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Tag Archives: Science
A to Z: Planets
Arrakis! Vulcan! Tatooine! Alderaan! Barsoom! Akir! Zeist! Veridian III! Hoth! Mustafar! Coruscant! Trantor! Krypton! All hail the Planet! Planets are everything. Without planets, we’ve got nothing, in SF. Without planets, we’ve got no place for stories to happen. Planets are … Continue reading
A Deepness in the Sea
By rights I should save this for next week’s Sunday Burst, but it’s too good for that. xkcd brings the infographic goodness to the depths of the large lakes and oceans. Note the depth of Lake Erie, relative to the … Continue reading
And they did the math with SLIDE RULES.
Someone on Reddit questions the technological amazingness of landing humans on the Moon. Someone else sets them straight (salty language alert): Oh no you fucking didn’t. You have no idea. The moon is 385,000 kilometers away, and spinning around us … Continue reading
On Newt and the Moon
Charles Pierce: I have to confess: The fact that N. Leroy Gingrich, Definer Of Civliization’s Rules and Leader (Perhaps) Of The Civlizing Forces, proposed building a base on the moon by 2020, only to have the idea turned into a … Continue reading
Most US Americans don’t have maps!
But if they did, they should own this map. I want one! Seriously, if you’ve never given much thought to the lot of the poor cartographers in our lonely society, read the article. It’s fascinating stuff.
Books with facts in them
Some nonfiction notes: :: I’ve always had a soft spot for conspiracy theories. I’ve never actually believed in any of them, but I’ve always like them in a lot of ways. The best ones are wild and wooly and complex, … Continue reading
Page One: Cosmos
I was in fourth grade when Cosmos first aired. My teacher had a poster up about it in the classroom and encouraged us to watch it. I was quite the space geek at the time, and I expected the show to … Continue reading
One star to rule them all….
I was reading an article recently (and I don’t remember where! but if I do, I’ll edit this post to put a link) about the star Canis Majoris. This is the largest star currently known to exist. How big is … Continue reading
Da doo Ron Ron….
Politics, below the fold. Via PZ Myers, we have Ron Paul’s answer to the shocking question, “Do you believe in evolution?” (We’ll just set aside the notion that one can “believe in” evolution, kinda like how one “believes in” Santa … Continue reading
Notes on the PopStuff
Some thoughts on a bit of pop culture stuff of late: :: Here is actor Henry Cavill as Superman in the new movie about Superman, titled…Man of Steel. In all honesty, I’m just not very thrilled with this. He looks … Continue reading