by Tom | Sep 12, 2008 | Science
Green Sahara. Where to start. I love the giraffe petroglyph, especially given it is around 8,000 years old.But what about this: sand has a memory of when it last saw light. Yes, that’s what I thought to. Apparently you can date recent to c. 500,000 years old...
by Tom | Aug 8, 2008 | Science
Multiple images of the eclipsed sun showing its corona. Reflected light from the earth shows the near side of the moon as well.
by Tom | Jul 30, 2008 | Science
So the shrew that drinks beer. Certainly, it is worth some study, but surely it isn’t unusual? If I read the numbers correctly, they “drink the equivalent to nine small glasses of wine, or four and half pints of beer” over 12 hours. And this is 3.8%,...
by Tom | Jul 28, 2008 | Science
Like nothing I’ve seen before. We’re looking side-on at it, but the false colours and “glow” are just wonderful.
by Tom | Jun 28, 2008 | Science
How would a physicist look at getting our energy sorted? Read on.
by Tom | Jun 19, 2008 | Science
Lovely side-on view of a galaxy and its associated star streams.
