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Category Archives: Physics
An old piece of propaganda from the Seventies
The recent winter storm brought this to the forefront again as a friend asked why I was giving the temperature in Metric, then backpedalled on how he was joking. Another friend reminisced with me about the big push to learn … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Metric System, Politics
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1996: Copernicium is “discovered”
The short version to this story is that 25 years ago, Scientists in Germany created the 112th element and named it after the Polish Astronomer Copernicus (the Latin version of his name). They did this by “combining” Zinc-70 with Lead-208 … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Nineties
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RIP Chuck Yeager
We all learned about him from the movie The Right Stuff in the early Eighties, the first known man to break the sound barrier. It is a shame he didn’t get to be astronaut because he didn’t have a college degree. Chuck … Continue reading
Fusion power! Maybe in a few years
The latest attempt to harness fusion power is being built in France by a rare cooperative effort between numerous nations, including those who are bitter enemies. I really hope they succeed and are on schedule as much as possible. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Climate Change, Environment
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RIP Grant Imahara
A belated farewell to Grant! A person who helped push the boundaries of Science and Science Fiction! Most of us will always remember him for his contributions to Mythbusters until the network decided to cut the budget. Seems that White Trash Under … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Physics, Science & Technology, TV
Tagged Mythbusting, Science Fiction, Star Wars
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Space X must’ve docked
The news has been riddled with more riots over the unnecessary murder of George Floyd and since American Media goes with if it bleeds, it leads…everything went according to plan with Space X docking at ISS. At least one funny thing … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Space Exploration
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Space X was successful, part one
The rocket is on its way to put the two astronauts into orbit, this only takes less than 20 minutes. Now will come the tense 19 hours for the capsule to sync up with the ISS and succeed at docking. … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, News, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Space Exploration
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Space X launch delayed
With minutes to go, Florida’s infamous weather scrubbed the launch of America’s first attempt to put people into space in a decade. The Libertarian hard-on will have to wait as they celebrate the privatization of space travel. Even if Ego … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, News, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Space Exploration
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For All Mankind: one season
This was the first show I was interested in watching on Apple’s new TV/Movie network and I was also a little apprehensive. Whenever a former Star Trek producer is involved, it’s a warning that the show might be craptacular. Let’s face it, … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Bingewatch, Math, Physics, Science & Technology, TV
Tagged 20th Century, Alternate Reality, Apple+, Bingewatch, Cold War, NASA, Opinion, Politics, Space Travel
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1970: Apollo 13 launched
The Apollo 13 mission was a demonstration of what happens when you plan and prepare for the worst. It was NASA’s finest hour back then. Hard to believe it happened when the GOP was in the White House since we lost two … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, History, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Current Events, NASA, Seventies, Space Exploration
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RIP Katherine Johnson
Farewell to a great American and a person who was vital to our (as in the World, not just America) success at landing on the Moon. Without Katherine’s brilliance and mathematical skills, I have a feeling there could’ve been delays. … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, History, Math, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Space Exploration
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1919: Einstein begins to be “Einstein” and famous
Around this time the Royal Society of London and the Royal Astronomical Society announced their findings from a solar eclipse which occurred earlier in 1919 and it concurred that this patent clerk’s new concept of General Relativity appeared to be … Continue reading
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Cheap shot via Greta
Plus one seems to look human without makeup!
Posted in Biology, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Opinion, Politics
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100,000 Calories!
I achieved this milestone on the in-door bike at the gym today! It only took a couple years and sadly, I’m still overweight! If I remember my Chemistry, I have produced enough energy to raise 100,000 grams of water 1° … Continue reading
RIP: Dr. Murray Gell-Mann
Dr. Murray Gell-Mann may not be as famous as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein or Marie Curie but he was instrumental in furthering our understanding of what the building-blocks of the universe, reality…everything. In 1964 he named these “things” quarks which … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Nobel Prize Winner, Sixties
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