Archive for September, 2006



The Inner Life of a Cell

Check out an incredible 3D animation of processes that go on in a cell. It’s called The Inner Life of a Cell and was created for Harvard biology students by XVIVO, LLC, a science animation company.  John Liebler was the lead animator.  Music was composed by Matt Berky.
Below is a screen shot of the animation […]

Aspen die-off

Apparently, aspen trees in the western states have been dying off mysteriously according to scientists at the United States Forest Service. Compounding the problem, aspen trees normally reproduce through vegatative regeneration (e.g. tree roots ’spout’ little tree clones), so once the tree roots die, aspens cannot produce new offspring.