(Note: I decided to expand this regular Hassenpfeffer feature [Hassenfeature?] to paragraphs from sentences just so it makes a bit more sense.) Brenna knocked on the door of the cottage. Anton stood behind her in the snow, shivering. He’d always hated cold weather and this forsaken part of the world had more than its fair …
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Photo of the Day: Rain Stick
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The world’s first zero-effluent pulp mill
Our society, despite once-upon-a-time dreams, still runs on paper—and to make paper, you first have to make pulp. Wood is made up of fibers of cellulose bound together by a substance called lignin. The goal of pulp making is to get rid of the lignin and keep the fibers. Once upon a time, all pulp …
The first sentence I wrote today was…
“Witches don’t use magic–they talk to the dead.”
When black holes collide
Scientists have produced the best simulation yet of the gravity waves produced by colliding black holes. You don’t have to know anything about the science involved to enjoy the fruits of their labours in this video clip, which represents something that would take just an hour or so in real time but took 2,000 processors …
Photo of the (Long) Weekend: Chloroplasts II: The Invasion Continues!
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The first sentence I wrote today was…
“Let’s go see about finding someone to seal the…the envelope, you called it?”
Antimatter-powered spaceships:
Not just in Star Trek any more.
I hope this is available by next winter…
A high-tech way to defrost.
Photo of the (Good Fri)Day: Easter Bunny on the Run
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Photo of the Day: The Phantom Path
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As the youngest of three boys…
…I could have told you this.
My latest live walk and vlog
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