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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Carnivalia — 9/22 – 9/28
Bit of a “skinny” week, but there’s still some good reading in the past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals…
Posted in Biology, Carnivalia, History, Humanity
Tagged Biology, Carnivalia, History, Humanity
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The scientific tourist #142 — Apollo 15 Command Module
This week’s image is of the Apollo 15 Command Module, on display at the Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio…
Casual Friday — and you thought *your* weather was bad…
National Geographic cameraman was filming elephants in Mali when he got to experience a dust storm first-hand…
Posted in Odds and ends
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Carnivalia — 9/15 – 9/21
The past week’s crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for your reading pleasure…
The scientific tourist #141 — F-86A Sabre
This week’s image is of an F-86A Sabre jet fighter at the Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, cold war, fighter, History, Technology
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Casual Friday — the Quadrotors, they're getting agressive
Those folks at the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP lab keep doing cool (but still somewhat unsettling) things with quadrotors…
Carnivalia — 9/08 – 9/14
Posted in Astronomy, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Carnivalia, Humanity, Space
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The scientific tourist #140 — the Messerschmitt Bf-109
This week’s image is of a Messerschmitt Bf-109 fighter at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, fighter, Germany, History, Technology, World War II, WWII
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Casual Friday — a quick introduction to the astrolabe
Courtesy of Tom Wujec at TEDGlobal 2009, here’s a quick introduction to the astrolabe — one of humanity’s earliest but most useful inventions…
Posted in Astronomy, History, Space, Technology
Tagged Astronomy, History, Space, Technology
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