Mixed feelings today at the release of the presidential budget.
On one hand there is a good amount of funding for environmental science, and science research funding. I’m happy more about the last than the first as that’s where the big breakthroughs come from.
On the other hand we’re not going back to the moon anytime soon. Sad.
Awesome video repost of some weird chemical reactions involving mercury.
I’ve stumbled across this great flash animation of the OstFront during WWII. It’s from the Russian perspective and gives an overwhelming amount of detail and interviews into this amazing series of battles.
Make has a video where a guy decided to load up his Christmas tree with a bunch of rocket motors, instead of just throwing it out. I’m voting awesome.
This a neat little representation of the evolution of the earth done in sixty seconds. It’s takes a little bit at first to get an idea of what’s going on but once you realize that there is a counter in the lower left, and the voice is speaking the events happening at that time, it makes a lot more sense.
Seems that the mission has already found 5 new exoplanets. That’s a pretty good start. I’m sure that there is going to be any number more in the coming months.
Phil Plait again has found some good content from around the Internet. This time it’s a video from a YouTube user whom apparently does a good number of pieces on critical thinking. I think that I’m becoming a large fan of injecting science and education into popular culture.
QualiaSoup video: Critical Thinking | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Make has a neat video they’ve found about how traffic lights work. Mostly analog, but talking about the solid state version toward the end.
Turns out those cell phone calls of yours aren’t so private anymore. Honestly, I know that this is quite the technical feat, but I’m surprised that it’s taken this long. Just goes to show you the level of difficulty involved in dissecting this kind of information.
Secret code protecting cellphone calls set loose %u2022 The Register
Madame Curies lab notebooks are classified as intermediate nuclear waste.