Posted in Science on Nov 15th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s been over a year since the tragic collapse of the westbound span of the I-35 Mississippi River Bridge, and the NTSB has issued its final report. At the time of the collapse, there was wide speculation that corrosion and a lack of maintenance had prompted the failure. However, in its report, the NTSB describes [...]
Posted in Science, Video on Oct 16th, 2007 No Comments »
This cool video shows the view from inside a four-stroke internal combustion engine. It was taken using a tiny camera shooting at 1000 frames-per-second. You can see the piston moving at the bottom, with the intake valve on the right, the exhaust valve on the left, and the spark plug in between them [...]
Posted in POTD, Science on Oct 4th, 2007 1 Comment »
This Picture of the Day is a bit of a mystery. The photo was taken by Susan Barstow in Bethel, Alaska. Do you have any idea what happened to create this interesting impression in the snow? Keep reading for the prevailing theory.
A rabbit went out for a stroll. He hopped into [...]
Posted in Science on Oct 4th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s been over 21 years since the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, and the shattered remains of Reactor 4 are finally being sealed off. For the past two decades, a hastily constructed concrete sarcophagus has been the only thing preventing the continued release of radioactivity, and it has been slowly crumbling to pieces. A 19 [...]
Posted in POTD, Science on Sep 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Credit & Copyright: C. R. Scotese (U. Texas at Arlington), PALEOMAP
Most people are familiar with Pangaea, the ancient supercontinent that was most of earth’s land mass, in one convenient location. What fewer people realize is that earth is headed towards another one-continent-to-rule-them-all fate, dubbed by scientists Pangaea Ultima. [...]
Posted in POTD, Science on Sep 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Looks like someone forgot to put the bolts back in the “turn over cart” over at Lockheed Martin. As a result, their shiny new NOAA satellite ended up face-planting on the concrete floor. Luckily, Lockheed was nice enough to pony-up the estimated $135 million it will take to make the repairs. No [...]
Posted in POTD, Science on Aug 20th, 2007 No Comments »
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Today’s picture of the day is of the Large Hadron Collider, a 17 mile long particle accelerator, with underground tunnels reaching from Switzerland to France and back again. Once CERN puts the accelerator online this May, it will be the world’s largest and most powerful, costing nearly 2 Billion Euros [...]
Posted in Science on Aug 12th, 2007 No Comments »
The Perseid meteor shower, named for the fine fellow who chopped off Medusa’s head as she slept, will be visible starting Sunday night. The peak is expected Monday morning shortly before dawn. Viewing conditions will be favorable this year due to the new moon. No need to look in any particular direction, from [...]
Posted in POTD, Science on Jul 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
The scans on the left show the brain of a man who, despite only having a tiny brain due to a build-up of fluid, has managed to live a normal life. In fact, the man was entirely unaware of his curious condition until going to the hospital to investigate some mild weakness in his [...]
Posted in Science on Jul 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
FOXNews and The Register are reporting an interesting twist to the Roswell UFO mystery. Lt. Walter Haut, the Army’s representitive in charge of the original press releases regarding the incident, left a sworn affidavit to be opened only upon his death. Now open, the affidavit contains startling claims that the UFO recovered during [...]
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