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Sure beats graverobbing.
Via BoingBoing, this fascinating application of scanning and augmented reality technology: Access to good dissection models is always problematic, but is absolutely crucial for medical education....
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Proof of concept.
Interesting: Imagine three astronauts, 125 million miles from the Earth, talking to Mission Control with a four-minute time lag. They have seen nothing out their windows but stars in the blackness of...
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Now, *that’s* a full moon.
Via BoingBoing, an interesting animation using images from the Lunar Reconissance Orbiter: Jim Downey
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A trick of the light.
Unsurprisingly, the last couple of days have been darker than they could have been. But life goes on. And so I want to share this, via BoingBoing: Jim Downey
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Linky-link.
Some quick links, none of which really warrant a full blog post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wanna be a black-hole hunter? Sure you do! The Galaxy Zoo folks have just launched a new...
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It’s a mystery.*
Some more ‘quick hits’ … ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here’s a very good article about the nuance of what you can/should call a book, and the sort of question I have had to dance...
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“Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.”*
When you see news like this in the mainstream press… Rogue Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Call It seems rather far fetched at first glance. There is news that came out last week that rogue cell...
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Bits & pieces.
A number of unrelated items which I thought I’d share … * * * Astronomers Find Ancient Earth-Sized Planets in Our Galactic Backyard Astronomers have announced what may be the most interesting exoplanet...
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That’s just cool.
Via BoingBoing, fun video from NASA of the unboxing of a shipment of the first printed tools and tests parts from the ISS: Perhaps it’s just the conservator in me, but I loved the documentation...
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“We are on a marble, floating in the middle of … nothing.”
Via BoingBoing, this completely delightful short video about the scale of our solar system: That does a better job of getting the real sense of scale than just about anything else I’ve seen. Wonderful....
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