Science Etcetera, Venusday 20081107

Posted on 7th November 2008 by ideonexus in Science Etcetera
  • A refrigerator-sized tank of ammonia burned up in the atmosphere recently, which came from the ISS (HT Carolyn)

    • ISS

    ISS
  • Basic Science FAIL (HT TGAW)
  • Point the SkyScout Personal Planetarium at the sky and it will give you an audio tour of what you are looking at (HT clint).
  • Dr. Richard Dawkins Totally Looks Like Emma Watson (HT clint)
  • Interesting site chronicles science misconceptions in K-6 textbooks (HT clint).
  • Stephen Hawking tattoo (HT clint).
  • NASA has launched the Global Climate Change website, which dittoheads will take as more evidence that the Global Warming conspiracy is more insidiously entrenched in our society than previously thought (HT Carolyn).

    • Global Climate Change

    Global Climate Change
  • Australia, plans to build a multibillion-dollar ‘brain city’ to attract 4500 elite scientists, which reminds me of Asimov’s Foundation (HT clint).
  • Awesome fable about a physics exam… it’s an urban legend, but it’s a cool one (HT BMF).
  • Augh! Phthalates, found in plastics, may shrink Mr. Happy. Nooooo!!!! (HT clint).
  • Greenpeace has a flickr photostream (HT clint).
  • Old Jetta Commercial Mentions the Coelacanth:

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    1. wow, it’s the [mostly] “Clint and Carolyn” edition of Science Etcetera :)

      Comment by ClintJCL — November 7, 2008 @ 10:13 am

    2. Man, I love the FAIL blog. It routinely makes me laugh so hard that I cry.

      I had already forgotten about this Computer Monitor Mirror one, so now I got to enjoy it a second time.

      Comment by Vicky — November 7, 2008 @ 11:01 am

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