#Scientific Imagination
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Randomly recommended podcasts!
I love podcasts, but I don't get to listen to them as frequently as I wish.
There are some really amazing ones out there I learn so much from, and others are very entertaining. I thought I'd share some of my favorites with y'all. Not all of these are current shows. In fact, some haven't added a new episode in over a year. But I myself may have only just recently discovered the show and therefore it's new to me.
I'll break this up into different parts due to Tumblr's photo limitations. I have no idea if these podcasts are available everywhere, but I subscribe to them via Google Podcasts.
Part 1: Creativity, Imagination, Neuroscience
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Imagination Radio
Scientific Imagination
Parallel Lives
All in the Mind
Creativity in Captivity
Into the Impossible with Brian Keating
Imagination Desk
Creative Chats Podcast
Creative Pep Talk
Hidden Brain
#podcasts katriniac likes#podcasts#Imagination Radio#Scientific Imagination#Parallel Lives#maladaptive daydreaming#contemporaneous#ABC Radio#Sabine Winters#All in the Mind#Creativity in Captivity#Sweetwood Creative#Into the Impossible with Brian Keating#The Imagination Desk#Center for science and imagination#Creative Chats Podcast#Mike Brennan#arthur c clarke center for human imagination#Creative Pep Talk#Hidden Brain#google podcasts
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Tell us the sex stone joke
so this joke requires the light setup of, as the Resident Geologist, on any given hike my dad will have been subjected to a light barrage of Hey What's This Rock I Just Picked Up Off The Trail, answers ranging from "that's clearly serpentinite, the state rock of California—note the distinctive gray-green color and soapy texture" to "that's probably a local mudstone" to "that is a piece of concrete" to "that is tanbark."
the joke typically runs as follows:
you, presenting an interesting pebble for identification: hey, what's this rock i just picked up off the trail? my dad, after a few seconds of thoughtful examination: ah, interesting. what you have there is what's known as a "sex stone." you, slightly shocked by the apparent erotic provenance of what you thought was a random rock: oh! okay. i see. thanks. my dad, slyly: would you like to know why they call it that? you: um. yes? my dad: BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FUCKING ROCK.
#chatter#asks#my delight when i achieved an age at which my dad could finally tell me this joke in its uncensored form was notable i have to admit#imagine being the Designated Rock Identifier in a family with curious and scientifically-minded youthes and having this joke in pocket#and knowing if you say the fuck word to them you will immediately be executed by all of your in-laws. so tragic.
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A protection that becomes more creepy
Azul in my heart. You can see the original art here and read the monster list here @lustlovehart
[Alt under the cut]
My first concept, since my style could not simulate the texture of slime in its purest state
It is quite thick so water can not enter or wet. Only small puddles where you can accumulate
It is a monster and that, magic, but I can imagine that it can only reach a height by the pressure, it can come out expelled sometimes
#When I read that I had some kind of armor so it did not expand everywhere#I imagine it’s some kind of spell that must carry with you to stay a little more solid#It would also be interesting that to have shape must have a skeleton. As any construction with cement. Found this and clean it#it lacks some parts but otherwise is a good structure#It’s fun to think that your vision distorts by the drastic change in size so you should wear lenses#I wonder what function their hearts will have if there is no blood for two of them#He would be perfect to experiment scientifically#I thought two hearts set in the head until you see the original art#it would be funny that you try to kill him in the chest but only become a little silly#twisted wonderland#twst#fanart#digitalart#drawing#monster boy#creature design#azul ashengrotto#twst azul#honneydraws ⊹⃬۫🍜̸᩠໋࣪꣹۫
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Find somebody who is as excited about you as Alan Alda is about stingless bees.
#i'm cleaning off my desktop of my screencaps and i'd forgotten about this moment and it made me emotional again#so i didn't want to delete it without putting it on my blog first#for context i was transcribing an oral history of the scientist pictured here and the minute he said he'd been on screen with alan#i had to drop everything and find the exact episode he was on so i could watch alan get excited about stingless bees in panama#it was a very productive day as you might imagine#alan alda#scientific american frontiers#calls of the wild
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opinion on the infamous Sharkey et al debacle?
I have a LOT of opinions.
For those who don't know: Sharkey et al. advocate for the description of species based only on DNA barcodes (i.e. unique DNA sequence in specific regions of the mitochondrial genome), and have described hundreds upon hundreds of species of wasp using this approach. This is 'minimalist' taxonomy.
This is a very bad idea, for dozens of reasons. I recently mentioned how fun it can be to read reply papers. This is a great example. Here are the titles of the three papers I myself have coauthored in response to Sharkey et al.—I refer you to these papers to get a well-formulated view of my opinions on their approach.
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My colleagues and I are not the only ones who have responded to Sharkey's highly dubious taxonomic approach.
