Densecosmos - Nate

Rainy Days 

Gene That Helps Regulate Sleep Identified

Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of the gene, neuromedin U (Nmu), also seems to serve as nature’s stimulant–fish lacking the gene take longer to wake up in the morning and are less active during the day.

The research is in Neuron. (full access paywall)

2016년 3월 21일, 21시 00분의 달. 오늘은 달의 96%가 차있는 날이고, 월령은 12.4입니다. #moon #sometimesmoon

오늘 하루 무사히(?) 잘 보내셨나요. 월요일 밤에 보는 달입니다. 다들 쉽게 보실 수 있죠. 아주 밝게 빛나고 있네요. 달은 거의 다 차올랐습니다. 아마도 내일과 모레는 꽉 찬 달을 볼 수 있지 않을까 싶네요. 날씨가 허락한다면 말이죠. (날짜상으로 보름은 수요일입니다.) 편안한 밤 보내세요. 

love this. really.

Untitled

Artificial Anatomy 2

Project by Paul Hollingworth explores shape and contour using a lightstrip - these are not 3D renders but a series of photographic captures:

Artificial Anatomy is an ongoing personal project intended to explore our understanding and perception of surface, texture and volume. Part 2 uses flashing electroluminescent wire to illuminate sections of a human head and skull. The resulting imagery depicts partially defined forms composed of linear shapes of varying complexity. 

More Here

(2014)