the latest video from the ongoing sixty symbols of physics and astronomy project explores the personality of one of history's greatest scientists: isaac newton.
feel free to suggest topics you'd like to see discussed in a sixty symbols video in the comments.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
IMAX hubble 3D - preview
the IMAX hubble 3D website has been updated including a preview of the film.
check it out!
look for the release at IMAX and IMAX 3D movie theatres on march 19th, 2010!
check it out!
look for the release at IMAX and IMAX 3D movie theatres on march 19th, 2010!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
alka-seltzer in space
we take a lot for granted - including gravity. the way our bodies have naturally evolved to function and the way we've designed nearly everything, assumes that gravity always pulls us towards the center of the earth. so what happens when youre in space, and gravity is weak and doesnt have a preferred direction?
some astronauts decided to add an alka-seltzer pill to a glob of water to see what would happen! it wasnt what i expected...
some astronauts decided to add an alka-seltzer pill to a glob of water to see what would happen! it wasnt what i expected...
Monday, February 1, 2010
julia child cooks primordial soup
i'm speechless... she uses a big old knife to point with, and later she uses a mixing spoon! haha!
"Julia Child cooks up a batch of primordial soup and explains how these simple ingredients produce amino acids - the building blocks of life. This video played in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Life in The Universe gallery from 1976 until the gallery closed."
"Julia Child cooks up a batch of primordial soup and explains how these simple ingredients produce amino acids - the building blocks of life. This video played in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Life in The Universe gallery from 1976 until the gallery closed."
Sunday, January 31, 2010
blast from the past
there is a nice gallery of photos on flickr that show a modern scene with an image of the location from the past superimposed - the effect is really great! here is my favorite, but be sure to check out the whole gallery.
i also like this one by jason e powell.
found via mike's meandering mind.
i also like this one by jason e powell.
found via mike's meandering mind.
star wars cakes
why didnt i think to get a star wars theme cake for my 30th birthday? there's always the 31st to plan for...
see the whole set at funcrawler.com
see the whole set at funcrawler.com
Friday, January 29, 2010
guinness and the mouse
Some Guinness was spilled on the bar room floor
as the pub was closed for the night.
Out from his hole crept a wee brown mouse
and stood in the pale moonlight.
He lapped up the frothy brew from the floor
and back on his haunches he sat.
And all night long you could hear him roar
"Bring on the God damn cat!!!"
as the pub was closed for the night.
Out from his hole crept a wee brown mouse
and stood in the pale moonlight.
He lapped up the frothy brew from the floor
and back on his haunches he sat.
And all night long you could hear him roar
"Bring on the God damn cat!!!"
Thursday, January 28, 2010
hola mars
right now our neighbor mars is as physically as close as it ever gets to us, a position called opposition. mars is the bright orange speckle rising in the eastern sky.
to get ahold of mars' position in our sky for the next couple months, look up a bit after sunset on friday, the 29th of january, and see our nearly full moon sitting just next to mars in the sky for the evening.
to get ahold of mars' position in our sky for the next couple months, look up a bit after sunset on friday, the 29th of january, and see our nearly full moon sitting just next to mars in the sky for the evening.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
tethys plays peek-a-boo
saturn's moons play games with the space craft cassini in today's astronomy picture of the day. the tiny moon tethys pokes around the side of saturn's largest moon, titan.
you can see a huge crater on tethys in the image, and you can clearly see one of the most intriguing features of titan: the dense atmosphere that surrounds it! titan is the only satellite in our solar system known to have such a substantial atmosphere which places it on the top of the list of candidates to host some sort of microbial extraterrestrial life. there is currently discussion happening about future missions to explore titan more closely.
mike brown (aka - pluto killer!) wrote a great description of his team's discovery of some storms in titan's atmosphere.
you can watch a video of the entire occultation shown in the image above, or you can learn more about saturn from the sixty symbols video!
you can see a huge crater on tethys in the image, and you can clearly see one of the most intriguing features of titan: the dense atmosphere that surrounds it! titan is the only satellite in our solar system known to have such a substantial atmosphere which places it on the top of the list of candidates to host some sort of microbial extraterrestrial life. there is currently discussion happening about future missions to explore titan more closely.
mike brown (aka - pluto killer!) wrote a great description of his team's discovery of some storms in titan's atmosphere.
you can watch a video of the entire occultation shown in the image above, or you can learn more about saturn from the sixty symbols video!
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