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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Casual Friday: Hubble's 20 years of space-shattering discoveries
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, here’s NASA video tribute to the telescope and its accomplishments…
Carnivalia — 4/21 – 4/27
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Geology, History
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, Geology, History
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The scientific tourist #121 — Phantom
This week’s image is of an F-4 Phantom II fighter on display at the San Diego Air and Space Museum…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, cold war, fighter, History, supersonic, Technology
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Casual Friday — First light for the Solar Dynamics Observatory
You might remember a previous Casual Friday post, where I linked to video showing the launch of the SDO spacecraft (in the process, wiping out a sun dog). Well, NASA’s now got the observatory up and running and has released its first images…
Carnivalia — 4/14 – 4/20
A bounty crop of good reading awaits you in the past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals…
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, History, Humanity, Math, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Communicating science, History, Humanity, Math, Space
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The scientific tourist #120 — Early Zeps
This week’s image comes to you from the Technisches Museum in Vienna (Wien), Austria…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged airship, dirigible, History, Technology, Zeppelin
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Casual Friday — John Cleese on Extremism
This isn’t your typical “science” video, I suppose — although it’s a good (and funny!) explanation of the psychopathology behind extremism…
Posted in Humor / Just for fun
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The scientific tourist #119 — Pliosaurus
This week’s image comes to you from the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis — it’s the skeleton of a Pliosaurus…