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  The Large Hadron Collider explained.

  09.12.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  First read Brian Greene’s article in the New York Times called “The Origins of the Universe: A Crash Course”
  Then watch this video on how the LHC actually works. Pretty cool stuff.

  If you want to brush up on your Quantum Mechanics and dive into the world of Superstring Theory, check out Brian Greene’s book called “The [...]

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  Size of Our World

  08.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I stumbled upon (literally) this website a while back, and I find myself going back to it quite often. It’s absolutely mind blowing.
  It’s just a simple website which compares the size of Earth with various other planets and stars. Definitely worth a look.

  http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm
  Here is the first image. But that’s just the beginning.

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  Just plain cool.

  08.11.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Lightning in slow-mo.

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  Pale Blue Dot

  09.08.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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  In case you were wondering

  01.23.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I weigh 210 pounds on Earth, 79.3 pounds on Mercury, 190.4 pounds on Venus, 34.8 pounds on our moon, 79.1 pounds on Mars, 496.4 pounds on Jupiter, 192.3 pounds on Saturn, 186.6 pounds on Uranus, 236.2 pounds on Neptune, and a measly 14 pounds on Pluto.
  Next time someone asks me how much I weigh, I’m [...]

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  Tihs is wried

  10.16.05 | Permalink | Comment?

  Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae [...]