-
Blog post categories
- Astronomy (234)
- Biology (327)
- Carnivalia (249)
- Climate (19)
- Communicating science (89)
- Critical thinking (55)
- Foundations of science (32)
- Geology (86)
- History (279)
- Humanity (228)
- Humor / Just for fun (71)
- Math (79)
- Media madness (8)
- Nuttiness (5)
- Odds and ends (41)
- Physics (35)
- Podcast episodes (24)
- Politics and science (8)
- Sci / Tech Tourism (224)
- Site News (23)
- Space (364)
- Technology (222)
- Uncategorized (4)
- YouTubing (73)
Blog post archives
Meta
-
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Casual Friday — Fly me to the m… to Mars!
OK, so at this point we have no idea where astronauts will go next, if anywhere. But in the meantime, armchair astronauts can (to some degree) content themselves with a couple of cool videos put together by Doug Ellison of UnmannedSpaceflight.com from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) data…
Carnivalia — 1/20 – 1/26
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #109 — Fairy Caves
This week’s image comes to you from the Fairy Caves, now part of the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, just outside of Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Casual Friday — meet "Space Shuttle Jr."
One of the longest-running sagas in the space age has been the quest for a practical, reuseable space plane…
The scientific tourist #108 — the painted desert
Today’s image comes to you from the “Painted Desert” in northern Arizona in the U.S….
Carnivalia — 1/06 – 1/12
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Space
Comments Off
The scientific tourist #107 — the F-1 rocket engine
The F-1 rocket engine was built to power the first stage of the Saturn V for Apollo, and still holds the crown of being the most powerful single-chamber liquid-fueled rocket engine ever built, so I thought I’d gather up a collection of pictures I’ve taken of F-1s in various places on my travels
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Space, Technology
Tagged Apollo, History, rockets, Space, space race, Technology
Comments Off
Casual Friday — model rocketree
If you’re like a lot of folks, you might just be facing the problem of figuring out how to recycle your now-worthless Christmas tree. If you had certain inclinations, you could always try what these guys did — gather up … Continue reading
Posted in Humor / Just for fun
Comments Off