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Month: December 2007

SONG: First Man in Space (penitential cover version)

31 December 2007 grant b 0

SONG: “First Man in Space” (cover) (To download: right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant. Originally by Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp) and Phil Oakey (of the Human… Read the rest “SONG: First Man in Space (penitential cover version)”

Sorry, our comet is missing.

30 December 2007 grant b 0

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii recently had to make a strange correction to the Deep Impact mission. The ship, which thrilled scientists in 2005 by successfully firing a metal … Read the rest “Sorry, our comet is missing.”

Science Art: Ptolemaic System, from Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia Macrocosmica

30 December 2007 grant b 0

Cellarius Solar System
This chart shows the universe as understood in 1660 – a solar system with a giant Earth at its center.

Cell phone gourmand.

29 December 2007 grant b 0

New Scientist unveils yet another thing Nokia is designing cell phones to do – read the menu for you:

Snap a picture of, say, a dessert menu and the phone will recognise the characters

… Read the rest “Cell phone gourmand.”

Burning coal creates nuclear waste.

28 December 2007 grant b 0

Scientific American reports on a series of studies that mess with our sense of common sense. Nuclear power plants should be creating nuclear waste, and coal plants should be creating smog,… Read the rest “Burning coal creates nuclear waste.”

Songs for Giant Isopods

27 December 2007 grant b 0

[n.b.: Subsequent to writing this post, I wound up writing a song about isopods myself. I think it’s one of my better ones; check it out for yourself.]

Giant Isopod from the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA photographI swear I didn’t know about… Read the rest “Songs for Giant Isopods”

Burning Man’s Gift: Solar Cities.

26 December 2007 grant b 0

The Burning Man festival is a bit of a hassle for folks in rural Nevada, who once a year get overrun by thousands of freaks, punks, hippies and ravers, clogging up the streets and doing who knows… Read the rest “Burning Man’s Gift: Solar Cities.”

Henry Gray, Human ovum examined fresh in the liquor folliculi.

25 December 2007 grant b 0


A drawing of a human egg cell, from Gray’s Anatomy (the book, not the TV show). From its description quoted on Wikipedia:

Human ovum examined fresh in the liquor folliculi. (Waldeyer.)

… Read the rest “Henry Gray, Human ovum examined fresh in the liquor folliculi. ”

Bad Astronomer’s Top 10

24 December 2007 grant b 0

The so-called Bad Astronomer picked the top 10 astronomy pictures of 2007.

Go and see them.

They’re beautiful.

SONG: Jaekelopterus!

23 December 2007 grant b 1

SONG: “Jaekelopterus!” (To download: right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant. Dui, shi wo. (Oui, c’est moi.)

SOURCE: ““Giant Claw… Read the rest “SONG: Jaekelopterus!”

Science Art: The Helix Nebula

23 December 2007 grant b 0


At the very center of this giant, staring eye is a white dwarf star. It’s located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.

The image was taken by NASA’s Spitzer… Read the rest “Science Art: The Helix Nebula”

The Pale Blue Dot

22 December 2007 grant b 0

Found via Barbelith. More on the film is available at palebluefilms.com.

Good Yule, fellow dot-fractions. Stay warm during this longest night. … Read the rest “The Pale Blue Dot”

Raising Stonehenge: The Power of Pebbles & Sticks.

21 December 2007 grant b 0

This is my favorite kind of science – a guy figuring out things in his back yard.

Retired construction worker W.T. “Wally” Wallington thinks he’s discovered … Read the rest “Raising Stonehenge: The Power of Pebbles & Sticks.”

Power from space.

20 December 2007 grant b 0

It’s nice to see this idea is still being kicked around – and taken more seriously now that oil prices are rising so dramatically. It wouldn’t take that much, the folks… Read the rest “Power from space.”

One word: Plastics.

19 December 2007 grant b 1

PopSci reports on why one man thinks the petroleum industry wants him dead. Frank Pringle has figured out a way to turn plastics back into oil and natural gas:

Petroleum is composed of strings

… Read the rest “One word: Plastics.”

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