'Odds and ends' Category
Casual Friday — life in slow motion
It’s just plain fun and interesting to watch what life looks like in super slow motion. Courtesy of Philip Heron, here’s a short film on the subject — Tempus II…
Casual Friday — like a bolt from the blue
A 9,000 frames-per-second view of some lightning in Rapid City, South Dakota…
Sad but true…
SMBC on risk tolerance
Casual Friday — “Impossible Motion,” the best illusion of 2010
This illusion, dubbed “Impossible Motion,” was created by Koukichi Sugihara of Japan — and won the 2010 Best Illusion of the Year Contest in Naples, Florida…
Casual Friday — a bunch of garbage
Sure, everybody takes out the trash now and then. But do you think you know what’s in it?
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…
Casual Friday — thermite welding
Today you get a “two-fer” — two videos showing the process of thermite welding…
The Lost Generation
This has little to do with science, but I just ran across this video and was completely blown away
Happy New Year
And welcome to the International Year of Astronomy 2009!
A hat tip to the Science Scouts
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