What can you do with a soldering iron that’s 100 times narrower than a human hair? Plenty, according to chemical engineer William King.
Octopus escape
Posted Jan 03, 2007 in animals
Earth & Sky video pick
Watch this National Geographic video of a big orange octopus escaping through a one-inch hole.
Today, the Earth comes closest to the sun for all of this new year. We’re nearly 5 million kilometers – or 3 million miles – closer to the sun now than we’ll be in early July, 2007.
Full moon will compete with meteors on Jan. 3
Posted Jan 03, 2007 in skywatching
The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks at this time of year, but this year the peak will come on the same night as a full moon … January 3.
This shower can be fast and furious. It has a sharp peak, which means that typically all worthwhile observing must be done …
Mark Plotkin describes the human world
Posted Jan 03, 2007 in human world
“Environmentalists have allowed themselves to be painted into a corner so they’re mainly identified with only one particular political party. They’re seen as anti-people and pro-panda and pro-elephant and pro-bamboo – all of which is nonsense …”
"Hawking" a product
Posted Jan 02, 2007 in animals
Earth & Sky video pick.
Okay, I admit that I laughed at this. Well, chuckled really. Even though I knew better. The truth is that birds do hit …
How jet-lag isn’t just for jet-setters, and how scientists may be on their way to figuring out a remedy.
Rock star Brian May is the guitarist for Queen. He’s also co-author of a book about the other kind of stars. It’s called, “Bang! The Complete History of the Universe.”
Happy new year from Earth & Sky
Posted Jan 01, 2007 in space
Thank you, Earth & Sky community, for being the most intelligent, most caring, most curious people on the internet!
Partha Dasgupta describes the human world
Posted Jan 01, 2007 in human world
“Why do we care about nature in the way we perhaps don’t care about shoes and socks and clothes? I mean we want them but we’re not highly over excited about whether the shoe industry needs regulations. On the other hand, there is something that makes people like yourself and myself get concerned about the way we handle nature …”
Your body grows 200 miles of new capillaries for each added pound of weight …
Queen’s Brian May was once a student in astronomy, and he’s returning to complete his Ph.D. He told Earth & Sky, “I think that rock stars could be accused of losing their sense of perspective quite often. And this keeps me with one foot in a different kind of world, where it’s necessary to be very humble ..”
