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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Scientific tourist #101 — Pippo, big & little
This week’s images come to you from the Paleontology section of Museo di Storia Naturale (Natural History Museum), Universitá degli Studi di Firenze in Florence, Italy…
Casual Friday — How's a USB flash drive made?
USB flash drives are so common and cheap that it’s easy to forget there’s actually a lot of expensive equipment involved in making them…
Carnivalia — 11/18 – 11/24
The past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnival goodness awaits you…
Scientific tourist #100 — Strato-Lab
This week you get a pair of images from the Albuquerque Balloon Museum — they’re of the gondola of Strato-Lab IV, part of a series of manned stratospheric balloons launched by the U. S. Navy in the late 1950′s and early 1960′s…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space, Technology
Tagged aircraft, History, Space, space race, Technology
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Casual Friday — Monkey showers
It turns out that Capuchin Monkeys use citrus to get rid of skin parasites and help keep themselves clean. Better keep a sharp eye on your lunch…
Carnivalia — 11/11 – 11/17
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
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Scientific tourist #99 — the D-21 drone
Today you get a bunch of photographs, of a single subject, taken at a variety of venues — and it’s all about the D-21 drone…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, cold war, History, Technology
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Casual Friday — "The Matrix" as a silent movie
A fun skit from the Russian actor’s group “Big Difference” (Bolshaya Raznitsa), postulating what “The Matrix” would have looked like if it had been made back in the silent movie era…
Carnivalia — 11/04 – 11/10
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Critical thinking, Humanity, Math, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Math, Space
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Scientific tourist #98 — Rue Cuvier
Georges Cuvier founded vertebrate paleontology, and all he got for his troubles was this lousy street sign…