Before and After Pictures
A seventh grade teacher did this wonderful experiment with her class. She had all the students describe and draw pictures of what they thought scientists were like before and after a field trip to Fermilab. I love how all the ‘after’ pictures have scientists in jeans.
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The Japanese amaze me. One of their latest inventions is the Cold Fusion Shower. It is a shower light made of LEDs that are powered by the water pressure. Even better, the LEDs change color with the temperature. No longer do you have to worry about jumping into a too cold [...]
Last Tuesday, the Ohio Board of Education voted 11-4 to remove science standards and lesson plans that encourage students to seek evidence for and against evolution. The critics of the material believed it was an open door to teach intelligent design, a fancy word for Christian creationism. Marth Wise, a critic of the [...]
Matt sent me this wonderful article from Dan’s Data on how to build a Sparkler Bomb. It is the perfect at home project for anyone looking to blow something up in a dangerous and awesome way.
From the site:
Here you will learn the essentials of making an improvised firework which, while spectacular, is [...]
From J-Luv:
This is appalling in the face of the 2007 proposed budget cuts. Small
snippet quoted below.
Bush Administration Spent $1.6B on ‘Propaganda’ Efforts
The study, requested by the House of Representatives Democratic leadership, found that from 2003 to mid-2005, the administration racked up some $1.4 billion in contracts with advertising agencies to broadcast positive messages about [...]
The Graffiti Research Lab came up with a wonderful little device that anyone can make: LED Throwies. From their website:
LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it [...]
Last week, I found this wonderful sight: Google Sightseeing. The premise is simple. The site’s owners and their readers find the best tourist spots in the world via satellite images from Google Maps and Google Earth. Not only does the site catalog the images they find, but they link directly to Google [...]
George Gongora, a photographer for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and avid quail hunter, simulated the impact of Cheney’s shotgun on his victim. You can read the article and watch the video. (via ThinkProgress)
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One of the rumors flying around the Cheney shooting states that this type of accident occurs regularly in hunting. It turns out that is not really the case.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Texas only had 2.7 hunting accidents per 100,000 hunting licenses. Perhaps, Cheney does not count because he did not get the [...]
What Atrios has learned:
Every conservative on the internet is an avid hunter and they’ve all been shot multiple times.
Shotguns aren’t really guns, just toys. You can’t really hurt people with them, only animals.
It’s standard hunter etiquette to yell and scream at your fellow hunters as they’re stalking their prey.
The most dangerous place to be [...]