Sunday Science: The computer in a skirt
Katherine G. Johnson, Miriam Daniel Mann, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Kathryn Peddrew* and many other African American mathematicians served an unlauded, but critical role in getting America to the […]
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Sunday Science: Gravity baby
As we resume our Sunday Science column, I’m excited to share this next link with you. We are finally able to detect gravity waves. Why is this a big deal? […]
Sunday Science: Touchdown to blast-off!
I read a great story about a former NFL’er who really lived the dream. NPR has a great write up on astronaut Leland Melvin and his journey from the NFL […]
Sunday Science: How *did* we find the distance to the Sun?
It’s been a while since we had a Sunday Science, so here we go! This is a fascinating article that Universe Today shared today. Spoiler: Math is amazing! How did we […]
Touchdown!
What a great day for the ESA team! A huge congratulations to all involved, and to those who will analyze the data that Philae sends back to Earth.
Sunday Science: Crowd sourced astronomy
The Ultrascope is a 3D printed telescope that uses the 41 megapixel smartphone Lumia 1020 to give average citizens their own personal observatories. The plans are being released under an […]
Beautiful Earth time lapse from the ISS
Love the Hans Zimmer music as well…
Sunday Science: Fractals
Fractals are amazing. That something so simple can be so complex. I started using fractals in my art about a decade ago. As I have been working on Suzi, the […]
Sunday Science: Lies!
The good people over at BuzzFeedPop put together a funny video that shows some of the literary license films take with science. You probably know most of these already, but […]
Sunday Science: Smart girls rock!
All too often we are seeing stories about how schools are taking their inane zero tolerance policies to the degree that is ridiculous. Case in point, Kiera Wilmot was arrested […]