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Monthly Archives: September 2008
The scientific tourist #40 — Gemini B
This week’s pictures come to you from the Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio — they’re of a “Gemini B” capsule…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space
Tagged cold war, History, museum, Space, space race, spacecraft
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Casual Friday — Astrobiology Rap
A few weeks back I included a rap video about the Large Hadron Collider. This week, it’s time for some astrobiology hip-hop…
Posted in Astronomy, Communicating science, Humor / Just for fun, Space
Tagged astrobiology, Astronomy, Communicating science, exoplanet, SETI, Space, space race
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Carnivalia 9/17 – 9/23
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Space
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The scientific tourist #39 — the Prague Orloj
This week’s picture is of the Prague Orloj — it’s an astronomical clock in Prague’s Old Town Square…
Posted in Astronomy, History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged Astronomy, History, Technology, tourism, travel
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Casual Friday — UAVs as medical tools
New Scientist gives us a bit of video describing how UAVs (to date, mostly applied to military uses) may well prove useful in quickly delivering medical samples (blood, saliva, etc.) from rural areas to medical labs elsewhere…
Carnivalia 9/10 – 9/16
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, History, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, History, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #38 — da Vinci's "Air Screw"
This week’s image comes from Florence, Italy — it’s of a model (made by a local artist) from one of Leonardo da Vinci’s more famous drawings:
…But since so many of da Vinci’s sketches are easily built (if not always practical), it’s usually not too difficult to find a similar exhibit on your own travels.
Casual Friday — Western Spaghetti
This isn’t even vaguely science-related, but it’s fun to see what some inspired lunatics can do with stop-motion animation…
Carnivalia 9/3 – 9/9
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, History, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, History, Space
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The scientific tourist #37 — an American mammoth in Paris
For this week’s picture, I found an image in my archives that’s suddenly timely again…