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2011: Winner - Charm Quark - 3QuarksDaily Prize in Science.
2010: Best Blog by physics.org.
2010: People's choice award by physics.org!
July 31, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
"We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth." -Astronaut Bill Anders, Pilot, Apollo 8 Humanity's ventures to the Moon have always been symbolic of the greatest things our...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 2:05 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 30, 2010
Category: Spaceflight
"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." -Galileo There should be a big vote going on today about the future of spaceflight in America. Obama has outlined his new space policy, and has called...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 1:42 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 29, 2010
Category: Astronomy
"Don't blame yourself. The apocalypse wasn't your fault. Actually, it was just as much your fault as it was anyone else's. Come to think of it, if you're an American, it was probably about 80-90 percent more your fault than...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 2:05 AM • 36 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 28, 2010
Category: Physics
"`It's quite hard to destroy the Earth.' Does that statement make anyone else nervous? I mean, does that sound like experience talking?" -from the comments on the LHC at slashdot Last week, I started an open thread, giving you the...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 12:58 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -Albert Einstein Every weekend, I try to add a little something that's a little...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 1:42 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 23, 2010
Category: Dark Matter
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." -Plato Imagine, if you will, the year 2200. Forget about the flying cars and robotic...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 10:30 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 22, 2010
Category: Stars
"The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you: you're the Prodigal Son; you're quite a prize!" -Tyrell, from Blade Runner Look up at...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 8:08 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 21, 2010
Category: Q & A
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. -Douglas Adams When I started writing about science online in January of 2008, I put the word out that I would accept...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 2:10 PM • 49 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 18, 2010
Category: Random Stuff
"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all." -Abraham Lincoln Last weekend, I presented you with two remarkable covers, one from music and one from astronomy. This week, I'm going to...
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July 16, 2010
Category: Astronomy
"If you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face." -Kevin Spacey One of the most powerful ideas from Einstein's theory...
Posted by Ethan Siegel at 3:00 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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