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#hard to imagine that the name Sharkey is a coincidence#very Saruman vibes#taxonomy#new species#scientific smackdowns#answers by Mark#Anon#Anonymous
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asta concept
#i love asta a lot#i imagine her to be a woman 28+#who wears clothes which in our time we describe as “futuristic”. her outfits are usually stylish but practical yknow#and of course it actually costs fortune#i believe asta to be a fem activist who advocates for women rights in scientific field and ensures no woman is left behind on space station#i really like her easy-going nature in game...and i also like how she manages to keep rumors under her control..#overall her impact on station is huge and i actually believe that she can be young and manage the whole station almost by herself#honkai star rail#hsr#asta hsr#lead researcher asta#arlan hsr#one-sided arlan/asta#my art#hsr redesign#redesign
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Thinking about how if Shermy Pines. And like, if he is the baby, he’d be born in the 1970s and be 40 by 2012 and he’s already a grandad. He had to be a teen dad in the 80s (after a severe economic recession) and then his kid ended up being a teen parent by 1999 (Which is 8 years before ANOTHER SEVERE ECONOMIC RECESSION LOL)
Also he was born into a pretty broken family, probably rarely if ever saw his brothers. Do you think he ever saw Stanley before he had to start pretending to be Ford? Do you think Ford visited from college??? Because he didn’t seem confident facing his father until he made millions, so like???
And, like, do you think Filbrick and Caryn changed as parents by the time they raised Shermy? Because it seems like a trend that as parents get older they mellow out a bit, so Shermy probably has a completely different experience with their parents then Stan and Ford, and talking to them is just “is this seriously the same parents???” (Imagine the silent resentment that’d cause 😭😭😭)
Personally I headcannon that Shermy had a daughter (Mabel and Dipper’s mom) and not a son like it says on the wiki because c’mon. Can he just have a daughter. Idk why this is important to me but… c’mon. Can he just have a daughter. It just feels right to me.
#gravity falls#Shermy pines#sherman pines#him being the same age as my parents feels weird#also him and his kid would’ve had kids at like age 14#he’d be like 28 by the time Mabel and Dipper are born#CAN YOU IMAGINE#not even 30 yet#no wonder Mabel and Dipper’s parents are fighting#they got together in like freshman year#that’s if their actual parents are still together#is Shermy even alive tho? bc why didn’t Mabel and Dipper’s parents send them to their actual grandparents#maybe Shermy was an awful parent or something#or maybe he was busy with something else and Stanley was eager to take them#I imagine the call to ‘Stanford’ would’ve been like#‘hey I know you’re probably busy doing scientific research and all but#would you possibly be able to take Mabel and Dipper for the summer?’#and his reaction was just ‘YES. YES. ABSOLUTELY YES. WHEN CAN YOU SEND THEM OVER? CAN YOU SEND THEM OVER NOW???’#Or maybe they just remembered how happy Stan was when he saw Mabel and Dipper for the first time#supposedly he refused to give them back lol#so they’re like ‘hey he’s a lonely old guy. maybe he’d like to spend the summer with the kids’#bc they’re probably aware it’s a lot to ask for someone to take some kids for a WHOLE summer#also maybe Shermy just doesn’t live in a place suitable for kids#like ‘Stanford’ has a whole cabin in the woods#Shermy ‘I had to raise kids in an economic crisis’ Pines might live in an apartment or something#that or he’s dead.#how fucked up would it be if he ACTUALLY died in a car crash#and Stanley winces as his faked death didn’t age well
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Machine, I need to know if you're a top or a bottom for the chat and totally just for the chat.
And not for in lore slash game reasons.
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#gabriel ultrakill#ultrakill#act 3 you have to chose. confirmed.#:)#imagining him hands behind his back with a lab coat on#purely a scientific question#just doing some research#ahem#suggestive
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They are schon here
#ai generated#ai artwork#cyberpunk 2077#cyberpunk aesthetic#artists on tumblr#cybercore#artwork#cyberpunk photomode#digital art#illustration#sci fi and fantasy#scifiart#scifi#science#scientific illustration#imagination
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Luxaeterna, a participant in the first true battle of the war between the Rainwings and Icewings, the Battle of Stolen Light. Her venom-fangs were torn out by an Icewing poacher, and after surviving and avoiding capture, replaced them with harder gemstone teeth. She’s well known for the number of Icewing skulls she’s impaled throughout the war. She is Boomslang and Quetzal’s great aunt. Postwar, she has been reunited with her living grandnephew and accompanies him for scale retrieval in the Ice and Sky Kingdoms.
Quetzal in his last moments before being murdered by an Icewing poacher. He had sold Boomslang’s egg to the Icewings in the hopes of gaining immunity from the scale trade- but he learned far too late that a bargain can’t be kept with someone who wants to wear your skin.
