Category Archives: Science!

A Drone Named Curiosity

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “A Drone Named Curiosity”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThink of remotely-programmed robots building a Mars base and a landing strip. The age of human space flight is nowhere near over, and a simple picture will describe the potential of robots to literally … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Climate Feedback

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Morning Awful: Climate Feedback”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Researchers at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) have found melting permafrost releasing methane into the atmosphere: Using aerial and ground-based surveys, the team identified about 150,000 methane seeps in Alaska and Greenland in … Continue reading →

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Awesome Technology of the Week

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Awesome Technology of the Week”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe wind farm of the future is not a turbine, but a stalk. One that lights up at night, stands 180-feet high, and has a concrete base 33 to 66 feet wide. Discovery … Continue reading →

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Periodic Table of Cupcakes

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Periodic Table of Cupcakes”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia Reddit. You can see more of the awesomeness here. Magic Love Hose is off today.

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Science is Yummy

Posted on February 8, 2012 by MagicLoveHose

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Share the post “Science is Yummy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail When unmanned pizza delivery drones show up, I will start a charity to buy pizza for everyone in war zones. The Million Meat-Lover’s March. You wait and see.

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Tsunami Clouds

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Tsunami Clouds”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis was taken in Tuscaloosa just a few days ago. “The breaking waveforms of ‘Kelv-Helmz’ (as they aren’t known) are the result of shearing winds up at cloud level. A particular type of turbulence can develop … Continue reading →

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An Explanation of Curse Words

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “An Explanation of Curse Words”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHank Green expounds on the evolutionary psychology of swearing. I can testify to the fact that it makes pain more endurable, which is why people react to unexpected pain out loud.

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Material Science is Awesome

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Material Science is Awesome”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail This new technology looks like something that came off a flying saucer. But like mylar, velcro, nylon, and other products that have revolutionized our world, it’s merely the work of curious primates.

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Failure Is An Option

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Failure Is An Option”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAnticipating a probable supercommittee fail, I checked teh googles today and found an eerily appropriate video offering a scientific look at failure. For “hypothesis,” substitute “legislation;” for “data,” substitute “votes in Congress;” for an … Continue reading →

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The Grid of Tomorrow is No Grid

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Grid of Tomorrow is No Grid”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailNanomaterials will bring the next industrial revolution — and complete the transition of technology to the background, a la Star Trek, where we will hardly even think about it while being … Continue reading →

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Creationism Is Child Abuse

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Creationism Is Child Abuse”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBroadcast by BBC1 in March, this moment from an interfaith panel show highlights two important points I’ve covered in this blog: (1) the question isn’t what you believe, but whether that belief is adaptive … Continue reading →

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