Go read “1984” right now.
Under a millimeter wide and powered by light, these tiny cameras could hide almost anywhere
What will the world be like soon? With machines watching and analyzing our every move.
The Great Rift
Africa is splitting in two.
Geologists now have evidence Africa is physically splitting into two continents
Thanks Tom!
And So, it Begins…
Get ready to pay for this. As we continue to ignore climate change, someone is going to have to pay for all these people moving uphill as the ocean level rises.
Toys!
Some of the sound related technology I demonstrated today…
and here is the video I told you about…
Vertical Rocket Launches
Stands to reason…
SpaceX launch last year punched huge, temporary hole in the ionosphere
Orange Ski Slopes?
Fix That Thing
Repair cafes are a new thing in the UK. Sounds like a neat idea. Fix your old stuff rather than throw it away.
Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture
R.I.P. Stephen Hawking
His contributions to Physics and his ability to popularize science have secured his place in history, his triumph over motor neuron disease have made him a legend. It is rare that a real human is far more compelling a character than anything fiction could dream up.
One More Time
A Remix of the Falcon Heavy launch from last month. Now with more Bowie.
Nice job Space X!
This Battery Could Change Everything
If its power to weight ratio is close to that of current lithium cells then this is huge.
Trash in the Ocean
Caroline Power is a photographer who captures images of pollution in the ocean. This is a recent video from her.
Garbage areas like this are becoming common and are growing.
Shocking photo shows Caribbean Sea being ‘choked to death by human waste’
Dynamic Earth Study Gude
For tomorrow’s quiz (don’t forget notes for chapter 17)
Know…
composition of air
air pressure and altitude
carbon cycle
effects of vacuum
layers of the atmosphere
ionosphere
northern lights
ozone
albedo
convection
greenhouse effect
see you then
Not Good
Let’s hope it hits in an unpopulated area.
China’s Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth within weeks
Okay I hate to say this…
Because I sound like I can has cheezburger but…
So much want…
Iceland Is Growing New Forests for the First Time in 1,000 Years
Wow, so cool.
Quantum Wierdness
Every year students ask me questions about quantum mechanics. And I have to say “It’s weird.” and leave it largely at that. Here’s a good reason why…
Someone Spotted the Tesla Roadster in Space
The Little Rover that Could
It was supposed to last 90 Mars days. Yesterday, Opportunity celebrated its 5,000 Martian sunrise.
The Drinking Bird
I have one of these somewhere. They are amazing to watch. The laws of thermodynamics at work.
Wow, That’s a Big Ancient City
How did people live in such density before sanitation?
Ancient city’s LiDAR scans reveal as many buildings as Manhattan
Dynamic Earth Web Assignment
Here is the link…
Interesting Side Effect
Malaria kills over one million people per year. This could be big, regardless of strange side effects.
NASA Has Officially Listed Musk’s Tesla Roadster As a Celestial Object
Pink
Not my favorite color, but this shade looks interesting…
Lexus has apparently done the same trick to make this special blue paint.
Right Now There is a Car Orbiting the Earth
Space X Scores and almost perfect test flight. At this time it looks as though they lost the core of the main stage, but both boosters landed beautifully.
This is a live feed from a camera onboard the main stage, now on it’s way to Mars, with Elon Musk’s personal Tesla roadster along for the ride. Dang.