Eyes In the Skies

Bizarre face formed in sky through cloud formation | The Sun |News
Uh oh. I think we’ve seen that guy before. And it wasn’t even a very good episode.

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Technology marches on

A nifty series of photos from the Chicago Tribune featuring cutting-edge futuristic technology that had to wait a while before it made the impact the inventors hoped.
High-tech once upon a time — chicagotribune.com

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Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun

Here’s a collection of some amazing solar images from various sources. Flares, flux lines of magnetic activity on the sun, and a neat animation of a comet having it’s tail torn off by a coronal mass ejection.
The Sun – The Big Picture – Boston.com

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Practicing chemistry without a license?

I guess we should be happy that they didn’t come after the guy with torches and pitchforks:
Slashdot | Home Science Under Attack In Massachusetts
In fairness. though. the post on Slashdot is a little sensationalistic (yeah, big surprise). According to the original article firefighters were called to this guy’s home for an unrelated fire. They saw [...]

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FBI: We Don’t Have Tesla’s Death Ray

FBI: We Don’t Have Tesla’s Death Ray | Threat Level from Wired.com
Uh oh. If they don’t have it, WHO DOES? (CUE DRAMATIC MUSIC)

“Don’t be ridiculous! The death ray we use here at the FBI is a completely different model.”

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Energy independence or moonshine?

Rand Simberg, my favorite blogger for things space and science related, points out the flaws in counting on an “Apollo Program for energy” as a serious solution.
But my favorite is when I hear people call for a “Manhattan Project for energy”. We already had one of those about 65 years ago, and it found a [...]

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Hubble Kaleidoscope Finds Evidence Of Space Looking All Crazy | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

Hubble Kaleidoscope Finds Evidence Of Space Looking All Crazy | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
Despite excitement over the discovery that space is all crazy-looking, a number of legislators have threatened to cut funding for NASA’s kaleidoscopic program. An outspoken critic of the agency, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said she hopes NASA scientists don’t [...]

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Tunguska, 100 years later

The Tunguska Event was 100 years ago today, in 1908. A rock fell from the sky, exploded in midair, and devastated a huge swath of Siberia with a 5-megaton blast. Had it hit a populated area it could have been a catastrophe.
It could happen again, with little or no warning, at any time. Unfortunately, despite [...]

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Scientist

Dandy Warhols

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Lovely nature illustrations from Scientific American

The Illustrations of Roberto Osti [Slide Show]: Scientific American
I love these sorts of illustrations.

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