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I think we can all agree that NASA is pretty awesome*. Additionally to their being involved in brilliant things like shuttles (well…), space stations, rockets, telescopes and other goodness, their engagement with the public (viz. other earthlings) is not bad… Read more ›
Monty Python, as is widely known, are the stuff of legend. And, because it’s Friday and one is allowed to let one’s hair/pants/whatever else down, I thought I’d post a little astronomical fun: the Galaxy Song, from Monty Python’s The… Read more ›
I awoke this morning to a rather epic amount of win. Included in this was an email from Spongelab asking if I’d like to register with them. I did, and I have. For those of you not suffering from attention… Read more ›
Like, for real. With the naked eye. Another post courtesy of Josh Bailey*, who has been building cloud chambers and documenting the resulting, well, results. I _meant_ to write on the subject, since it’s so frikkin’ cool, but have been… Read more ›
Sharks with frikkin’ laser beams on their foreheads have, until now, seemed a remote possibility*. But in a stunning development, scientists have engineered living cells which are able to _emit laser beams_. Take a moment. Sit back. Allow your mind… Read more ›
Just a quick one today. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/23903009[/vimeo] I came across this video comparing internet stats in 2010 with (projected) internet stats in 2015. Not surprisingly, NZ doesn’t really have a standout role in the figures shown, but I’m curious: to what… Read more ›
As you may or may not be aware, I have something of a physics Jones. I’ve found the subject interesting ever since school, although I’ll freely admit that my contact therewith has been somewhat intermittent :) Recently, however, and for… Read more ›
UPDATE: moar pics here, here and here. As mentioned, I broke my wrist a few weeks ago. Which caused me no small amount of unhappiness, given that I was soon to be travelling to the San Francisco Bay Area to,… Read more ›