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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Ship launching
This does not seem like a good way to launch a ship. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAYmIYosGIc[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dAv9sk7GE[/youtube]
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Slow motion bubble burst
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpcXtmkk26Q[/youtube]
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Reports
As before I’ve put my most recent set of reports into Wordle.
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GCSEpod
Update: Quite a few of the podcasts are now online for free. GCSEpod do revision podcasts. You can download and listen to them at your leisure. Full disclosure: I wrote some of the physics podcasts.
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Long Duration Experiment
NASA’s Long Duration Exposure Facility was a bus-sized satellite that orbited Earth for more than five and a half years, completing more than 32 000 complete orbits. It was covered in 86 panels, each of which was a different experiment designed … Continue reading
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Mimosa pudica
This is my new favourite thing, a plant my Dad gave me called Mimosa pudica. M. pudica is also known as the “sensitive plant” or “touch-me-not” because it reacts to touch. When touched its leaflets quickly close up. Nobody’s really sure … Continue reading
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Puccino’s design
I am in love with the design at the Puccino’s chain of coffee shops. Images shamelessly stolen from the designer’s Flickr stream. More (much more) after the jump.
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Centre of mass
My parents brought me back this wine holder from their most recent holiday. It doesn’t look much like a wine holder until you insert a bottle; whereupon it magically “stands up”. An object balances when its centre of mass is … Continue reading
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Um…
I have no idea what the story behind this photograph is, but I really want to know.
Ruppy, the glow in the dark puppy
Update: Transgenic glowing monkeys that can pass on their glowing genes to their offspring have been created for the first time. Ruppy (short for “Ruby Puppy”) is the world’s first transgenic dog. A team of scientists led by Lee Byeong Chun … Continue reading