NASA - Curiosity Lands on Mars!!

August 06, 2012 in Science

Live Streaming:

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html

No photo or it didn't happen? Well lookee here, I'm casting a shadow on the ground in Mars' Gale crater #MSL twitter.com/MarsCuriosity/…
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) August 6, 2012

It once was one small step... now it's six big wheels. Here's a look at one of them on the soil of Mars #MSL twitter.com/MarsCuriosity/…
— Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) August 6, 2012

#MSL: Here's one of the first images from @marscuriosity twitter.com/NASA/status/23…
— NASA (@NASA) August 6, 2012

7 Minutes of Terror:

What I'm listening to...Radiolab

July 30, 2012 in Science, What I'm Listening to

I love the Radiolab podcast. This week's show is about color:

Radio host and producer: Jad Abumrad

What I'm reading...this Kindle Single is Hot off the Press - Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space

July 25, 2012 in Science, What I'm Reading

I just ordered this today:

Higgs Discovery: The Power of Empty Space, by Lisa Randall (HarperCollins Publisher)

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Lisa Randall's books:

Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World, by Lisa Randall

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions, by Lisa Randall

Lisa Randall interviewed by Charlie Rose

July 21, 2012 in Science

Lisa Randall's books:

Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World, by Lisa Randall

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions, by Lisa Randall

Big Think Interview with Lisa Randall

July 20, 2012 in Science, Video

Big Think

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I'm grateful to Professor Randall for creating a bridge for non-scientists to begin to be able to grasp the questions that particle physicists are grappling with on a daily basis. I find it thrilling. I turn to science and scientists for metaphors, which are the source of a writer's energy.

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Her books:

Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World, by Lisa Randall

Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions, by Lisa Randall

Fog + Sun = Light Show

July 19, 2012 in Chicago, Photography, Science, Weather

3rd in a series of 5

We had a day of sun and fog in Chicago, a few years ago, and it played against the John Hancock building to great effect. This is the third in a series. The photos are RAW shots, untouched by photoshop, except to resize them.

Fog + Sun = Light Show

July 18, 2012 in Chicago, Science, Weather

2nd in a series of 5

We had a day of sun and fog in Chicago, a few years ago, and it played against the John Hancock building to great effect. This is the second in a series. The photos are RAW shots, untouched by photoshop, except to resize them.

What I'm reading...

July 15, 2012 in Science, What I'm Reading

I saw Charlie Rose interview Lisa Randall and I immediately wanted to read her books. She has a speaking style that's very interesting; she is able to convey the excitement she sees in particle physics in layman's language -- no small trick, that -- and she is almost bursting with the information she has to pare down. The containment and delivery of bite size bits of info, minus the math which is the road itself, is an art form.