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Total Lunar Eclipse: May 15-16, 2003 |
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| Topic: Science |
2:54 pm EDT, May 14, 2003 |
Total lunar eclipses happen when the earth gets between the sun and the moon. Because of the relatively low amount of particulates in the air it should look chocolate and brown. MMmmm.... chocolate. The eclipse starts tomorrow (thursday the 15th) at 10pm EDT and ends around 1am. Total Lunar Eclipse: May 15-16, 2003 |
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Novelty toys for the physicsts. |
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| Topic: Physics |
6:55 pm EDT, May 5, 2003 |
For the uninformed, one british foot in length (or 304.8mm to be precise) is about 1ns in time. Proof:
c = 2.99792458 x 10 8 m/s (http://www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com/) 1ft = 304.8mm := 3.048 x 10^-1m Therefore:
1ft = 3.048 x 10^-3 m / 2.99792458 x 10^8 m/s == 1.01670336216396744710 x 10^-9 s So this jackass is selling remarked wooden school rulers for the super deal price of $1.50 + s&h. Novelty toys for the physicsts. |
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New Subatomic Particle -- Press Release Dated April 28, 2003 |
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| Topic: Physics |
2:41 pm EDT, Apr 30, 2003 |
If confirmed a new subatomic particle would be one of the most interesting things to come out of the low energy BaBar particle factory. It's named BaBar because it's optimized for B Bbar particle interactions. In particle physics the notation of "bar" or just an underscore is standard for anti-particles. This particular accelerator/detector is optimized for "B" quarks (either called "bottom" or "beauty" quarks). New Subatomic Particle -- Press Release Dated April 28, 2003 |
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Math Trek : Recycling Topology, Science News Online, April 26, 2003 |
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| Topic: Math |
9:51 am EDT, Apr 30, 2003 |
Topological study of the recycle symbol. It's not much, but it's yet another reminder that even the most banal icons of daily life are tied to some cute little math nerd. Math Trek : Recycling Topology, Science News Online, April 26, 2003 |
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| Topic: Physics |
7:32 pm EDT, Apr 24, 2003 |
HyperPhysics. A organic webpage that's a good place to learn about neat new physics stuff at your own pace. I only wish it had problem sets. HyperPhysics Concepts |
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| Topic: Math |
11:10 am EDT, Apr 18, 2003 |
Third consecutive day of just general science/math goodness links... wolfram.com are the people who write and sell the world renown computational algebra system Mathematica (http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica). Most of the people who work on mathematica started out as either physicists or mathematicians. Mathworld is a great place to poke around and learn math in a very "quick reference" way. Think of mathworld as a nice starting point). It also has nice general (and not so general) explination/definitions of physics terms and overviews historical physics experiments. Did I also mention it has lots and lots of perdy Mathematica rendered eyecandy? MathWorld |
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arXiv.org e-Print archive |
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| Topic: Science |
1:49 pm EDT, Apr 17, 2003 |
Remember science? Thought it was cool right? Well read what all the *current* research in hard science is doing *right* now... Arxiv.org used to be xxx.lanl.gov, the official science pre-print server. Every physicist submits his article here *before* it's published. Makes for realtime science. I will be posting recomendations, with my full analysis, on individual articles from arxiv soon. But for right now come bath in the healing light. Read more about arxiv here: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000CAEA3-72CB-1E90-8EA5809EC5880000&catID=2 arXiv.org e-Print archive |
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| Topic: Chemistry |
3:45 pm EDT, Apr 16, 2003 |
Well you can put that big heavy copy of the CRC (http://www.crcpress.com/corphistory.asp) down. !Webbook is here, it's great! Research all your favorite chemicals, play w/ neat and interesting graph data for almost any chemical you can think of. Chemical Formula Search |
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