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Carnivalia ? 12/21/11 ? 1/03/12
2012-01-04 15:50:00 A year-end-straddling collection of science-related blog carnivals await your reading attentions... Continue reading → More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Humanity
Happy Holidays!
2011-12-24 15:25:00 SOS is taking a year-end holiday break -- Happy Holidays to all, see you in the new year! Continue reading → More About: Site News , Happy Holidays
Casual Friday ? another view of Comet Lovejoy
2011-12-23 14:52:00 This week, from the International Space Station... Continue reading → More About: Astronomy , Friday , View , Tubing
Carnivalia ? 12/14 ? 12/20
2011-12-21 15:20:00 The past week's crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals... Continue reading → More About: Space , History , Astronomy , Biology , Math
Casual Friday ? Lovejoy, the little comet that could (survive)!
2011-12-17 05:16:00 Fantastic video from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory -- Comet Lovejoy traveled behind the Sun (through its upper atmosphere!), and survived the passage... Continue reading → More About: Space , Astronomy , Friday , Survive , Tubing
Carnivalia ? 12/7 ? 12/13
2011-12-14 14:16:00 A svelte but satisfying batch of science-related blog carnivals for your reading today... Continue reading → More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Humanity
The scientific tourist #204 ? pyrite
2011-12-12 14:27:00 Fool's gold -- it's not just for gold-hunters anymore... Continue reading → More About: Geology
Carnivalia 11/30 ? 12/06
2011-12-07 15:16:00 The past week's crop of science-related blog carnivals for your reading fun... Continue reading → More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Humanity
The scientific tourist #203 ? Swiftcurrent lake
2011-12-06 14:32:00 This week's photo comes to you from Swiftcurrent lake -- a beautiful little lake in the Many Glacier region of Glacier National Park in Montana... Continue reading → More About: History , Geology
Casual Friday ? Curiosity on its way
2011-12-02 14:27:00 I normally try to avoid repeating myself on posts here -- but this week's video is just too good to put off until later... Continue reading → More About: Technology , Space , Astronomy , Friday , Tubing
Carnivalia ? 10/20 ? 10/26
2010-10-27 16:54:00 The past week's selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals... More About: Biology
The scientific tourist #146 ? Delicate Arch
2010-10-25 13:47:00 Should you ever drive out to Arches National Park in Utah, and should you be willing to hike an hour each way without shade, you can see this view for yourself... More About: Geology
Casual Friday ? recursive Legos
2010-10-22 14:57:00 In light of the recent loss of Benoit Mandelbrot, I thought I should bring you something appropriately recursive this Friday ...
Carnivalia ? 10/13 ? 10/19
2010-10-20 14:06:00 The past week's crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals... More About: History , Biology
The scientific tourist #145 ? the Vought F4U-1D Corsair
2010-10-18 14:20:00 This week's image comes to you from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia -- it's a Vought F4U-1D Corsair ... More About: Technology , History
Casual Friday ? Enterprise flies (or at least, drops gracefully)!
2010-10-15 14:14:00 On the 10th of this month, the VSS Enterprise successfully passed its first drop test, gliding home to a smooth landing at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California... More About: Technology , Friday , Flies , Tubing
Carnivalia ? 10/06 ? 10/12
2010-10-13 15:09:00 A bit skinnier than last week's whopper of a list, but still plenty of good science-related blog carnival reading this week... More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Humanity
The scientific tourist #144 ? Newspaper Rock National Historical Site
2010-10-11 14:29:00 On the drive from Moab, Utah to the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park.. More About: History , Rock , Site , Historical
Casual Friday ? a birds? eye view of birds of prey
2010-10-08 14:37:00 The amazing abilities of a Peregrine Falcon and a Goshawk -- as seen by a camera mounted to their backs... More About: Biology , Birds , Friday , View , Tubing
Carnivalia ? 9/29 ? 10/05
2010-10-06 14:06:00 The past week's huge crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you... More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Math , Humanity
Carnivalia ? 9/16 ? 9/22
2009-09-23 13:56:00 The past week's selection of science-related blog carnivals... More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Math , Humanity
Scientific tourist #91 ? the Viking lander
2009-09-21 14:07:00 This week's image is a scan of an old photograph I took at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (i.e., JPL) in Pasadena, California back in the late 1980's -- its an image of an engineering model of the Viking landers... More About: Space , History , Mars , Tourist
Casual Friday ? the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)
2009-09-18 13:29:00 The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) was developed and built in Japan to help supply the International Space Station... More About: Astronomy , Friday
Carnivalia ? 9/09 ? 9/15
2009-09-16 14:09:00 The past week's crop of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals awaits your reading attention... More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Humanity , Geology
Scientific tourist #90 ? the RL-10 rocket engine
2009-09-14 14:08:00 This week's image comes to you from the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamagordo, New Mexico -- it's a cutaway of an RL-10 rocket engine... More About: Technology , Engine , Rocket
Should be all better now?
2009-09-14 05:57:00 Just so everybody’s up to date with what’s going on, I rebuilt the site’s database over the weekend, and it looks like nothing important was lost. Meanwhile, I’ve slimmed the site down a bit (got rid of some bells & whistles), in the hopes that this will help avoid a recurrence of these problems. So the ... More About: Site News
Casual Friday ? Hubble, reborn
2009-09-11 14:51:00 You probably recall that earlier this summer, NASA conducted the fourth (and almost certainly last) servicing mission of the Hubble space telescope... More About: Space , Astronomy , Reborn , Friday
Pardon my dust?
2009-09-10 13:12:00 Database is messed up, I'll need to pop the hood and mess around over the next few days... More About: Site News
Carnivalia ? 9/02 ? 9/08
2009-09-09 15:04:00 The last week's selection of science-related blog carnival goodness... More About: Space , Astronomy , Biology , Humanity , Critical thinking
Scientific tourist #89 ? McElmo masonry
More articles from this author:2009-09-07 14:14:00 This week's image is a scan of an old slide I shot in Chaco Canyon on a trip way back in the 1980's... More About: History , Humanity , Tourist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
