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The "Warp (X), Woof (Y) & (Z)" of the Brain's Connections
- 2 Apr 2012
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- April 02 2012 Brain Film Shorts Imaging Structures
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Detail from DSI scan shows fabric-like 3D grid structure of connections in monkey brain. Source: Van Wedeen, M.D., Martinos Center and Dept. of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University Medical School

via commonhealth.wbur.org

"Van Wedeen and team discovered that the pathways in the top of the brain are all organized like woven sheets with the fibers running in two directions in the sheets and in a third direction perpendicular to the sheets. These sheets all stack together so that the entire connectivity of the brain follows three precisely defined directions."

via nsf.gov
The Goat Tower - A Caprine Condominium
- 19 Dec 2011
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- 18December11 Farm Life Goats Structures
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"The Goat Tower at the Fairview Wine and Cheese Farm in the Paarl area of South Africa, just a short journey from Cape Town has become a symbol of the farm even if it is better known for its wine than its goat’s cheese!

Since the construction of the tower in the 1980s several farmers around the world have seen this wonderful caprine condominium and have followed suit. It may not fit the exact criteria for free range goat herding but the goats themselves look pretty happy with their accommodation."

via kuriositas.com
Giant stone structures in the Azraq Oasis in Jordan
- 28 Sep 2011
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- 27September11 Middle East Mysteries Structures Wheels archaeology desert
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Wheels at the Azraq Oasis

"They stretch from Syria to Saudi Arabia, can be seen from the air but not the ground, and are virtually unknown to the public.

They are the Middle East's own version of the Nazca Lines -- ancient "geolyphs," or drawings, that span deserts in southern Peru -- and now, thanks to new satellite-mapping technologies, and an aerial photography program in Jordan, researchers are discovering more of them than ever before. They number well into the thousands.

Referred to by archaeologists as "wheels," these stone structures have a wide variety of designs, with a common one being a circle with spokes radiating inside. Researchers believe that they date back to antiquity, at least 2,000 years ago. They are often found on lava fields and range from 82 feet to 230 feet (25 meters to 70 meters) across. (See gallery of wheel structures )"

via cbsnews.com
Shoemaker Impact Structure, Western Australia
- 1 Aug 2011
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- 31July11 Australia Craters Earth from Space Geology Impact Landforms Structures
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"The Shoemaker (formerly Teague) Impact Structure—located in Western Australia in a drainage basin south of the Waldburg Range—presents an other-worldly appearance in this astronaut photograph. The Shoemaker impact site is approximately 30 kilometers (19 miles) in diameter and clearly defined by concentric ring structures formed in sedimentary rocks (brown to dark brown, image center). The rocks were deformed by the impact event approximately 1.63 billion years ago (as reported by the Earth Impact Database). Other age-dating analyses of granitic rocks at the core of the structure call this age into question (Pirajno et al. 2003). "

via earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Tensegrity Structure
- 2 Jun 2010
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via newciv.org

see also Wikipedia

The "Warp (X), Woof (Y) & (Z)" of the Brain's Connections

The Goat Tower - A Caprine Condominium

Giant stone structures in the Azraq Oasis in Jordan

Shoemaker Impact Structure, Western Australia

Tensegrity Structure

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