Monthly Archives: August 2009

Scientific tourist #88 — Rheintochter R1 Surface to Air Missile (SAM)

Posted on 31 August, 2009 by admin

Another slice of military history from the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany…

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Casual Friday — John Hodgman's brief digression

Posted on 28 August, 2009 by admin

A fun, 18 minute ramble about aliens, physics, time, space, and the memory of falling in love…

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Carnivalia — 8/19 – 8/25

Posted on 26 August, 2009 by admin

The past week’s share of science-related blog carnivals — not as many as last week, but still lots of good reading material waiting for you…

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Scientific tourist #87 — Dunkleosteus

Posted on 24 August, 2009 by admin

I took this shot in the Gallery of Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France — but it could just as well have come from any of dozens of other museums. It’s the skull of a Dunkleosteus…

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Casual Friday — The Matrix, on Windows XP

Posted on 21 August, 2009 by admin

Take the red pill, get the blue screen…

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Carnivalia — 8/12 – 8/18

Posted on 19 August, 2009 by admin

There’s a whole lot of good reading material in the past week’s bumper crop of (mostly) science related blog carnivals, so you might want to get an early start…

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Scientific tourist #86 — the American Lion

Posted on 17 August, 2009 by admin

Today, you get a “two-fer” — two shots of the same subject, from different museums. The subject of today’s extra largesse is the American Lion, a none-too-well known resident of the ice ages…

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