Category Archives: Science

Plasma Rockets & Solar Storms

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Thanos

 

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Creationism & Climate Denialism – The Future Tearing Points in the GOP

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Thanos

In this video P. Z. Meyers, Genie Scott, and Larry Moran discuss the ideologies driving the GOP’s anti science and anti-reason voter blocs as well as the tactics of the Tea Parties. At the local levels I’ve pointed out how … Continue reading →

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The evidence for climate change WITHOUT computer models or the IPCC

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Thanos

Another excellent video on global warming from Potholer54 The evidence for climate change WITHOUT computer models or the IPCC – YouTube.

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Arctic Ice Breaks Up in Beaufort Sea Back in March

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Thanos

A series of intense storms in the Arctic has caused fracturing of the sea ice around the Beaufort Sea along the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada. High-resolution imagery from the Suomi NPP satellite shows the evolution of the cracks … Continue reading →

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Waterproof Camera with GPS

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Thanos

It works great underwater, (see photos below) and the built in ability to imprint time and latitude longitude onto the photo and/or to just capture them to metadata are great tools for scientists, police, sports enthusiasts, and others who need to document either their play or work. Continue reading →

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Gamma Rays From Thunderstorms and Dark Lightning

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Thanos

There are amazing things happening in the skies above thunderstorms. Researchers studying thunderstorms have made a surprising discovery: The lightning we see with our eyes has a dark competitor that discharges storm clouds and flings antimatter into space. Astrophysicists and … Continue reading →

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Night of Meteors

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Thanos

From EsoCast. Look closely and see a meteor shower captured in this series of timelapse shots. On 14–16 December 2012, the Geminid meteor shower made a spectacular appearance over ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As the meteors showered down over … Continue reading →

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Religious Politics and Secular Values Changed Louisiana

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Thanos

This is good overview of how the creationist groups work behind the scenes on anti-science and regressive social legislation. It’s not just evolution – it’s also gay marriage, climate change, stem cells, right to die, and other issues where religious … Continue reading →

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Orion

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Thanos

I took this an hour and half before sunrise today from my yard, it took quite a bit of fiddling about in photoshop to get the white balance and light levels correct. The thumbnail will look mostly black, so click … Continue reading →

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A New Climate State: Arctic Sea Ice 2012

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Thanos

A new video produced by independent videographer Peter Sinclair for The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media explains what expert scientists now find to be the lowest extent of Arctic sea ice in recorded history. via A New Climate … Continue reading →

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