The View from Up There

Earth from Above

“Earth From Above” is the result of the aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s five-year airborne odyssey across six continents. It’s a spectacular presentation of large scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes. Every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing planet.

Overheard in the Lab of the Day

A laser recently died a violent death (probably natural, though foul play has not been ruled out; we are interviewing a component of interest), and during the autopsy we got a whiff of the tell-tale smell of burnt insulation and saw where the circuitry had failed. One colleague wondered aloud of the viability of selling an air freshener that smelled that way. This is the same one who thought that the scent of acetone would make a good cologne.
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