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Animation Physics Tutorials

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:58:18 -0600

These tutorials explain basic timing and spacing , paths of actions and balance with simple examples.

Large Hadron Collider Up and Running-No Black Hole Yet; Mrs. Bixby’s Letter to Lincoln

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:54:05 -0600

A Black Hole, the Future Earth? A New Cathedral It’s Back! The Large Hadron Collider is up and running again with no apparent adverse affects. If you recall, the world’s largest supercollider is located along the French-Swiss border.

Sitting On A Bomb

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:16 -0600

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (or CERN), which attained literary fame courtesy of Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons), has repaired its new super toy that broke down a little over a year ago. Later today, all things going well, the bu

Physics Friday #5

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:01 -0600

This week she finished up simple machines and the topics were force, wheels, axles and inclined planes....I must say she is still RAVING about BrainPop!!! She is doing it daily and keeps finding more and more links to all her subject areas! It is so

Oxbridge Physics Mock Interview at Latymer

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:09:31 -0600

The idea of the mock interview is for us to have an Oxbridge-style interview with someone we’ve never met before. These took place at Latymer Upper School (on King’s Street), and my interviewer was from St Paul’s Girls’ School. I went into th

Paradox of Light

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:23:00 -0600

The strange nature of light: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1113/3 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1113/3var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl."

My Newest Hero: Garrett Lisi

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:07:26 -0600

I had heard of A. Garrett Lisi some months ago when there was a short piece about his accomplishments in theoretical physics, but I hadn't "officially" heard about him until a couple days ago when I happened to stumble upon some article about him in

Climate Change, 58 Million Years, But No Evolution

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:46:55 -0600

Climate change, 58 million years, but no evolution Ben Stein has a documentary that he made that deals with the lack of free speech in the scientific community. If you’re a scientist who doesn’t support Darwinism, you can pretty much hang

Exotic Electric Properties of Graphene Confirmed

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:13:35 -0600

Graphene layers are found in graphite flakes like those from pencil lead. First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is

LHC Expected to Restart this Weekend

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:06:27 -0600

After over a year of repairs the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has announced that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is expected to restart this weekend. The restart has been delayed several times. The last delay was du

SPM 2009 Physics Tips

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:42:50 -0600

Paper 2Section AQ1. Measuring Instrument, Error, Smallest DivisionQ2. Forces, Triangle of forces, F=ma, EnergyQ3. Latent Heat and Heat Capacity, Calculation, EvaporationQ4. Pressure, depth, calculation, explainQ5. Interference pattern and refraction

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:10:02 -0600

[NEWS] Contact: David F. Salisbury david.salisbury@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-6803 Vanderbilt University First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in

Exotic electric properties of graphene confirmed

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:50:09 -0600

First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in hex

Garrett Lisi Speculates

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:42 -0600

Yo Man, surfer dude proposes 'theory of everything' (the Holy Grail of physics): http://tinyurl.com/kunu3b Coooooooooool!! I've used this TED talk of Lisi's earlier in the year : Wish I understood it well enough to comment... but I don't, exc

Sunflower Learning 3 to be Bilingual

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:06:15 -0600

Subject Matter: Computer simulated labs of Biology, Chemistry, Physics Grades: Middle School to College Sunflower Learning 3 (beta) Available in English & Spanish Sunflower Learning offers interactive labs, activities an quizzes covering wide s

Möbius (Moebius) Strip: One Side, One Edge; Topology's Fun

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:25:33 -0600

"Nov. 17, 1790: A Rather One-Sided Affair" This Day in Tech (November 17, 2009) "1790: Mathematician, astronomer and physicist August Ferdinand Möbius is born in Schulpforta, Saxony (in modern-day Germany). "Möbius has name recognition today becaus

Helium Plants and Storage

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:05:49 -0600

File : pdf, 2.76 MB, 64 pages TOC Section 1. DESIGN CRITERIA 1. SCOPE 2. CANCELLATION 3. RELATED CRITERIA 4. INFORMATI0N REQUIRED FOR DESIGN 5. FACTS ON HELIUM a. Production b. Shipping Containers c. Characteristics Section 2. PLANT AND STORAGE DESIG

Next Year Form 4 has started

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:23:47 -0600

some of you are still relax at home after PMR, many of them has started FORM 4 year 2010.MOSS, MenjalaraSaturday 2.30pm PhysicsSaturday 4.30pm Add Math 1st Class is on the 21st Nov 2009, Saturdayclasses almost full so pls call/SMS before you come PTI

Ok guys... hear me out.

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:34:45 -0600

What if we really CAN walk thru walls & fly n breath underwater n shit, but we just think we know so well that you'll hit a solid wall, or fall off the roof, or drown or whatever... It's like that one dude said "I think, therefore I am." Well, m

Bagaimana “Big Bang” Disimpulkan

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:47:11 -0600

Netsains.Com - “Big bang” banyak dibicarakan sebagai awal dari alam semesta, ketika sebuah titik yang luar biasa kecil meledak dengan dahsyat, mengembang dan menjadi galaksi, bintang, planet dan bumi yang kita huni. Tetapi jika kejadiannya lebih

Are my geek undies showing?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:02 -0600

I found myself applauding at the end of this and was transported to my childhood as I never missed any of the 13 episodes of Cosmos. This mash-up is amazing and gave me special geek-tingles. Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking in "A Glorious Daw

‘Universal’ Programmable Two-Qubit Quantum Processor Created

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0600

NIST postdoctoral researcher David Hanneke at the laser table used to demonstrate the first universal programmable processor for a potential quantum computer. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated t

The Neutrinos are Coming! 2012 and Hollywood Science

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:39:51 -0600

" '2012' Sells Tickets, Sells-Out Science" Discovery News (November 15, 2009) "Last night, my wife Deb and I went to watch the Roland Emmerich movie 2012. Deb fell asleep. She was the lucky one. "I'm joking, it wasn't that bad, we just had to attend

Pop goes the…CERN?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:35:30 -0600

And before you even think it… no this is not breaking news that the LHC has broken again! I’m also not referring to the bird/baguette incident, as Jacob covered that last week in his weekly roundup. Never the less, the bird/baguette did m

The Twelfth Meditation, Khronos – The Philosophy of Time and its Implications

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:12:41 -0600

Big Ben – Clock Tower of London ~ Our meeting today, my dear reader, is not one of coincidence, luck or blind chance. That we have met today means that we were meant to meet and our meeting could not have happened in any other way. It is inevitable

A Dictionary of Scientists

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:39:00 -0600

By John Daintith, Derek Gjertsen Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Pages: 592 Publication Date: 1999-06-24 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0192800868 File : single pdf converted from html, 2.5 MB Description:

The Twelfth Meditation, Khronos – The Philosophy of Time and its Implications

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:13:56 -0600

Ten Greatest Thinkers of All Time

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:08:00 -0600

One of the great 20th century historians Will Durant, made in some of his assays rankings of what from his perspective were The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time. The essays are summed up in the book with the same name.The book is a fun read, and

A Strange System: Food: What We Can Do

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:16:02 -0600

I’m all ranted out for now, so I shall bring this series to a close. I have hinted at a number of things we, the average consumer, can do to improve the system. So, to finish off the series, I am posting a list created by a professor of Env