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We have moved to Scienceblogs! 1 Apr 2009 | 09:05 pm
To all of my fantastic readers, and you all are fantastic, I want to thank you for all of your support, your questions, your comments, and the information you’ve helped bring to the world during our t...
It Begins… 31 Mar 2009 | 08:22 am
Well, it’s happening this week, folks! I’m going to make the move over to ScienceBlogs this week, and I will have a special good-bye video post this Wednesday. In the meantime, to help you cope with ...
Weekend Diversion: It’s like going to Mars 30 Mar 2009 | 11:43 am
So, to send a crew to Mars (round-trip), you need them to commit to being completely isolated, with only sporadic communication with Earth, for two years at minimum! And that’s assuming you take the m...
The Math of Marriage 28 Mar 2009 | 03:44 pm
There was a question on the straight dope message board today that was way too interesting for me to pass up. But it took a long time to crunch the numbers for it, so this post is late! Someone named...
Naming the new ISS module: a suggestion 27 Mar 2009 | 08:20 am
As many of you have heard, NASA has had a public vote to help name the new node of the International Space Station — node 3 — shown here in its full glory: Although the name Serenity for the new node...
The Most Energetic Mystery in the Universe 26 Mar 2009 | 07:05 am
When we look out at galaxies, we find the most energetic particles we’ve ever found anywhere in the Universe coming from their centers. Why? Because as far as we can tell, all galaxies, at their cent...
Between Bird and Mammal Lies the 6th Sense… 24 Mar 2009 | 07:45 am
This Australian “mammal” is one of the most bizarre creatures on Earth, having many of the characteristics usually reserved for either birds only or mammals only: Ladies and gentlemen, the duck-bille...
Weekend Diversion: f my life 23 Mar 2009 | 05:16 am
Schadenfreude (IPA: [ˈʃaːdənˌfʁɔʏ̯də]) — largely unanticipated delight in the suffering of another which is cognized as trivial and/or appropriate. Every once in awhile, everyone has a bad day. I had...
A Little Sun in Your Life… Dire Consequences? 21 Mar 2009 | 07:18 am
I really get a kick out of reading The Straight Dope. What started as a weekly column in a Chicago newspaper has grown into a nationwide phenomenon and a small empire, and is often full of fascinating...
Unsolved Mysteries? When like charges attract! 19 Mar 2009 | 08:29 am
Attraction and repulsion are two of the simplest concepts in electricity and magnetism: like charges repel and opposite charges attract. (Two steps forward, two steps back.) For electricity, this is h...
