Thursday, January 15, 2026

More Fun from the Kinetic Sculpture Race, Arcata, CA

 More images (and some former friends) from the Kinetic Sculpture Race, in Arcata, CA, during the end of May each year.

Amazing what basic bicycle pedal power, a blowtorch, and metal can do! Oh, and these things have to go down a beachhead stretch down to the inlet and kick-pedal by paddlewheel down to a landing point (use pontoons, see?), and then dismantle-assemble again into a land machine to the finish line.











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The secret to whale flippers

 


Whales are hiding a remarkable secret inside their flippers.

Beneath the smooth skin, their flippers contain a full arm structure a forearm, a wrist, and five distinct fingers, almost eerily similar to our own. The AI-generated image reveals this hidden anatomy in stunning detail.
Why? Because whales didn’t always live in the ocean. Their ancestors walked on land millions of years ago. When they returned to the sea, evolution didn’t erase their arms it reshaped them. The bones stretched, the fingers lengthened, and layers of flesh formed powerful flippers.
Incredibly, whales swim using what is essentially a giant glove, concealing mammal hands beneath the waves.