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Some amazing videos created by artist Aaron Koblin which show flight traffic over the USA. What may at fist appear a dull subject is transformed by these magical videos, with streaks of colour dancing across the screen. Patterns emerge, including the shape of the continent, and the onset of daybreak across the country. Definitely [...]

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I went to see the exhibition of Van Gogh paintings at the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh last weekend, and while I’m no art critic, it was definitely a stimulating experience. Although Gogh’s most famous paintings were notably absent, there was a wide range of about 30 other artworks—from early ink drawings through to some [...]

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An exhibition by my mother Jean Noble opens tomorrow at Tore Art Gallery, so if you are in the Inverness area, why not drop in.

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WOW!

Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
from NASA is of a Volcano and Aurora in Iceland

Sometimes both heaven and Earth erupt. In Iceland in 1991, the volcano Hekla erupted at the same time that auroras were visible overhead.

This is just amazing, and you must view this image, I only wish that I could have been there [...]

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A rather amazing sculpture, the subject of which is somewhat difficult to grasp, has been designed by Professor Ocneanu. It is a 3-diminsional representation, or shadow, of a 4-dimensional shape. More details at Science News Daily.

Another such four dimensional shape, which is perhaps easier to work out, is the tesseract. This is [...]

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