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Category Archives: Science
Tracing the Sun from Solstice to Solstice
Today, December 21st, would have been my mother’s 99th birthday and of lesser import it is also the Solstice, the first day of winter in the north and summer in the south. To celebrate, watch this amazing timelapse video tracing the Sun’s apparent movement … Continue reading
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Aurora Borealis Live Webcam
Living in San Francisco one learns to not get too excited about our planet’s celestial shows. In the summer and winter it is often overcast so the Leonid and Perseid meteor showers are almost never visible. So watching the live … Continue reading
Godric Gryffindor Inspires Name for Unusual Spider in India
A new species of peculiarly shaped spider has been named after the owner of the Hogwarts Sorting Hat. It’s almost as if the Sorting Hat apparated to a forest in southern India where it was transfigured into a spider. … Continue reading
The Ibex Code: Deciphering Iran’s Ancient Rock Art کد بز کوهی: رمزگشایی باستان راک هنر ایران
KHOMEIN, IRAN.- An Iranian archaeologist has spent years in an almost single-handed quest across the country’s hills and desert plains to uncover ancient rock art that could be among the oldest in the world. (.خواندن این پست به زبان فارسی … Continue reading
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The Lovely Preservation of a 17th Century Map
A huge wall map, about 1.5m x 2.15m (5’x7′) found stuffed into a chimney in Aberdeen, Scotland last spring, was handed over in a plastic bag to the National Library of Scotland. Resembling a bundle of rags, the map was severely … Continue reading
NASA Guide to Air-Filtering Houseplants
In the 1980s NASA joined forces with the Associated Contractors of America (ALCA), to determine the most effective indoor plants for removing toxic agents from the air. The study, led by Dr. B. C. Wolverton, found that some plants were effective … Continue reading
Our Color-Filled Universe
Colors from the Planet Earth and Beyond Of all the ones I’ve seen, this planet is still my favorite.
Israeli scientists unearth extraordinary ‘thinker’ figurine from the Middle Bronze Age
JERUSALEM (AFP).- A “unique” 3,800-year-old figurine showing a seated person, apparently deep in thought, was unveiled in Israel on Wednesday. Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said that the figure, wearing a hat and with its chin resting on its hand, was … Continue reading
A Berried Lobster
Among the many Image of the Day sites I visit is the Earth Science Picture of the Day by the Universities Space Research Association. Not limited to any specific area of science it includes images from the fields of geology, … Continue reading
Star Wars Dogfight with Drones!
Corridor Digital created this amazing Patreon-financed video of an X-wing fighter battling 2 TIE fighters and a TIE Advanced x1 (the kind Vader flew in Ep. IV) using in-house resources that include a 3D printer, drones, GoPro cameras, and home computer-level … Continue reading
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