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Throwback Thursday #7 – Kepler
In last week’s Throwback Thursday, we focused on Darwin and the species on our planet. This week we’re focusing on the Kepler spacecraft and the new planets it has discovered. Back in 2011, Kepler discovered several planets orbiting within the habitable zone … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, 2013, 7, APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Bad Astronomy, BBC, exoplanet, exoplanet app, exoplanets, Kepler, Kepler satellite, Kepler spacecraft, Kepler-22b, Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f, NASA, nature, New Scientist, Phil Plait, The Guardian, The New York Times, Throwback Thursday
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More Science Images Of 2013
Time for some more amazing science images from the past year! BuzzFeed has a collection of the 23 most breathtaking science photos of 2013, and they are utterly brilliant. Ranging from the nanoscale to the galactic scale, and everything in … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science
Tagged 2013, BBC, BuzzFeed, Chris Hadfield, Commander, cubesats, Curiosity, galaxy, images, japanese, Mars, nanorose, photographs, rover, Saturn, science, science images, selfie, space, Space Oddity
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io9 – The Most Amazing Science Images Of 2013
io9 have compiled a fantastic list of their most amazing science images of 2013. What’s even better though, is that many of them are animated gifs, which can often enhance the original images a fair deal. I’ve mentioned a few … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, bead chain, Chris Hadfield, Commander, covalent bond, Earth, experiment, images, io9, ISS, meteor, Russian, Saturn, science, science images, shadow, space, structure, water
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Olympus Bioscapes 2013 Microscopy Winners
For the past 10 years, Olympus Bioscapes has ran an international digital imaging competition, and the 2013 winners were recently announced. The results are suitably amazing. The top 10 are all worthy winners, and I especially recommend watching the video … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Science
Tagged 2013, bat, embryo, international digital imaging competition, microscopy, Olympus Bioscapes, photography, winner
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Final Cut 2013 – A Cinema Tribute
This is a great tribute to cinema in 2013. I saw a few of the films, definitely not all though. Stand out ones for me include The World’s End, Gravity, Captain Phillips, Thor 2, and Iron Man 3. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Captain Phillips, cinema, film, films, Final Cut, gravity, Iron Man 3, JoBlo, The World's End, Thor 2, Tribute
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Royal Institution Advent Calendar 2013
Chromosome trailer for the Royal Institution Advent Calendar 2013. Last year, the RI gave us an advent calendar of a different figure in science presenting their favourite element each day. This year, it’s all about the 23 pairs of human chromosomes. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Adam Rutherford, Advent Calendar, AKU, Alison Woollard, Alkaptonuria, chromosome, DNA, life, Life Fantastic, Mark Miodownik, Ri, science, The Royal Institution
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