Dec 11
We’re currently experiencing colder-than-seasonal weather here in Seattle. This is causing a lot of problems with burst water pipes. Here is a picture of a couple of issues suffered by a friend of mine Ian.
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Dec 11
The European Space Agency (ESA) is getting ready to wake up its comet hunting spacecraft called Rosetta. Rosetta has been in hibernation for 31 months as it prepared for its main mission. Rosetta launched in 2004 and has spent its time this far zipping around the Sun, gaining speed. So far, the spacecraft has made […]
Dec 11
You might have heard grandma or grandpa predicting a storm because they "could feel it in their bones" and when a storm hit you probably thought they’d been watching the weather channel. Turns out, their joints *probably* do get a little achy when it’s about to rain.
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Dec 11
If you’ve ever wondered how animals view the world, this video should satisfy your curiosity. It shows how five different animals—cats, dogs, rats, hawks and bees—see the world.
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Dec 11
Chinese-Brazilian CBERS-3 Satellite for monitoring the environment fails to reach orbit
Posted in: Today's ChiliA satellite that was part of a joint effort between the China and Brazil failed to enter orbit earlier this week. The satellite launched Monday in northern China, but it failed to enter the proper orbit. The satellite was going to be used to monitor deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. The liftoff for the satellite […]
Dec 11
The word sphincter conjures one very distinct image in our heads. But did you know there are actually about 5o different types of sphincter throughout our body?
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Dec 10
It has been unusually cold here in parts of Texas, if we get below freezing and stay for a few days it’s a rare occurrence during the winter. Since we aren’t really prepared for the cold, those near freezing temps bring unending complaints from residents and make Northerners laugh. We’re a tropical people. Those near […]
Dec 10
Everyone’s heard of DNA, genetics and genome sequencing, but you might not actually know exactly how scientists go about doing it. This TED Ed video explains, nicely and simply, how it works.
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Dec 09
Blue Origin, the private space flight start-up funded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has successfully tested off-the-shelf hydrogen rockets ahead of 2018 unmanned missions starting, though the company says it expects to switch eventually to rockets of its own design. The company, which will present its engine work to NASA in May 2014 as part […]
Dec 09
For the past century, an obscure mathematical principle called Zipf’s law has predicted the size of mega-cities all over the world. And nobody knows why.
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