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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Casual Friday — how to melt a beer bottle in your microwave
If you’d like to see somebody else risk their perfectly good microwave oven, here’s video from a site (appropriately) titled “Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments”… Continue reading
Seriously cool T-shirts
I stumbled across a great online T-shirt shop, courtesy of a mention in Pharyngula. It’s called the Retropolis Transit Authority, and has lots of cool alternative-future oriented stuff (think steampunk, and you’re halfway there)…
Carnivalia — 5/21 – 5/27
There’s plenty of good reading in last week’s (mostly) science-related blog carnivals…
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Critical thinking, Geology, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Geology, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #22 — Phoenix on Mars!
On Tuesdays I normally post a picture that I’ve taken myself — but in this case, it’s pretty obvious that the pictures I’ve taken just can’t compete. Here’s a small piece of one of the first images sent home from the recently arrived Phoenix lander, now hard at work in the martian arctic…
Posted in Astronomy, Geology, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space
Tagged arctic, Astronomy, Geology, Mars, NASA, permafrost, Phoenix lander, Space
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Casual Friday — Phoenix (nearly) on Mars
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely run across some of the barrage of internet coverage of the upcoming (this Sunday!) arrival of the Phoenix lander at Mars. While you’re waiting for the big event, you can watch this fun bit of video courtesy of the Phoenix project…
Carnivalia — 5/14 – 5/20
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Humanity, Math, Space
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Humanity, Math, Space
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The scientific tourist #21 — Little Joe II
This week’s picture comes from the New Mexico Museum of Space History, in Alamagordo. It’s of a “Little Joe II” rocket, with boilerplate Apollo command module & escape tower up top…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space, Technology
Tagged History, Space, Technology
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Casual Friday — "morphing" aircraft
Press releases and the like always need to be taken with a big grain of salt — often they contain more salesmanship (and showmanship) than they do legitimate “news.” One piece of aerospace technology which seems to be particularly prone … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged aircraft, hinged wing, jointed wing, morphing, radio control
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Carnivalia — 5/7 – 5/13
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Humanity, Space
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #20 — terrace farming
This week’s picture comes from Mesa Verde National Park in the southwestern corner of Colorado, USA…