#wof#wings of fire#oc#my art#luxaeterna#quetzal#scale retrieval is going to the kingdoms participating in the rainscale trade and-#confiscating anything made from rainwings to be brought home for identification#this also includes live farm prisoners/poaching victims#the identification is helped by the scientific community within the rainforest’s nightwing village#but (as you can probably imagine) its a deeply stressful process for everyone who’s missing someone.#the hope that you’ll have a venom match with anyone who’s been returned alive#and the dread of the possibilty that your reunion will be with an objected your loved one was turned into.#i cant wait to talk abt the nightwings here btw bc they have some shit going on here.#(rainforest village is very clearly against the rainscale trade but the peninsula kingdom participated in poaching)#edit wow i was nearly asleep typing those tags uh.#*objected is meant to be object#beneath her talons
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Working on my Teen SY Forced To Navigate The Horrors of Science In A World Made By A Man Who Doesn't Know Acorns Have Seeds In Them (+ other things I headcanon) au and I just think an important thing to note is that in the document I'm writing this in, the system's text is all in comic sans
I think it's just a fun little detail and I like to imagine that it's also comic sans on the little pop up window SY sees. Unfortunate that I can't make it comic sans on ao3, but just know, it is in my heart and soul.
#svsss#shen yuan#scum villian self saving system#imagine dying cursing out a novel and now you're stuck in that novel#with a system who just keeps giving you quests to basically make the world's first encyclopedia through bad scientific methodology#but also that system is all in comic sans#if sy doesn't kill airplane then he is a stronger man than i am
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*scene: a party*
Someone: why are you even here
Shockwave, wearing earmuffs: Behavioral research purposes
#maccadam#transformers#he's there to watch people do silly shit while drunk#Shockwave#unnamed character#on one hand it'd be easy to make Shockwave hate parties#on the other hand imagine he takes a scientific approach to it
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Robotnik once gifted Stone a necklace with a metal tag on it that read ‘PSR J1719−1438 b’, the name of a star-turned-planet comprised of crystallized carbon, making it a diamond 5x larger than earth. Science aside, he said it was because diamonds are considered a precious stone, and that’s what he is. His strong, brilliant, and precious Stone.
Stone has been wearing it under his suit and near to his heart since
#stobotnik#ivo robotnik#agent stone#dr robotnik#jimbotnik#sonic movie#I had this thought while working on a drawing and it wouldn’t leave my head#jimbotnik is exactly the type to be extremely sappy through the most dorky sounding scientific means#and stone couldn’t be more in love#oooooogh#I imagine him keeping it during their time apart in sonic 2 or into sonic 3 and it kills me#mocha rambles
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Attention Fandom
elaborate in comments and tags with your OTP
#reblog for more responses#important poll#fandom#imagine your otp#important scientific research here
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Jurisdiction
Jack Thompson x Reader
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Written for Fictober, and for my personal fic writing challenge for 2024, Sophie's Year of Fic! Featuring a new fic being posted every Friday, all year long :)
Requested by Anon!
Fandom: Marvel
Day Seventeen Prompt: "Strangest thing I ever heard."
Summary: Jack's meeting one of his SO's oldest friends, who just so happens to work for the FBI. Unfortunately for all of them, sometimes the job has to take priority.
Word Count: 1,115
Category: Fluff
A/N: Okay, officially *this* is the closest I've come to missing a Friday lol
Putting work into an AI program without permission is illegal. You do not have my permission. Do not do it.
"You're never gonna believe the case I just solved."
I grinned, humoring my long-time friend as he leaned across the table and closer to me.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah. So we were trying to track down this group-"
"Hope I'm not interrupting anything."
My friend, Robert, and I both turned at the sound of someone behind us. I smiled immediately. Chief Jack Thompson of the New York SSR had finally arrived.
Jack and I had worked together for a long time, and now we'd been dating for the better part of a year. We'd been trying to set up times for meeting each other's important friends and family, but it had been incredibly complicated trying to work around our schedules at the SSR, especially since we weren't really supposed to tell anybody about our jobs.
Robert was one of the last people in my circle that Jack hadn't met. We'd grown up together, and while I'd found my way to the SSR, Robert had built up a career with the FBI. He had no idea what I did for a living, but I knew plenty about what he did.
"Glad you could make it," I said, fixing Jack with a smile as he took a seat on the other side of me. He planted a kiss on my temple, then reached out and offered a handshake to Robert.
"Jack Thompson. Nice to finally meet you."
"Likewise," said Robert, taking his hand with a grin. "You're just in time to hear about the case my boys and I just finished up. It was a doozy."
