Tag Archives: xkcd
The Universe
The Universe has just gotten older. Ok, maybe that’s not true, but our estimate of the age of the Universe has increased to 13.82 billion years, up from 13.73 billion years. This new estimate is thanks to new results from … Continue reading
Weekly Ramblings – Mandelbulb Cat Flashes Death Chess Coaster
A slightly delayed Weekly Ramblings, but it has arrived! Ever heard of chess coaster? Inspired by a brilliant xkcd comic, the basic premise is to capture yourself and a friend or 2 playing chess whilst on a roller coaster, … Continue reading
xkcd – Click And Drag
xkcd have managed to outdo themselves with their comic today, entitled “Click and Drag“. The image on the left here is the first half of the comic. You really must go to the xkcd site and look at the second … Continue reading
Curiosity – Satisfied!
Early this morning, the rover Curiosity successfully navigated through its “Seven Minutes of Terror” to touch down on the surface of Mars. Stop for a moment and think about that. Humans designed, engineered, and built a giant robot, sent it … Continue reading
Science Is…
What is Science? (according to Google). An interesting and amusing blog post on the Guardian website by Dean Burnett. He attempts to answer the question “What is Science?” by typing “Science is” into Google and letting it autocomplete the sentence. … Continue reading
Exoplanets
This is an exciting time. Onwards!
Relativistic Baseball
“What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? – Ellen McManis“ What If, from xkcd, answers hypothetical questions with physics, and it is amazing. Relativistic baseball seeks to answer the question … Continue reading
Every Major’s Terrible
“Every Major’s Terrible” by the fantastic xkcd. Clicking on the picture on the xkcd site links to the song “Major General“ from the Gilbert And Sullivan comedy opera “The Pirates of Penzance“, just in case you didn’t know the tune. Try … Continue reading
Visualising Scale
Following on from yesterday’s Scale of the Universe 2, we have a brilliant video showing the Powers of Ten, created in 1977 by Eames Office. Visual.ly blog has a list of “12 Visualizations That Will Change the Way You View … Continue reading
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos?
Have faster-than-light neutrinos been discovered? Most likely not, but a group at CERN have some tantalising evidence (from the OPERA experiment) to suggest it could be true. Needless to say, scientists are both sceptical and excited, in equal measure. If … Continue reading
