Monthly Archives: July 2009

Scientific tourist #81 — the business end of a Saturn V

Posted on 13 July, 2009 by admin

With the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing coming up in just a few days, I thought this would make an appropriate subject for this week’s image…

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Casual Friday — how globes are made

Posted on 10 July, 2009 by admin

Step by step, how globes are made (at the Repogle Globes factory in Chicago)…

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Carnivalia — 6/24 – 7/07

Posted on 8 July, 2009 by admin

I was on the road last Wednesday, so I couldn’t get out last week’s Carnivalia post. So this time, you get a two-fer! Here are the science related blog carnivals for the past two weeks…

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Scientific Tourist #80 — cleaning Zed

Posted on 6 July, 2009 by admin

A technician works on cleaning up part of Zed the columbian mammoth at the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, California…

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Casual Friday — "something called the internet"

Posted on 3 July, 2009 by admin

It’s always fun to see how things we now take for granted were first perceived…

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