Tag: science
member name: Dave Sandborg
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January 18, 2009 10:24 PM EST --
I don't know quite where I stand on the debate about nature versus nurture, but whatever the outcome of that dispute I have to think that some aspects of our personalities are established . . .
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November 01, 2009 10:39 PM EST --
If one wants to look for particular things in the night sky, one has to pay attention to the time and season. Planets come and go depending on their own orbits. More regular are bodies outside . . .
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December 02, 2009 07:55 PM EST --
My interest in science extends to all sorts, but of course some sciences captivate me more than others. Geology is one of the sciences I'd say I'm less interested in, but there is one exception--I . . .
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November 17, 2008 09:45 PM EST --
If you have any clear nights toward the end of this month (they have been pretty rare for me lately) it'll be an ideal time to watch some prominent members of our solar system on the move. By . . .
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November 11, 2009 10:10 PM EST --
Ever since I was a kid I've enjoyed reading about science. In reading popular science works I developed an appreciation not only for the contemporary state of science but also for its history. Thus . . .
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November 22, 2009 09:39 PM EST --
Entanglement is a phenomenon of quantum mechanics in which distant particles remain somehow mysteriously related to each other long after they were last in contact (in fact, in some cases particles . . .
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December 11, 2008 11:52 PM EST --
Everybody loves a good sunset. Even the most ordinary sunset can be a beautiful experience. But if you keep a sharper eye out, you can see some phenomena that are not just beautiful, but interesting . . .
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July 05, 2007 10:16 PM EDT --
A new subgenre of mathematical books seems to have evolved over the past few years, in which the author chooses some special number and describes its history and properties. Books have been written . . .
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October 26, 2008 09:48 PM EDT --
I have been tracking the polls for some time. I have a definite feeling of having a stake in this election because I think it is so important. However, could it be possible have a winning stake . . .
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May 29, 2009 02:09 PM EDT --
" A travel guide for geeks ". Includes the location where Newton supposedly saw the apple fall, and Bletchley Park, where the Enigma code was cracked in World War II. As an aficionado of the . . .
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March 20, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
Perhaps the most beautiful of all atmospheric phenomena has the most awkward of names. The circumzenithal arc at its best, is a display of spectral colors that is even more brilliant than the better known . . .
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January 31, 2008 10:06 PM EST --
There are many popular books written about the theory of evolution. One subgenre centers around the evolution-creation debate. I like to read books from both sides to keep up with the status . . .
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July 30, 2008 09:12 PM EDT --
Since ancient times, observers have noticed that the stars, though they move through the sky from day to day and throughout the year, keep their same positions relative to each other. But there were . . .
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September 29, 2008 09:30 PM EDT --
Many astronomical phenomena, even some visible to the naked eye, are noticeable only to the most careful of observers. Of such phenomena that anybody could see if they just looked carefully enough, . . .
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December 19, 2005 11:16 PM EST --
For many years, I've been interested in the sky. I'm equally interested in astronomy and meteorology, which leads me to watch both the day and night sky. I also mostly confine myself to naked eye . . .
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February 28, 2006 10:43 PM EST --
Romantic as the full Moon may be, it is not a favorite among most observational astronomers. It is simply so bright that it washes out other objects. If you compare a night with a full Moon to one without, . . .
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February 28, 2007 08:46 PM EST --
Most people would describe the color of clouds as white or grey, but a closer look shows that this is not always so. There are a host of optical effects that can lead to other colors in clouds. . . .
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January 05, 2006 07:24 PM EST --
So far I've written about astronomical phenomena that can be seen only at night. But some of my favorite sights in the sky are visible in the daytime. Today I'll write about one of the first I . . .
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February 02, 2006 12:31 AM EST --
I was planning to write an article about rainbows as springtime approached, since that is a better time to watch for them than winter, but I happened to see one just this past weekend. It was a beautiful . . .
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January 24, 2006 10:56 PM EST --
I'm a subscriber to the weekly Science News magazine, which has been in publication since 1926. A few weeks ago, they made available some quotes from their year-in-review issue from that year. It's . . .
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