Category: Science and nature
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Neil deGrasse Tyson and I’m thinking about the laptop bag
I became a Neil deGrasse Tyson fan when I watched the series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” which I loved. deGrasse Tyson has a really interesting YouTube channel called “StarTalk Radio” which I just subscribed to and which you may also want to watch if you are into astrophysics.
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Watch a Killer Whale hunt and kill a Great White Shark
I stumbled across this video, “Great White shark Vs Killer Whale”, on the National Geographic Wild channel on YouTube and it is just incredible.
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Boeing’s new laser defense technology
This is a technology I’d love to see integrated into Israel’s defense systems! I’m sure the IDF is already looking into some sort of laser missile defense system along the lines of Boeing’s laser defense system to supplement Iron Dome and its successors. Wouldn’t that be something? Image credit: High Power Green Laser, Dark Background (1)…
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The history of Humanity’s #JourneyToMars
I’m really looking forward to the movie, “The Martian“. The latest trailer looks awesome: As cool as the movie looks, the real-life #JourneyToMars is even more spectacular. NASA JPL released a retrospective video titled “50 Years of Mars Exploration” showcasing highlights from Humanity’s 50 year history exploring Mars. 50 years! NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs has…
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Looking back to see the Moon passing over the Earth
NASA released images of the Moon passing over the Earth that looks unreal … literally. We are used to photos of the Moon from our vantage point down here and on its own. This almost looks like an illustration, especially when you consider that the side of the Moon we see in this photo is…
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The horrifying result of throwing a baseball at 90% of the speed of light
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you tried to hit a baseball thrown at you at close to the speed of light? I can’t say that I lie awake at night wondering about this but the answer may just keep me up a few nights: What would happen if you tried to hit…
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How Pluto passed up its opportunity for “planet” status for a friend
Do you remember when Pluto was a planet? Those were the days when we had 9 planets in our Solar System and then things changed. Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet. Do you know the backstory behind that change? What may seem like some astronomical body’s decision to reclassify this celestial body was really…
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Cool volcano stuff for your kids
My son is fascinated by volcanoes and he asks me something about volcanoes several times a week. I came across a really cool National Geographic video about how their camera crew used drones to film an active volcano: I found a couple more links to volcano stuff on the National Geographic site which are pretty…
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