Are You Observant?
Do you consider yourself to be an observant kind of person? Someone who really pays attention to detail? If you are, then you’ll be interested in watching and participating in a couple of video tests...
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Climate Change: A Summary of the Science
The politics of the green movement and the polarity of views have often prevented real debate on climate change from happening. Each side will reinforce their opinion with selective facts from the...
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Corning Gorilla Glass Meets Todd and Wins!
If you’ve got a mobile phone from htc or a Samsung Galaxy Tab, then there’s a good chance you’re looking at the display through Corning glass. Todd talks to James Hollis, Director of Corning Display...
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Thanks Yuri and I’m Sorry We Let You Down
As you’ll know from all the coverage, yesterday was the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic first orbit of the Earth by a human. Back in 1961 at the height of the Cold War, it was a...
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Continuing the celebration of Yuri Gagarin’s orbit of the Earth in Vostok 1 back in 1961, First Orbit is a documentary film that joins archive footage of the event with modern shots taken from the...
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Yuri Gagarin 50th Anniversary Links
Image credit: NASA To conclude our short series of posts on Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit of the Earth in Vostok 1 fifty years’ ago, I thought I might put together a few of the best links that I’ve found...
View ArticleThe Slowest Landslide Ever
Okay, the headline may be an exaggeration. After all, I don’t know if records exist for such things and if they do, I didn’t look for them. However, be it a record or not, this is still an absolutely...
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Scientists Need To Stand Up
If you were to draw a Venn diagram of the whole of science, I’d like to think that us geeks fit in there as a subset. Many of us come from a scientific background and appreciate science, scientific...
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60 Years of BBC’s Reith Lectures as Podcasts
Sixty years of the BBC’s Reith Lectures archive have been made available as downloadable .mp3s, a fantastic resource for Renaissance geeks and lovers of 20th century history. The Reith Lectures are an...
View ArticleGreat ISS and Meteor Video
One of my favorite web sites, Universe Today, has linked up a video that really captured my imagination. The video, captured by Bryan Stewart and posted to Vimeo, shows the International Space Station...
View ArticleCuriosity Is On It’s Way To Mars
The big one we have all been waiting for is on it’s way. The Mars Science Laboratory, better known as the Curiosity rover, lifted off yesterday from Florida and began it’s 8 and half month journey to...
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Where to See a Retired Space Shuttle
NASA ended the Space Shuttle Program in July of 2011, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis made its return trip to Earth. The program lasted for 30 years, and had a total of 135 missions. There will not be...
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Five Rockets in Five Minutes
If you live on the East coast of the United States, be sure to watch the skies tonight. NASA will be launching five rockets in five minutes from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, on March 14,...
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An Incredibly Clear View of Ireland From Space
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, and NASA’s Earth Observatory website is celebrating by selecting a remarkably clear view of Ireland as its Image of the Day. It is easy to see why Ireland is called “The...
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Teen Sends Lego Space Shuttle Into Space
An eighteen year old named Raul Oaida, who is from Romania, is a big fan of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. When he learned that the program had ended, he decided to see if he could manage to launch a...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson Testifies to Congress on Behalf of NASA
Earlier this month our favorite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, went before Congress to plead his case for NASA. In recent years the budget for NASA has been slashed mercilessly by the folks...
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Rocket Launched With Secret Payload
Vandenburg Air Force Base, which is located 130 miles from Los Angeles, California, launched a rocket at 4:12 in the afternoon, PDT, on April 3, 2012. Originally, this rocket was planned to be...
View ArticleSix Ways That Sound & Light Bend Your Brain
In a culture fascinated with the supernatural, it’s refreshing to see that tangible science can trump even the most fantastic effects Hollywood can conjure. Wandering around the Internet this morning,...
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Fun With the Periodic Table of Elements
Few things could be more geek-centric than finding amusement in playing with the Periodic Table of the Elements. There are tons of ways to take what some might see as a boring part of chemistry class...
View ArticleCharge Your Cell Phone With a Virus?
Usually, when you see the words “virus” and “phone” in the same sentence, it indicates that something bad may have happened. This time, though, the virus is one that can actually be helpful. Scientists...
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