by Tom | Nov 17, 2011 | Science, View
A few photos that are just brilliant in more ways than I care to think about. Mind-expanding and beautiful. Of course I also loved the time-lapse video from the ISS. Close to home: hint: it isn’t a rainbow, nor is it raining green. [Note to self, must learn to...
by Tom | Oct 26, 2011 | Science, View
No, not my hair, it’s The Waterfall Nebula. We don’t know how it works, but we’re trying to find out. Beautiful, either way.
by Tom | Oct 25, 2011 | Reading, Science
Massive study concludes: ‘Global warming is real’. Funded by climate change skeptics. Science wins because they had access to all the data and methodology of the previous projects and both improved their methodology and ended up with pretty much the same...
by Tom | Oct 24, 2011 | Business, Government, Reading, Science
Coaching a Surgeon: What Makes Top Performers Better? Elite athletes use a whole raft of coaches to help them peform more effectively. So do elite musicians. Why shouldn’t elites in other sectors such as medicine, business and government administration?...
by Tom | Oct 19, 2011 | Science
The Ignobel prizes were a funny bunch this year. I couldn’t find one that leaped out at me, but both the videos are worth watching. I guess I have to go for the physics prize, which determined “why discus throwers become dizzy, and why hammer throwers...
by Tom | Oct 19, 2011 | Science, View
APOD: 2011 October 15 – NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge. Beautiful. Pretty much as our galaxy would look like to someone at the relevant angle and distance. Our solar system is out on the far edges away from the central black hole.
