Archive for January, 2009
Casual Friday — International Space Station tour, in 4 “bite-sized” pieces
Astronaut Mike Fincke takes you on a tour of the International Space Station. You’ll need a bit less than 40 minutes to watch all 4 pieces…
Remembrance
Historically, this is a tough week for NASA…
Carnivalia — 1/21 – 1/27
There’s lots of reading material for you in the past week’s store of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals…
The scientific tourist #57 — Buffon in bronze
This week’s image comes to you from Paris, France — it’s a bronze statue of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon…
Casual Friday — Star Trek, the barbershop quartet version…
OK, so this is about as nerdy as you can get. Still, you’ve got to admire the creativity these guys display (4m 30sec)…
Carnivalia — 1/14 – 1/20
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals awaits you…
The scientific tourist #56 — the Me-163
This week’s image comes from the Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio — it’s an Me-163 “Komet” rocket-powered manned interceptor…
Casual Friday — Methane on Mars!
Using the Hubble space telescope, astronomers have discovered that a number of sites on Mars have periodically emitted huge amounts of methane. Is the source biology, or just geology? Only time will tell…
Carnivalia — 1/07 – 1/13
The past week’s crop of (mostly-)science-related blog carnivals…
The scientific tourist #55 — Maiasaura
This week’s image comes to you from the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis, Wyoming –it’s of a Maiasaur tending to her nest full of hatchlings…
