http://sortingoutscience.net Science for people who never knew it could be interesting Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:08:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's always fun to see how things we now take for granted were first perceived...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/07/03/casual_friday_--_something_called_the_internet/ I thought this shot pretty well sums up the technological progress made during the 1960's race to the moon...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/29/scientific_tourist_79_--_comparative_rocketry/ OK, a lot of people these days are concerned about too much mercury in the fish they eat. So it's probably appropriate that when Theo Gray went to make some small, cast metal fish, he made them from mercury...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/26/casual_friday_--_mercury_sculptures/ The last week's crop of science-related blog carnivals...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/24/carnivalia_--_617_-_623/ From the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, models of Sputnik and Explorer I -- the first (ever) artificial satellite, and the first U.S. satellite...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/22/scientific_tourist_78_--_two_firsts/ Using a genetic tree for time travel...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/19/casual_friday_--_watching_arachnids_evolve/ The past week's selection of science-related blog carnivals awaits you...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/17/carnivalia_--_610_-_616/ Most people, at least in the U.S. will instantly recognize this shot...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/15/scientific_tourist_77_--_at_the_foot_of_a_giant/ From a BBC interview, here's Richard Feynman (Nobel prize winner) talking about his perspective on learning and uncertainty...

]]> http://sortingoutscience.net/2009/06/12/casual_friday_--_feynman_on_learning_and_uncertainty/ The past week's selection of science-related blog carnivals awaits you...

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