The Science Thread

[Gazoo]

To da moon Alice!  NASA to Bomb the Moon this Friday in search of more water.
Scientific American -  "On October 9, a NASA probe called LCROSS will bomb the moon, near its south pole, to look for more signs of lunar water in the blast debris"...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-galore-on-moon-and-mars-2009-09

A rat done bit my sister Nell.  And whitey bombed the moon.

[RGMike]

To da moon Alice!  NASA to Bomb the Moon this Friday in search of more water.
Scientific American -  "On October 9, a NASA probe called LCROSS will bomb the moon, near its south pole, to look for more signs of lunar water in the blast debris"...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-galore-on-moon-and-mars-2009-09

A rat done bit my sister Nell.  And whitey bombed the moon.

Post of the Week!!!

[Tinka Cat]

To da moon Alice!  NASA to Bomb the Moon this Friday in search of more water.
Scientific American -  "On October 9, a NASA probe called LCROSS will bomb the moon, near its south pole, to look for more signs of lunar water in the blast debris"...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=water-galore-on-moon-and-mars-2009-09

A rat done bit my sister Nell.  And whitey bombed the moon.

Post of the Week!!!

yeah, good one. 

You think the NASA guys were singing "Ice... Ice ... Maybe?" during this project?   

[ggould]

could be in a different thread, but these are science based:

http://gethighnow.com/

[mshray]

very cool graphic depiction of Space Exploration

[ggould]

very cool graphic depiction Space Exploration

very cool indeed!  Must show to students.

[mshray]

Astronomy geeks, check out these images (and commentary) from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn.

I'd recommend scrolling down to the commentary on #8 first, to get a sense of how momentous these images really are.  Note that #3 & #21 are animated series of images, so don't scroll past too fast.

[Tinka Cat]

Astronomy geeks, check out these images (and commentary) from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn.

I'd recommend scrolling down to the commentary on #8 first, to get a sense of how momentous these images really are.

awesome, thanks for posting this.  When I was in NYC back in July the Museum of Nat History had a series of Saturn shots, taken by Hubbel, I think. 

And I heard the new very outer rings they found near Saturn are on a scale so huge that if you extend your arm all the way out, the rings would follow roughly the size of your pinky nail.

[ggould]

Astronomy geeks, check out these images (and commentary) from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn.

I'd recommend scrolling down to the commentary on #8 first, to get a sense of how momentous these images really are.  Note that #3 & #21 are animated series of images, so don't scroll past too fast.

this is awesome.  I plan on showing it to my Earth Science students tomorrow!  Thanks

[ggould]

http://home.arcor.de/axel.mellinger/mwpan_aitoff.html

[mshray]

http://home.arcor.de/axel.mellinger/mwpan_aitoff.html

that's very cool.

[mshray]

a gallery of the year's best scientific images.  Some really cool ones in here.

http://www.popsci.com/node/36702

[mshray]

Any suggestions?

[ggould]

Any suggestions?

even though they've confirmed it's from a Russian rocket launch, I still think the pics are pretty cool!

[mshray]

Very interesting article about how science is done & how our brains work while we do it.  

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_accept_defeat/all/1

Lot's of ramifications imho.  For one thing, according to the explanation in the article, I think my wife has an overactive dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.  After you read the article you'll probably have some suggestions of others you think fit the bill.