testing of those consequences, reproducibility of results, and competition for agreement in the marketplace of ideas.

Discovery is the learning of a principle or fact that was already in effect. Invention is the creation of a method or mechanism that was not already in operation. A hypothesis is a rigorous explanation that has not already been proven. 'Theory' can mean either a proven or unproven hypothesis. A fact is a synthetic proposition that is demonstrably true. Principles and facts are discovered (not invented) because they were already in effect. Theories are invented (not discovered) because the explaining that they constitute was not already happening, even though the principle they describe might have been.

Tags: science, discovery, hypothesis, invention, theory, fact

SF Author: Gregory Frost

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:50:12 GMT

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The Nebula, Hugo, Tiptree, International Horror Guild, and World Fantasy Award finalist takes you on a journey of wonders and nightmares. It's a midnight odyssey to a shadowland where vehicles feast on vagrants . . . where Poe's final days are revealed . . . where factory workers are exploited by an apparition of the Virgin Mary . . . and where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart pinwheels through the corridors of Time.

On this pilgrimage we discover the apocalyptic entity that hides in a Ukranian village. We're taken to a crossroads where the Castle of Otranto bleeds into the Depression-Era South accompanied by the rollicking music of Kid Ory and Bix Beiderbecke. Frost's fourteen excursions include an account of the horror that dwells in Jack the Ripper's pocket watch, and features a brand new novella -- a slam-bang interplanetary "Road" picture peppered with Hope & Crosby japery and more than a dash of Flash Gordon.

Attack of the Jazz Giants: And Other Stories

Clip Source: www.fantasticfiction.co.uk

Gregory Frost

(1951 - )

Series

Tain
Tain (1985)
Remscela (1988)

Novels

Lyrec (1984)
The Pure Cold Light (1993)
Crimson Spear (1998)
Fitcher's Brides (2002)

Collections

Attack of the Jazz Giants: And Other Stories (2005)

Anthologies containing stories by Gregory Frost

Jack the Ripper (1988)
Best New Horror (1990)
Best New Horror 2 (1991)
Isaac Asimov's Vampires (1996)
Black Swan, White Raven (1997)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Eight (1997)
Dark Terrors 5 (2000)

Short stories

	From Hell, Again (1988)
	Lizaveta (1988)
	Divertimento (1989)
	Some Things Are Better Left (1993)
	That Blissful Height (1996)
	Sparks (1997)
	Twice Encountered (1997)
	The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray (2000)

Awards

World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (2003) : Fitcher's Brides

Gregory Frost recommends

Standard Candles (1996)
Jack McDevitt
"Jack McDevitt is one of those rare science fiction writers capable of taking the tropes of the field - from war and the military to alien contact to scripture vs. science - and breathing wonderful life into them. He's always a pleasure to read."

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Tags: gregory frost, author, best seller, bio, fantasy, science fiction, scifi, writer

100+ Places to Find Funding For Your Research

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:13:53 GMT

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Clip Source: oedb.org

100+ Places to Find Funding For Your Research

Grants.gov: This is one of the largest sites on the Internet for finding government sponsored grants and can be a great place to search for assistance.

Foundation Center: On this site you'll find links to hundreds of charitable foundations that can be sources of funding for research of all kinds.

GrantsNet: This site allows you to search through thousands of funding opportunities in nearly all of the science and medical fields.

Community of Science: The Community of Science site provides loads of resources for the world's researchers including links to funding opportunities.

Chronicle of Philanthropy: This publication is focused on philanthropic groups and foundations and provides a list of grants and awards that are available.

ResearchResearch: Search through all kinds of sources of federal funding in the U.S. using this easy-to-use interface.

Social and Civil

Science and Engineering

Health

Tags: 100+ places to find funding for your research, psa, info, resources

SciFiPedia

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:43:14 GMT

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Clip Source: scifipedia.scifi.com

Predator or Yaujta or Hish

Spinosaurus

Gojira (1984 film)

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Team Knight Rider

Tags: scifipedia, scifi, reference

Statistical Resources on the Web

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:32:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Nice resources

Clip Source: www.lib.umich.edu

Statistical Resources on the Web

Agriculture
Crops and Livestock

Foreign Governments
Statistical Agencies

Government Finances
US,State,Local

Consumers
Places,Surveys,Tourism

Cost of Living
Price Indexes and Comparative Costs

Housing
Housing Characteristics and Homelessness

Demographics
Population, Social, Economic Characteristics, Poverty

Energy
Production and Consumption

Science
Computers, Science,
R&D, Telecommunications

Transportation
Rail, Air, Water

Environment
Air, Wildlife, Water, Waste

Foreign Economics
International Sources

Labor
Labor Force, Occupations, Salaries

Military
Armed Forces, Wars, Weapons

Health
Natality, Morbidity, Mortality

Business and Industry
Employment, Production

Education
K-12 and Higher
Books, Libraries, Literacy

Sociology
Children,Crime,Elderly
Immigration,Refugees<

Politics
Data Sets,Elections,Polls

Foreign Trade
U.S. Imports and Exports

Comprehensive Subjects
Directories & Multi-Topic

Economics
Historical and Current

Tags: statistical resources, on the web, reference, knowledge, statistics

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:28:55 GMT

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Clip Source: www.isfdb.org

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database

The ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books.

Search the database

Tags: internet speculative fiction database, movies, books, db

Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:27:35 GMT

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Clip Source: www.galactic-guide.com

Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction (Real)

Science Fiction Reference Work

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction was edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls. It costs 45 UK pounds in hardback and is published by Orbit.

The Blue Book, as I shall call it, doesn't really need a review. It needs statistics. It has 1370 pages, 1.2 million words, and 4300 entries.

And that is all I can say about it. It has everything I never needed to know. The nationality of the last author in the book is Polish (not Hungarian as I thought). If the Blue Book has any faults it is that it takes itself too seriously.

I would like to have seen more cross referencing of science fiction terms. There is the obligatory entry on time travel, hyper space, and so on, but less well-know terms such as "Slans" were by passed. Comics and fantasy novelists are also left out.

Jargon In British Science Fiction Fandom

Tags: encyclopedia of science fiction, scifi, reference