Monthly Archives: December 2009

Carnivalia — 12/23 – 12/29

Posted on 30 December, 2009 by admin

A lot of bloggers seem to be taking time off for the holidays, but you’ve still got some good reading material this week in a few science-related blog carnivals…

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The scientific tourist #105 — the Double Eagle V

Posted on 28 December, 2009 by admin

This week’s touristy science image comes to you from the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum — it’s the Double Eagle V gondola…

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Carnivalia — 12/16 – 12/22

Posted on 23 December, 2009 by admin

The past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals awaits you…

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The scientific tourist #104 — kiva tops

Posted on 21 December, 2009 by admin

This week’s picture comes from Mesa Verde National Park in the southwestern corner of Colorado, USA — it’s the top of two kivas in the Spruce Tree House ruins…

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Casual Friday — the Known Universe, in HD

Posted on 18 December, 2009 by admin

Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History comes this video taking you to the end of the known universe and back again…

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Carnivalia — 12/09 – 12/15

Posted on 16 December, 2009 by admin

The past week’s crop of science-related blog carnival goodness…

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Scientific tourist #103 — Explorer 10

Posted on 14 December, 2009 by admin

For this week’s science-related travel image, we’re going back to the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamagordo. The picture is of a life-size model of the Explorer 10 spacecraft…

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Casual Friday — Change blindness

Posted on 11 December, 2009 by admin

Think you see with your eyes? Guess again — you really see with your brain, and it takes some shortcuts…

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Carnivalia — 12/02 – 12/08

Posted on 9 December, 2009 by admin

The past week’s bounty crop of (mostly) science-related blog posts awaits you…

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Scientific tourist #102 — the Tetraodontidae

Posted on 7 December, 2009 by admin

A friendly looking (but highly poisonous) little critter at the Albuquerque Aquarium… Continue reading →

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