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Date: July 3rd, 2009

Up Close and Personal

3 July, 2009 (03:00) | Other science, Photos, Tech |

Gigapan collection of electron-microscope images of an ant
Gigapan: Ant – Eutetramorium mocquerysi
This Gigapan is part of the NanoGigaPan project. Which is working to take high resolution images of very small things.
More at the Nano Gigapan blog
Also ant-related Mr. Ellis, Ant mega-colony takes over world
[I]t now appears that billions of Argentine ants around the [...]

Asps. Very Dangerous. You Go First.

3 July, 2009 (03:00) | Movies, trivia |

Movie Trivia: Raiders of the Lost Ark
The movie was filmed in Tunisia because it was a lot cheaper to shoot there than Egypt, and since the script never called for shots of the Sphinx or the pyramids, so they were able to get away with it. In fact, one of the scenes was shot in [...]

 

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