Going for a stroll ’round the neighborhood…
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Can Computers Help Us Conserve Biodiversity?
We’ve heard it all too many times: animal and plant species are currently going extinct at a rate that is higher than ever before. Climate change, over-pollution, and urban and agricultural encroachment all contribute to the rapid decline[…]
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“The Wall” on the wall…
Read moreA Perfect View from Mount Le Grammont
Le Grammont is a mountain in the Chablais Alps in Western Switzerland situated at the south-east end of Lake Geneva, close to the Swiss-French border where the Rhône River flows into the lake. With a height of 2,172[…]
Read moreVienna by Night
Last night I took advantage of a temporary break in the extreme cold weather we’re experiencing this month, and went for a walk along the Ringstrasse in Vienna to take some shots of the various beautiful buildings located[…]
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Christmas blues…
Read moreUpdate on Earth Activity Data
In a post just over a year ago, I presented data on earth activity (in particular earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tropical storms). Given all the buzz on the internet about an increased earth activity over the past several[…]
Read moreCastles, Canyons, and Caves
The historic city of Graz, in south-eastern Austria, was designated a UNESCO world cultural heritage site in 1999 for having “the best preserved city center of Central Europe”. It combines renaissance, gothic, baroque, and also modern architecture, and[…]
Read moreSpontaneous Spirals
Spirals are common in nature. We’ve all admired the beautiful spirals that occur on sea shells, we can find spirals in plants, and even in the arms of galaxies or weather patterns. There are also situations in which[…]
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Animal anecdotes: The albino squirrel.
Read moreGrande Dixence: The Tallest Gravity Dam in the World
With a height of 285m, the Barrage de la Grande Dixence in Switzerland is the tallest gravity dam in the world. Its lake, Lac des Dix, can hold up to 400 billion litres of water. And not only[…]
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Vegetarians beware!
Read moreThe Mathematics of Kindness
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is one of the most profound scientific theories to have ever been developed. However, there were several questions about evolution that Darwin himself could not answer. Not that he wasn’t[…]
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Funny toilet signs from around the world.
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Books on a wire.
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The spandrels of San Marco
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Magical mushrooms…
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Praying helps! Or does it? Depends on who you ask, it seems…
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Funny barstools and buggy windows.
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The Dog’s Bollocks
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Playing golf is as dangerous as smoking and drunk driving.
Read moreEvolution: It’s As Real As Gravity
Evolution is still all too often (but wrongly) downplayed as “just a theory” in public discussions. This is partly due to an unfortunate misunderstanding of what a theory means in science, as opposed to its common language meaning.[…]
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Sneaky snakes…
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Dubious shop names…
Read moreSummer Solstice Full Moon
Last night a rare event happened: the summer solstice and a full moon at the same time. So I went up Kahlenberg, a hill above the city of Vienna, to have a good view of this special full[…]
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