Science and SciFi
Surely you are familiar with measures of frequency such as the hertz, which tells us about the number of cycles of a wave in a second. This SI unit is named after the German physicist… Read More »Happy 155th Birthday Heinrich Hertz
Who exactly are Skyscan trying to convince to buy their non-destructive 1-dimensional X-ray microscopy equipment? via twittelator
Two Canadian teenagers, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad, have successfully managed to launch a Lego man into the outer atmosphere using equipment source via the web. They recovered their astronaut using a GPS receiver attached to… Read More »Canadian teenagers send Lego man into space
So, I just found out about Apple announcing iBooks Author which according to the information they provide “is an amazing new app that allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks” and is a free download from the… Read More »iBook Author
The Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge is distinguished for many things, among them the number of blackboards around the building… even in the toilets… Great!
Simply great! [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/32001208] Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan, Satoshi Furukawa and the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011,
Not the best picture ever but here’s the queue for @phdcomics film. #geek via twittelator
Marie Curie’s 144th birthday doodle via twittelator