Category Archives: sciences

more periodic sites

Posted on Monday, 2002 May 06 by Anton

World Wide Words looks into the origins of those phrases that puzzle you. Ponder This: monthly brain-teaser from IBM.

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gadgeteer at play

Posted on Sunday, 2002 May 05 by Anton

Matthias Wandel’s insane constructions (link from AlterSlash). From the same site: some surprisingly effective mathematical drawings.

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A couple of items found somewhere-or-other, years ago. PREDICTION CORNER. ‘Before man reaches the moon, your mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, from England to India, by guided missile. We stand on the threshold of … Continue reading →

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hey, I can see where your house was!

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 03 by Anton

New NASA Satellite Zooms in on Tornado Swath – May 2, 2002

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SIDS

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 03 by Anton

Cringely asks for volunteer talent in a research campaign against Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

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where they stood

Posted on Thursday, 2002 May 02 by Anton

Animation of Congress. For those three of you who haven’t seen it: Keith Poole‘s team at U.Houston tabulated the roll-call votes in Congress from 1879 to 1998 and did a factor analysis; the two dimensions shown in the animation are … Continue reading →

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light-dark-light in the sky

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 May 01 by Anton

One of my favorites from Astronomy Picture of the Day: time exposure of a lunar eclipse.

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