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The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense!

Posted in Humour, Music, Nerds, Parody, Physics, Research, Science, Thoughts, tagged Elements, Fun, Funny, Humor, Humour, Irrational Elements, Nerd Humor, Periodic Table, Pop-Culture, science on August 19, 2014| 1 Comment »

Saw this ‘Irrational Element Table’ just now and it made the iced tea come up my nose!

The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense!

For the full interactive version, click here!

I love nerd humour!

Thanks to the amazing Crispian Jago for this gem.

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This Week in Science: June 8, 2014

Posted in Astronomy, Musings, Nerds, Photography, Photos, Physics, Science, Space, Stars, tagged Astronomy, Astrophysics, Geology, Physics, Planets, Research, science, Space, Stars on June 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Godzilla planets? 12 billion year old gamma rays? Evidence of the planet that crashed into Earth and caused our moon to form?

This is the kind of stuff scientists were doing last week!

Here are the links to the articles. Please check them out!

Godzilla planet: http://bit.ly/RZCW46
Autism: http://bit.ly/1oTnkOb
Cancer: http://bit.ly/1i9qaqZ
Theia: http://bit.ly/1xfn7HB
Hybrid star: http://bit.ly/SbvliX
Hubble deep field: http://bit.ly/1pRBFbi
Gamma ray burst: http://bit.ly/1kD36oV
Plastic rocks: http://bit.ly/SdukXM

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Thanks once again to the gang over at IFLS.

Visit them on Facebook or at their website.

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This Week in Science: June 1, 2014

Posted in Astronomy, Physics, Research, Science, Space, Travel, tagged Aircraft, Astrology, Inventions, Physics, Robots, science, Space, Technology, Transportation on June 1, 2014| 2 Comments »

This Week in Science: June 1, 2014

While the rest of us were gearing up for summer and firing up the barbecues and whatever it is we do in anticipation of summer, my lovely geeks and nerdlings in the world of science were coming up with stuff like this!

Broadband: http://bit.ly/1lZ3JFX
Virgin Galactic: http://bit.ly/1mEcfMa
Velociraptor robot: http://bit.ly/1kc1wvb
Robot skin: http://bit.ly/1hNPLFO
Driverless cars: http://bit.ly/1gBIqxC
Crowdsourcing: http://bit.ly/1kxU7AK
Dragon capsule: http://bit.ly/1hG7q1V
Aircrafts flown by thought: http://bit.ly/1kRZ4ZE

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Thanks, as always, to the ILFS Facebook page!

Check out the ILFS website.

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This Week in Science: May 18/14

Posted in Archaeology, Astronomy, Health, Medicine, Nature, Palaeontology, Physics, Science, Space, tagged Astronomy, Dinosaurs, Disease, Exoplanets, Fossils, Glaciers, Gluten, Health, Measles, Medicine, Nature, Paleoanthropology, Paleontology, Physics, Research, science, Sperm on May 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »

They’ve done it again, kiddie-winkers.

While we were out planning our gardens and trying to figure out how to hurt ourselves with fireworks, the devoted geeks and nerdlings in the world of science have come up with these findings!

Dinosaur: http://bit.ly/1lxLRTu
Gluten: http://bit.ly/1gT4Wgc
Prehistoric girl: http://bit.ly/1j45bcI
Glaciers: http://bit.ly/1on1lP6
Lucid dreaming: http://bit.ly/1glhORI
Exoplanet: http://bit.ly/1iYOxel
Sperm: http://bit.ly/1mYRPhh
Measles: http://bit.ly/S7b5jd

Well done, folks. Very well done indeed.

The world owes you a huge debt of gratitude!

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This Week in Science (May 4/14)

Posted in Astronomy, Medicine, Photography, Photos, Physics, Research, Science, Space, Stars, tagged Anatomy, Astrology, Computers, DNA, Medine, Physics, Planets, Research, science, Space, Stars, Stem Cells, Surgery on May 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Well, the geeks and nerdlings out in science land have done it again.

While we were out doing… like… whatever… they were doing this!

DNA: http://bit.ly/1mfICVP
Sperm: http://bit.ly/1obvldN
Muscles: http://bit.ly/1iHZthN
Exoplanet: http://bit.ly/1mejhqV
Star cluster: http://bit.ly/1jlhbq0
Circuit board: http://bit.ly/S6XlW7
Element: http://bit.ly/1nQqH7K
Heart transplants: http://bit.ly/1u4ST8t

Well done, people. Very well done.

We owe you so much. Thank you for making the world a better place and enriching our lives!

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Thanks, as always, to the wonderful people over at IFLS!

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This Week in Science: April 27/14

Posted in Birds, Botany, Design, Nature, Palaeontology, Physics, Science, Space, tagged Astronomy, Birds, Blood, Chromosomes, Minerals, Ornithology, Physics, science on April 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

While the rest of us were out doing whatever the heck it is that we do, the geeks and nerdlings in the world of science were doing this…

Smartly done, folks!

New shape: http://bit.ly/1jHVFID
Y chromosome: http://bit.ly/1hrLASQ
Chernobyl: http://bit.ly/1tOdLR8
Coldest star: http://bit.ly/1fgit6q
Pterodactyloid: http://bit.ly/1hwaZuO
Aging: http://bit.ly/1rqpGT7
Mimic plant: http://bit.ly/RToETw
Mineral: http://bit.ly/1f4Sdf6

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Dueling Crescents

Posted in Astronomy, Nature, Photography, Photos, Physics, tagged Astronomy, Astrophysics, Eclipse, Moon, Musings, NASA, Nature, Photography, Photos, Physics, science, Thoughts, Venus on February 28, 2014| 2 Comments »

Daytime Moon Meets Morning Star

The NASA site ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day‘ continues to blow me away.

This is the photo for this morning, February 27, 2014.

(Image Credit & Copyright: Cui Yongjiang and Shi Zexing)

Here is NASA’s blurb…

Explanation: Venus now appears as planet Earth’s brilliant morning star standing above the eastern horizon before dawn. For most, the silvery celestial beacon rose in a close pairing with an old crescent Moon on February 26. But seen from locations in western Africa before sunrise, the lunar crescent actually occulted or passed in front of Venus, also in a crescent phase. Farther to the east, the occultation occurred during daylight hours. In fact, this telescopic snapshot of the dueling crescents was captured just before the occultation began under an afternoon’s crystal clear skies from Yunnan Province, China. The unforgettable scene was easily visible to the naked eye in broad daylight.

If you don’t already do so, please consider making NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day part of your daily online routine.

You won’t regret it.

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Light Pillars

Posted in Climate, Nature, Photography, Photos, Physics, Science, Weather, tagged Canada, Climate, cold, Environment, Light, Light Pillars, Nature, Peterborough, Photography, Photos, Physics, science, Weather, Winter on February 26, 2014| 2 Comments »

Light Pillars!

When it get really cold up here in The Great White North…

Amazing things happen!

(Image Credit: Jay Callaghan)

Light pillars captured in Peterborough, Ont., on Feb. 24, 2014!

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A light pillar is a visual phenomenon created by the reflection of light from ice crystals with near horizontal parallel planar surfaces. The light can come from the Sun (usually at or low to the horizon) in which case the phenomenon is called a sun pillar or solar pillar. It can also come from the Moon or from terrestrial sources such as streetlights (Wikipedia)