Philosophia Naturalis #15
Category: science
It lives... Philosophia Naturalis #15 is up on Sorting Out Science. Volunteers needed for #16 before christmas......
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Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science and science policy. I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever. And, of course, cats.
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November 30, 2007
Category: science
It lives... Philosophia Naturalis #15 is up on Sorting Out Science. Volunteers needed for #16 before christmas......
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Category: academia
bring me some paperwork! Lest I become in danger of committing science....
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Category: random
Crisp and clear friday, and we approach the iPod with Intent and ask: so, iPod dude, will we really get bucketloads of snow this weekend? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....
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November 28, 2007
Category: astro
A cautionary tale for our times.
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November 26, 2007
Category: random
Pittsburgh 3 Miami 0 24 yard field coal with 20 seconds to go in 4th quarter. Ugh....
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Category: random
ships are sailing and oil is flowing and nukes are being fueled...
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Category: astro
UK announced it is withdrawing from Gemini...
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Category: astro
He could buy his own 1% share in Gemini! This, btw, confirms my belief that a secret cabal of astronomers will take over the University of California in its entirety in the near future. I, personally, will welcome their new...
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Category: science
Thankfully someone remembered to put up The Carnival of Space - #30...
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November 23, 2007
Category: random
thankfully it is friday, and we pose a big question to the Mighty iPod: is it a correct simple theory of something? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....
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November 22, 2007
Category: astro
for all practical purposes we can do most physics under the assumption that space-time is locally flat...
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November 20, 2007
Category: science
Can you, in fact, add ordered sets of unlike things?...
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Category: astro
surfer dude posits theory of everything physics blogs react
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November 19, 2007
Category: science
10,000 servers in a secret lair
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Category: academia
Snowy morning...
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November 18, 2007
Category: random
No PALs for Pakistan or nukes for Iran.
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Category: random
When there was a channel on television that showed music videos......
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November 16, 2007
Category: science
Killer Mutant Cold Virus!!!
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Category: science
Penn State engineers have come up with an interesting twist on fuel production, coming up with a cell that very efficiently produces hydrogen...
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Category: astro
proof by "what else"
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Category: random
Joyous Happy Sunny Day!...
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Category: random
I. Hate. Proposal. Season. Even mini-proposal season... So, as we rush to the bus stop through the snow, clad in t-shirt and sneakers, we ask... Oh, Mighty iPod, modulo the Vagaries of Fallible Panels, what will the Fate of...
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November 15, 2007
Category: astro
29th Carnival of Space...
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November 14, 2007
Category: random
Froomkin at the WaPo catches Bush making a signing statement....
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Category: astro
so... does anyone know if signatures drawn using Adobe Illustrator, or equivalent, count?...
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Category: astro
Kaguya images rock! Bonus added earthrise video...
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November 12, 2007
Category: random
The end of Blackadder IV...
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Category: astro
unknown object heads straight for Earth panic averted, just a spacecraft
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November 10, 2007
Category: random
I had a minor geek spree this week, not entirely sucessfully...
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November 9, 2007
Category: random
the mystery of the "Syrian box" continues...
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Category: random
Snow? Of course, it is friday. So, we ask the Mighty iPod: will I ever be able to buy a ticket to orbit? Just for laughs? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....
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November 8, 2007
Category: astro
Kaguya, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's lunar explorer, is taking pretty pictures...
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Category: random
there is an interesting side effect of the dollar's recent pronounced decline...
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Category: astro
28th Carnival of Space is up...
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Category: random
Georgia Governor announces back up drought plan Er, dood, I was joking. It doesn't work......
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Category: astro
Periodic Comet 17P/Holmes just brightened by 15 magnitudes overnight...
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Category: astro
Keck/Lick team finds fifth planet in 55 Cancri...
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November 7, 2007
Category: astro
Rocketeers is the contemporary story of the flurry of activity in private space launch development and construction, centered primarily in the US southwest....
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Category: random
2,4,6,8...
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November 6, 2007
Category: random
With the end of the tropical storm season in sight, it is not looking good for the drought in the south-east US...
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Category: random
who knew there were experimental lawyers!
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November 5, 2007
Category: random
the US navy is all out this week...
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Category: random
Congress has been holding possible contempt citations over some current and ex-White House officials, and a of people have been wondering if the House is going to let executive staff refuse to respond to subpoena issued by oversight committees...
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Category: academia
new study shows students with involved parents do better but...
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Category: science
I blame the phone company, personally
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November 2, 2007
Category: random
it is a gorgeous autumnal friday, the leaves are red as blood and the crisp sun shines through the early morning frost so, we ask the Mighty iPod - we're all at sea - what should be our plan for...
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November 1, 2007
Category: academia
which music should be used for academic musical chairs
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