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How tall is that UFO?
Posted by Rhett Allain on August 25, 2010 You know I wander around the intertubes, right? Who doesn’t? Anyway, I saw this collection of strange google Earth images. Yeah, it is kind of dumb, but this one made me think: That article said the image was from TechEBlog, so there is that. I have no idea what this thing is, but it is…
Speed of a rising drop of oil
Posted by Rhett Allain on June 25, 2010 The oil spill is still in the news (sadly). One thing that keeps coming up is the speed that the oil bubbles rise to the surface. This is important in different oil-capture methods. The common statement is that smaller bubbles of oil can take quite a long time to reach the surface and larger bubbles…
Ask a Science Blogger: Insect view
Posted by Rhett Allain on May 12, 2010 ScienceBlogs.com is running “Ask a Science Blogger”. The basic idea is that you, the reader, get a chance to ask questions to us, the bloggers. You can either post a comment in the link above or send an email to . I would like to go ahead and answer one of the questions already posted.…
Big spaceships with even bigger thrusters
Posted by Rhett Allain on April 16, 2010 If you have been on the internet, you surely have seen this website showing the sizes of different starships. Way cool. Here is a small sample – but it doesn’t do the site justice. You really need to go browse around. Of course, I can’t let something like this just go. One of the things…