Thursday, May 17, 2018

Some links from Week 2

Here are some of the links to material we covered in Week 2:

Physics:

Black hole and stellar winds form giant butterfly, shut down star formation in galaxy
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2018/04/18/black-hole-and-stellar-winds-form-giant-butterfly-shut-down-star-formation-galaxy

Envisioning a future quantum internet
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-envisioning-future-quantum-internet.html

Massive supernova visible millions of light years from Earth
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/13/massive-supernova-visible-millions-of-light-years-from-earth

Chemistry:

Environmental update: 5 ways to shrink your carbon footprint this year
https://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/environmental-update-5-ways-to-shrink-your-carbon-footprint-this-year/

Why does bacon smell so good? It's all in the chemistry
http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-calcook-why-does-bacon-smell-so-good-its-all-in-the-chemistry-20140417-story.html

The truth about your online shopping carbon footprint
https://www.pressherald.com/2017/12/17/the-truth-about-your-online-shopping-carbon-footprint/

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint by Eating Better
https://www.terrapass.com/eat-your-way-to-a-smaller-carbon-footprint

Half off: Food and drink giants slash carbon emissions 50 per cent
https://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3024465/half-off-food-and-drink-giants-slash-carbon-emissions-50-per-cent

Carbon footprint of Scottish households 'falls by 25%'
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42555450

Biology:

How A Synesthetic Artist Sees Sounds And Turns Music Into Paintings
https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/09/586386659/how-a-synesthetic-artist-sees-sounds-and-turns-music-into-paintings

How Do We Listen When We're Unable to Hear?
https://www.npr.org/2015/06/05/411730683/how-do-we-listen-when-we-re-unable-to-hear

James Holman: the Blind Traveller
http://greatbritishnutters.blogspot.com/2008/04/james-holman-blind-traveller.html

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