Our biggest fears as a species are the ones that effect the entire planet. Global warming, nuclear war, killer asteroids - these things ...
Fine Structure is a blog written by Nick O'Neill. It's aim is to provide high-quality science discussion for students and scientists alike. Also, lolcats.
Phoenix Has a Twitter Account - Some informative tweets from (what I assume is) the people running the Phoenix Mars lander.
Phoenix Mars Lander Video - The Phoenix Mars Lander, a NASA / University of Arizona mission, is set
to touch down on Mars on the 25th of May. The link goes to a short
video of how they expect Phoenix to get down to the surface from
12,500m/h. There's some pretty amazing technology here, I can't wait to
see how they do.
Nick saved The Day There Was No News as a favorite photo
Nick tweeted, "ohshit. Just signed up for six weeks of bootcampsf @ dolores park!"
Nick tweeted, "Mimosas. And soldering jtag headers on unnamed pieces of hardware."
Nick tweeted, "I need an app for arbitrary font/styled text on my desktop. Help me lazyweb!"
Nick tweeted, "DinoRun is probably in the topten. Finally, game devs that get it!"
False Vacua - A really fascinating explanation describing vacua and what this kind of thing actually means. Potentially part of a series?
Brian Greene: The Universe on a String [video]
TED does this curious thing where they'll record all the sessions from their conference every year and then only put them on the web selectively over a number of years. This particular talk on string theory by Brian Greene is from 2005 and it was just released recently. I recall parts of his animations from a NOVA special he did which I saw in late 2003 so it's even less recent and very...
Nick tweeted, "Mario Kart Wii Friendcode: 1332 8119 0060"
The Onion on Expelled - The Onion AV Club tackles Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed for massive damage.
Weighty Spin - What E = mc2 should mean to the layperson and how spin (no, actual spin) can effect mass.
Nick tweeted, "Triple-checking admission status for UC; I think I survived the minimum requirement battle."
Nick tweeted, "Saturday, 9am. That means it's time for class!"
ESA's Goce Ion Engine - A short BBC article on the ion engine for the ESA's gravity satellite, Goce. Some interesting information both on what Goce's mission is and how the ion engine will be used.
Symmetry Breaking - Symmetry Magazine (a publication by folks from Fermilab and SLAC) has a new blog with some really great content, especially links to photo essays about various colliders. They previously published some links every once in a while, I'm really glad they decided to make it more frequent.
