Wednesday, June 10, 2009

andreaheimer.com Smooch. As promised, here is a new painting added to my website: It's called "Smooch": 6x12″ acrylic/silkscreen on canvas For sale here for $75 This one has a silkscreened background (the yellow flowers) and the rest is hand painted acrylics. The lower face is a reworked element of an older painting I did in 2006 (I think) called Pillowtalk, as seen here: [] 7:17:01 PM

American Chestnut Reviving American chestnuts may mitigate climate change. A Purdue University study shows that introducing a new hybrid of the American chestnut tree would not only bring back the all-but-extinct species, but also put a dent in the amount of carbon in the Earth's atmosphere. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] 6:05:02 PM

Gone but Not Forgotten Quantum Mysticism: Gone but Not Forgotten. Does mysticism have a place in quantum mechanics today, or is the idea that the mind plays a role in creating reality best left to philosophical meditations? Harvard historian Juan Miguel Marin argues the former - not because physicists today should account for consciousness in their research, but because knowing the early history of the philosophical ideas in quantum mechanics is essential for understanding the theory on a fundamental level. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] 5:54:38 PM