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Where Is the Center of the Universe?

tags: NASA, Ask an astronomer, Spitzer Space Telescope

Dr. Varoujan Gorjian explains how the universe is expanding. Check out more questions here: http://spitzer.caltech.edu/resource_list/10
posted by BoneyD  1 day 15 hours 43 minutes ago • 2 comments • 161 views

 
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Mercury thiocyanate decomposition

tags: mercury thiocyanate, decomposition, burning, oxidation

I remember having pellets of this stuff when I was a kid: Pharaoh's Serpents. It's far cooler in powder form.
posted by arvana  1 day 13 hours 41 minutes ago • 1 comment • 372 views
 
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Butterfly Extreme Close-up zoom

tags: butterfly, zoom, close, up

And I mean EXTREME close-up!
posted by Fusionaut  3 days 8 hours 55 minutes ago • 13 comments • 760 views
 
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19

Dance, Robot. Dance!

tags: hexapod championship, 2009

Don't look, Siftbot. Dozens of defenseless hexapods are forced to cavort in an amusing fashion for their fleshbag masters.
posted by direpickle  3 days 1 hour 40 minutes ago • 3 comments • 430 views
 
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23

Relativity Explained (General and Special)

tags: Einstein, time dilation, relativity

An explanation of General and Special Relativity for those that may feel a little confused by concepts such as time and distance changing with speed. This is the first of four parts.
posted by Psychologic  3 days 11 minutes ago • 2 comments • 463 views
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posted by guitarwolf  2 weeks 5 days ago • 0 comments • 294 views
 
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22

Understanding the Standard Model

tags: physics, particles, matter, energy, interactions, qed, qcd, quantum field theory

[YT] The Standard Model of Particle Physics The Standard Model of Particle Physics is a theory of three of the four known fundamental interactions and the elementary particles that take part in these interactions. ... more inside
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posted by kulpims  4 days 6 hours 26 minutes ago • 12 comments • 496 views
 
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16

Major Fireball Seen Over Ireland - 3 February 2010

tags: meteor, fireball, ireland, astronomy, huge, sighting

Astronomy Ireland says a major fireball was spotted over Ireland at around 6pm this evening. It says the rock from space was seen blazing in the air by people all over the country. Astronomy Ireland... more inside
posted by silvercord  5 days 4 hours 21 minutes ago • 4 comments • 486 views
 
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16

Sixty Symbols: Saturn

tags: Saturn, Titan, Rings, huyghens, death star moon, galileo

Our solar systems most visually beautiful planet, Saturn has a wealth of fascinating features. Learn a little bit about its ring system and the new giant ring that has been found. The "glory" of Saturn's system - Titan, it's "Death Star" moon and many other things.
posted by reiwan  6 days 17 hours 10 minutes ago • 1 comment • 278 views
 
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13

Float weightlessly in the Airbus A300 Zero G!

tags: weightlessness, free fall, airbus, ESA, Novespace, France, Vomit Comet

You don't have to go to space to experience true weightlessness. The Airbus A300 Zero G does the trick with just a clever "free fall" trajectory. I have personally flown in this very aircraft, doing experiments in zero g.
posted by Ornthoron  6 days 17 hours 59 minutes ago • 5 comments • 294 views
 
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Vampire squid turns itself "inside out"

tags: Vampire squid, inside out, Vampyroteuthis, squid

Threatened by ocean warming, the vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) lives in the deep ocean, home to the largest ecosystems on our planet. A "living fossil," this animal has remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of millions of years.
posted by reiwan  5 days 43 minutes ago • 12 comments • 1733 views
 
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posted by gwiz665  6 days 16 hours 48 minutes ago • 0 comments • 408 views
 
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21

Understanding Quantum Physics

tags: quantum, physics, particles, black body radiation, electrons, wave function

a nice explanation of basic principles of quantum mechanics
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posted by kulpims  5 days 15 hours 46 minutes ago • 3 comments • 566 views
 
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22

BBC Swarm - Nature's Incredible Invasions

tags: bbc, swarm, natures incredible invasions, david tennant, dr who

We discover what happens when superswarms invade our lives and, using the latest camera techniques, we go to the heart of the swarm, to reveal how the creatures view our world. -YT
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posted by geo321  6 days 8 hours 47 minutes ago • 3 comments • 546 views
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13

Kindle's evil twin brother: The future of e-books

tags: mag plus, Bonnier, concept, electronic magazine, usability

Bonnier's concept of a e-reader for magazines, really thought through usability and also the clip itself is nicely done.
posted by conan  1 month 2 weeks ago • 2 comments • 411 views
 
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11

Sixty Symbols: Venus

tags: Venus, Galileo, Mariner, Greenhouse

Learn interesting bits of info about Venus, including why Venus is used as an example of an Earth in a runaway greenhouse effect, the importance of Galileo's observations of Venus when combating the church's view of the solar system, and other interesting facts.
posted by reiwan  1 week ago • 0 comments • 218 views
 
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Sixty Symbols: Jupiter

tags: Jupiter, sixty symbols, I Eat Green Carrots, speed of light, Shoemaker Levy 9

Find out some interesting bits of info about the largest planet in our solar system. Including how Jupiter was used to calculate the speed of light, different facts about Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, Shoemaker-Levy 9, and other things.
posted by reiwan  1 week ago • 1 comment • 236 views
 
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14

Microsoft Research: Muscle Computer Interface

tags: Technology, Microsoft, Muscles, Computer, Cool

This is a demonstration video for Microsoft's research into Muscle Controlled Computer Inputs. It looks pretty cool to me, being able to control a computer with just a band around your forearm.
posted by Vexus  1 week ago • 2 comments • 284 views
 
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High Speed Saturn V Launch Views

tags: high speed, saturn v, launch

Saturn V Launch Views - High Speed Cams Segment #1: Apollo 11 ignition and liftoff (high speed) Segment #2: Apollo 11 tracking (high speed) Segment #3: Apollo 8 ignition and liftoff (normal speed) Music: Bear Mccreary - Baltar's Dream
posted by Raytrace  1 month 2 weeks ago • 4 comments • 761 views
 
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Sixty Symbols: Uranus

tags: Uranus, Klingons flying around

One of the more interesting planets in our solar system, mainly due to it's unique orbit. Find out how Uranus was almost named George and how it received its current name, why it is blue, and other bits of info about this interesting gas giant.
posted by reiwan  1 week ago • 2 comments • 332 views
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