Monthly Archives: April 2008

Carnivalia 4/23 – 4/29

Posted on 30 April, 2008 by admin

The past week’s selection of science-related blog carnivals…

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The scientific tourist #18 — platypode at play

Posted on 29 April, 2008 by admin

Today’s picture comes from the Grand Gallery of Evolution at the National Museum of Natural Science in Paris, and shows three platypode (yes, that’s the plural of platypus, since the word has Greek roots), presumably at play…

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Casual Friday — ArcAttack!

Posted on 25 April, 2008 by admin

I saw this on Crave, and just had to pass it along. A team of three (Joe DiPrima, Oliver Greaves, and Tony Smith) calling themselves ArcAttack have been making music with tuned Tesla coils, a PVC pipe organ, and drum kit…

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Carnivalia 4/16 – 4/22

Posted on 23 April, 2008 by admin

The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related reading goodness…

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The scientific tourist #17 — King's Palace

Posted on 22 April, 2008 by admin

This week’s picture comes from Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico — it’s of one of the many interesting formations in a branch of the caverns called “Kings Palace”…

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Casual Friday — flow studies

Posted on 18 April, 2008 by admin

A really mesmerizing collection of air tunnel flow visualization video, set to the music of Yo La Tengo…

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Carnivalia 4/9 – 4/15

Posted on 16 April, 2008 by admin

Another plethora of reading pleasure in the past week’s “sciencey” blog carnivals…

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The scientific tourist #16 — the Sea Dart

Posted on 15 April, 2008 by admin

This week’s picture is of a plane once thought to be the future of naval aviation — the Sea Dart…

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Casual Friday — spin 'er up!

Posted on 11 April, 2008 by admin

How do you make a telescope mirror 8.4 meters in diameter? Well, it’s easy — you just take 24 metric tons of glass, put it in a big form, spin it while you’re melting the glass….

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Carnivalia 4/2 – 8

Posted on 9 April, 2008 by admin

As always, plenty of good reading material for you in the past week’s blog carnivals…

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