Tag Archives: Science

Sanity Break

Posted on August 25, 2012 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

Take a virtual tour through 400,000 charted galaxies. No, that isn’t a field of stars. It’s a field of galaxies containing trillions of stars. via Engadget The stargazers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have released a huge three-dimensional map … Continue reading →

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Mr. Wizard Was A Dick

Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:05 pm by Bob Cesca

I used to watch the show and wonder why any kid would want to share a camera with this guy. Evidently, I wasn’t the only one: In hindsight, he totally reminds me of Philip Baker Hall as Jimmy Gator in … Continue reading →

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The Most Awesome Thing You'll See All Day

Posted on July 16, 2012 at 1:27 pm by Bob Cesca

The size of the universe is beyond what any of us can fully grasp. But this helps: The Universe made possible by Number Sleuth

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Good News About Death, Bad News About Cancer

Posted on June 26, 2012 at 1:38 pm by Bob Cesca

Via Sullivan here are the major causes of death in 1900 and 2010: Due to improved technology — medical treatments and health awareness, etc — there are fewer deaths per capita, but more overall cancer deaths and heart disease, ironically … Continue reading →

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Is There a Mirror Universe?

Posted on June 16, 2012 at 1:36 pm by Bob Cesca

I love the notion of a parallel universe that’s exactly the opposite of this one (or are we the opposite of the other one?). And now a pair of physicists have theorized that it might actually exist. In the classic … Continue reading →

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The Republican Lie About Carbon Dioxide, And The Idiots Who Believe It

Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:29 am by Bob Cesca

[From my daily column at The Daily Banter.] One of the memes I often have to repeat is, simply put, the Republican and conservative leadership routinely lies to its followers. I mean, outright lying on just about every issue. They … Continue reading →

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Mach 20

Posted on April 23, 2012 at 1:42 pm by Bob Cesca

DARPA, the makers of nightmarish herky-jerky Terminator robots, also made an unmanned vessel called the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, that traveled for 3-minutes at an astonishing Mach 20 — 20 times the speed of sound — before its skin … Continue reading →

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Stupid Quote of the Day

Posted on March 25, 2012 at 12:22 pm by Bob Cesca

“An international carbon tax program is one of the most hideous ideas forged in the minds of men. Since all known life forms are carbon-based, it is a proposal to control all life.” Townhall.com blogger David Hoyt Once again, conservatives, … Continue reading →

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Billions and Billions of Stars

Posted on March 22, 2012 at 12:46 pm by Bob Cesca

The view from the International Space Station. Utterly mesmerizing.

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It’s Controversial

Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

Science is controversial, at least according to Tennessee Republicans. The Tennessee state legislature passed HB368 yesterday, a bill which mandates that public school teachers intentionally muddy the views of their pupils by teaching junk science alongside actual science. Because real … Continue reading →

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