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TheHiggs boson is one of the most important, most abstract, and most interesting ideas in current physics. Dubbed the “god” particle after an editor disallowed one of the co-discoverers from calling it “that goddamn particle”, it is the only remaining particle in the Standard Model that has not been directly observed by humans.

Relax to a slow flythrough of an interesting subset of the quaternion Julia fractals.

Solar flares, Chinese hobos, and undersea noises on deck for this Monday. Live in STEREO   One of the largest solar flares in recent history was captured last week by STEREO, a pair of satellites staggered along Earth’s orbit to obtain a constant clear view. The flare was about half the width of the sun, [...]

Louis Wain was a popular English artist who drew thousands of pictures of cats. He was eventually committed to a mental hospital after displaying schizophrenic symptoms.

A few little things for Monday – 5000 fish and recommended reading from MIT.

Ski lift operators have proved that it’s not only conidae snails who can produce the Sierpinski triangle in their natural environment.

Early one morning, citizens in northern Norway awoke to an amazing sight – a giant glowing spiral, taking up a huge portion of the night sky.

My three dimensional unfolding of the quaternion Julia sets finally finished rendering.

This undulating plane is a visualization of all quaternion Julia sets.

Japan’s consumer goods lived up to their surreal billing during a recent stay at Narita Airport in Japan on my way to IAC 2009.