Tag Archive for 'science'

Yay for Science!

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ryptide
on September 10, 2008
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In the wee hours (EST) this morning, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider was turned on, and fired its first proton beams!

I can’t wait for this thing to start the actual collisions. I hear that should start happening in late October. All the end-of-the-world nutjobs will just have to wait to see if we’re all vaporized. It was interesting however, that my Twitter updates this morning telling me the beams were successful were followed almost immediately by Twitter updates about earthquakes in Iran, wildfires in Mozambique and Swaziland, and a predicted recession in the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.

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Fun with science!

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ryptide
on July 14, 2008
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Making better wind turbines… by mimicking whale flippers.

Cornstarch + Water + Subwoofer = Fun with Physics

This guy takes advantage of the Leidenfrost Effect to dip his fingers into boiling oil to retrieve fried goods and doesn’t burn himself

And finally, this looks like an awesome time. The Mythbusters are attempting to recreate the legendary Archimedes Death Ray.. and you can volunteer to help!

And in something that isn’t related to science… I love coffee. I hate pretentious baristi.

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