a href=’http://photos1.blogger.com/img/240/1109/640/60818main_fig2-0617040-browse.jpg’img border=’0′ style=’border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px’ src=’http://photos1.blogger.com/img/240/1109/320/60818main_fig2-0617040-browse.jpg’/abr /The comet Wild 2, as seen by the Stardust spacecraft, with the names assigned by the Stardust team to the visible features. Cool!
The comet Wild 2, as seen by the Stardust spacecraft, with the names assigned by the Stardust team to the visible features. Cool!
New photos from the U.S. Stardust spacecraft have completely altered scientists’ view of comets. Research has a way of doing that. Just when we think we have everything all figured out, somebody goes and finds a way to actually test our theories, and upsets the applecart. Which, of course, is precisely what makes science so …
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…is real, however much Einstein hated the idea. Quantum teleportation has previously been demonstrated with light; now two teams of scientists have demonstrated it using atoms. Beam me down, Scotty, maybe there is intelligent life down there!
James Lileks writes about Fargo–and nails my feelings about life in a small prairie city perfectly. Read it!
There’s an old science joke that goes, “If it stinks, it’s chemistry, if it’s green and slimy, it’s biology, and if it doesn’t work, it’s physics.” Now, however, scientists are messing with these once-sacred boundaries, as they attempt to combine living cells and computer chips to create tiny, inexpensive pollution detectors. Many cells contain mechanisms …
There’s an old science joke that goes, “If it stinks, it’s chemistry, if it’s green and slimy, it’s biology, and if it doesn’t work, it’s physics.” Now, however, scientists are messing with these once-sacred boundaries, as they attempt to combine living cells and computer chips to create tiny, inexpensive pollution detectors. Many cells contain mechanisms …
Alas, The Big Hiss just doesn’t have the same ring to it as The Big Bang. And the other option arising from this story, The Big Moan, is even worse!
Richard Branson has set a new record for crossing the English Channel in an amphibious car. There’s a record for this sort of thing?
Saturn’s moon Phoebe, as seen from the Cassini space probe.
a href=’http://photos1.blogger.com/img/240/1109/640/phoebe.jpg’img border=’0′ style=’border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px’ src=’http://photos1.blogger.com/img/240/1109/320/phoebe.jpg’/abr /Saturn’s moon Phoebe, as seen from the Cassini space probe.