"Yeah, I heard you were with the FBI. That's real impressive," said Jack, his voice dripping with sarcasm that only I caught. I gave him a subtle elbow to the side, but he ignored me.
"Thank you," said Robert, nodding solemnly. "Like I was saying, we were trying to track down this group we thought was smuggling weapons into the country through a port in Maine. And we found the guys we were looking for, found their operation just like we'd been expecting. But they weren't smuggling weapons."
Jack and I both raised an eyebrow, leaning forward as Robert did. He lowered his voice for dramatic effect.
"They were smuggling technology."
I raised an eyebrow, and beside me, Jack leaned even further forward.
"It was all kinds of crazy stuff," Robert continued. "I can't tell you guys most of it, since neither of you has clearance, but... it's the kind of thing that would knock your socks off. I'm talking minature engines that can just hover about a foot in the air, some crazy glowing stuff that none of us have been able to identify yet... and that's just the tip of the iceberg."
"Wow," I said, playing it up a little bit out of politeness. Robert grinned and nodded.
"I know, right? I mean, can you even believe it?"
"Strangest thing I ever heard," Jack agreed, sounding anything but floored. At the SSR, we saw stranger things than that almost every week. "You said stuff that glows? What kind of stuff? What kind of glow?"
"I really shouldn't be telling you guys this, but so far, it seems like some kind of chemical mix just sitting in a little ball, waiting for who knows what to activate. It's been a few days since we caught all this stuff, and the glow hasn't gone down even a little bit."
Jack hummed next to me, leaning even farther forward and dropping his arm from around my shoulders. I could tell he wanted to drill down on exactly what Robert had found, and I didn't blame him. But before he got the chance to ask followup questions, the waiter came over to take our orders.
By the time we'd put in our requests, Robert was apparently ready to move on from his work stories. Jack fidgeted next to me, but still, he let it go. The three of us talked about life, told (non-work) stories, and laughed over lunch and drinks. By the time things were winding down, Robert had a massive smile on his face, and he shook Jack's hand again as we got up to leave.
"It was a real pleasure meeting you, Jack. I'm glad to know my friend found someone so wonderful to spend time with."
"It was great meeting you, too," Jack said. I noticed his smile was a little more forced, but Robert apparently didn't clock it as he turned to give me a hug.
"Good to see you. I know we're both pretty busy, but let's not go this long without seeing each other again, okay?"
"I completely agree."
We shared a smile, then Robert gave Jack and I one last little wave before hustling off down the street. I turned back to Jack with a sigh and a smile.
"Well, that was fun! And I think Robert really likes you."
"Yeah, but I don't know for how much longer." Jack ran a hand through his hair, and I raised an eyebrow at him.
"What do you mean?"
"How do you think Robert would feel if I claimed jurisdiction on his case?"
I gasped, and then grimaced. What Jack was saying made perfect sense—everything Robert had told us sounded right up the alley of the things we dealt with for work.
"Now I know what that face you kept pulling was about," I said. Jack scoffed, and I put my hands on my hips. "I don't think Robert would take it very well, honestly. But... we did say we wanted to see each other more often. And taking over his case would certainly accomplish that."
That got Jack to fully laugh. He put an arm around my shoulders, and the two of us started the stroll back to our office.
"So does that mean you're on board with me talking to the FBI about the SSR getting jurisdiction over all that stuff they found?"
"I mean, yeah. Robert and I will work it out, and it'll be nice to have a reason to tell him what I really do for work. Besides, he's great, but... even in the few minutes we were chatting, it was pretty clear the FBI aren't equipped to handle this."
"No, they're not. Glad we can agree."
"Who knows, maybe this'll even work out in our favor? Robert will see us working so well as a team solving his case that he'll be even happier than when we finished lunch."
Jack laughed again, and after a moment, I couldn't help joining him. Robert was in for quite a shock the next time he saw Jack and I. I might actually have to recruit Peggy or Daniel to take a picture for posterity.
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#fictober24#sophie's year of fic#marvel#agent carter#jack thompson#marvel fanfiction#marvel x reader#marvel oneshot#marvel imagine#agent carter x reader#agent carter fanfiction#agent carter oneshot#agent carter imagine#jack thompson x reader#jack thompson fanfiction#jack thompson oneshot#jack thompson imagine#1940s#ssr#strategic scientific reserve
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john steed and emma peel, smashing misogyny since 1965
#that guy couldn’t even look at her like wtf#i love how she’s constantly publishing articles in scientific journals on every topic imaginable#and she can paint and sculpt and sew and fight and she speaks a million languages#renaissance woman fr#and steed is so done with people disrespecting her#i just love them#emma peel#mrs. peel#john steed#diana rigg#patrick macnee#weird ass 60s television#the avengers#the avengers 1960s#starlightseraph’s brainrot
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