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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Casual Friday — robot vs. puppy
Yes, it’s a silly way to spend a few minutes, but you just have to appreciate the out-and-out silliness of this interaction of a robot toy and a dog…
Carnivalia 3/19 – 25
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Geology, Math, Space
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, climatology, Communicating science, Geology, Math, Space
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The scientific tourist #13 — dude, where's my cottonwood?
For this week’s “sciencey” tourism picture, we go back to the White Sands National Monument for an image of a cottonwood tree…
Things I'd blog about if I only had the time…
Life’s been crazy busy for me the past few weeks (thus, no podcast episode for a while), and it won’t get better for a few more days, but I thought at least I could pass along some interesting links I’ve run across. Yeah, it’s a cop out, but I guess it’s better than nothing….
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Climate, Communicating science, Odds and ends, Space, Technology
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Communicating science, Space, Technology
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Casual Friday — where whales came from
An interesting piece of the understanding of whale evolution, and transitional forms of species…
Posted in Biology, Foundations of science
Tagged adaptation, Biology, Charles Darwin, evolution
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Carnivalia 3/12 – 18
Posted in Carnivalia, Communicating science, Critical thinking, Humanity, Space
Tagged Carnivalia, Communicating science, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #12 — Vanguard gets going
This week’s “sciencey” tourism picture is of a cutaway model of a later Vanguard satellite, on display at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamagordo…
Casual Friday — Kibo & DEXTRE in space
Courtesy of YouTube, an overview of the Kibo ELM-PS module and DEXTRE robot that are on their way to the space station…
Carnivalia 3/5 – 11
Posted in Biology, Communicating science, Humanity, Space
Tagged Biology, Communicating science, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #11 — gypsum pedestals
This week’s “sciencey” tourist picture is of a gypsum pedestal in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico (USA)…