Tuesday,
5th October 2010
In the “you learn something new every day” department, Dinosaur Comics just taught me that gravity travels at the speed of light.
Tuesday,
5th October 2010
In the “you learn something new every day” department, Dinosaur Comics just taught me that gravity travels at the speed of light.
Thursday,
16th September 2010
Meet “Meet Eater”, a Queensland garden being kept alive by Facebook. Planted by University of Queensland student Bashkim Isai, Meet Eater is in the grounds of the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane — and it has quite the fan club. The garden is rigged with a system that monitors social interaction on the internet and feeds or waters it in response. Giving a new meaning to the term “news feed”, Meet Eater is watered whenever someone writes on its Facebook wall or stops by to say hello. The garden also answers some messages from fans and “cries” when it wants attention.
(via clembastow)
(via clambistro)
Friday,
2nd July 2010
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is a huge archive of awe-inspiring photos, each with a short, accessible explanation written by an astronomer.
This one, taken by Luc Perrot is one of my recent favourites.
Tuesday,
8th June 2010
Lt. Col. Gabriel Green and Capt. Zachary Bartoe patrol the airspace in an F-15E Strike Eagle as the Space Shuttle Atlantis launches May 14, 2010, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Friday,
21st May 2010
The sounds of Saturn, as recorded by the Cassini spacecraft.
(via Cash Savage on Facebook)
Friday,
7th May 2010
ACS Laboratories senior consultant Andrew Higgins, analysing a piece of The Tote’s famed sticky carpet:
Ethanol was found to be present but as the bag the sample was received in was open, we can assume the original higher levels have dissipated. Acetaldehyde, acetone, butanal and pentanal was found, which are known constituents of passive smoking. The banning of smoking from the venue may have reduced these over time.
Acetic acid, propanoic acid and butyric acid were found, which are constituents of sweat and BO. These are the same chemicals which give Werribee its rich and fruity odour. This would have, along with the chemicals above, given the venue its ‘individual fragrance’. Benzeneethanol is a disinfectant, which was probably used during cleaning. The other chemicals are part of the glues and backing of the carpet … No illegal narcotics or drugs were found to be present; this indicates patrons were very careful not to waste any.
By day, he works for ABC TV as a web developer. By night, he plays bass guitar in Look Who's Toxic. He also runs a little Unix Timestamp conversion site. There are plenty of other things he should be doing, but most of the time he's dreaming of what he'll do when he grows up while watching bad Star Trek spin-offs.
