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Is Today Back To The Future Day?

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Wedge7

The answer to this is finally YES! Today is Back to the Future day! Great Scott! The Back to the Future trilogy is an amazing set of films, and if you haven’t seen them, you’re missing out. What’s special about October … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Science | Tagged 1985, 2015, 21st October, 21st October 2015, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Day, Back to the Future II, Doc Brown, fashion, flying cars, fuel, fusion, Great Scott, hoverboards, Maddie Moate, Marty McFly, National Geographic, New Scientist, physics, predictions, robot gas attendants, Science Faction, technology, The Conversation, The Guardian, time travel, waste | Leave a comment

Throwback Thursday #18

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Wedge7

What better way to start off this week’s Throwback Thursday with an epic rap by Bert and Ernie. Who doesn’t want to see these excellent characters rapping? You never know, they may play the violin next. Or better yet, a violin with … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings, Science | Tagged #18, Albert Einstein, alligator, Bad Astronomy, Bert and Ernie, Earth, eat, Einstein, fake, harp, investment, New Scientist, Phil Plait, Protons For Breakfast, python, quotes, rap, real, science, space, spider silk, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Throwback Thursday, violin | 1 Comment

Throwback Thursday #17

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Wedge7

It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Throwback! First up are some translucent ants eating a coloured liquid, colouring themselves in the process (Colossal). It looks pretty cool, especially the ants that create new colours by sampling several of the different liquids. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Ramblings, Science | Tagged 17, 2011 visualisation challenge, ants, BBC, bionic, Colossal, colour, contact lenses, io9, IOP Blog, microscope, microscopy, New Scientist, ninja, photographs, physics, salmon ladder, skin, skin cells, The Telegraph, The Terminator, Throwback Thursday, warrior, Wired | 1 Comment

Solar Eclipse March 20th 2015

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Wedge7

No Throwback Thursday this week. Instead, links to lots of useful information about tomorrow morning’s solar eclipse! First up, a complete guide to the March 20th total solar eclipse can be found over at Universe Today. ITV News has a … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Science | Tagged 2015, BBC, Earth, eclipse, ITV News, iWonder, NASA, New Scientist, safety, solar eclipse, Sun, Throwback Thursday, total solar eclipse, Universe Today | 3 Comments

Throwback Thursday #7 – Kepler

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Wedge7

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 →

Posted in Science | 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 | 2 Comments

Throwback Thursday #5

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Wedge7

This week’s Throwback Thursday is all about black holes. As a reminder, these posts are not exhaustive by any means, but just contain old posts that I found interesting at the time, but never got round to posting about. “Powerful … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Science | Tagged #5, astronomer, BBC, behemoths, black hole, black holes, cosmic blast, Dan Marrone, Discovery, gas cloud, Interstellar, nature, New Scientist, supermassive, Throwback Thursday | 2 Comments

Throwback Thursday #2

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Wedge7

Today’s Throwback Thursday is all about words. The above video, by Vsauce, goes into detail about different types of wordplay, including aphorisms, syntactic ambiguity, paraprosdokians, and spoonerisms. Two articles by the BBC next: the first is “Why did LOL infiltrate … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings | Tagged 2, 25 things I want to say to aspiring writers, Americanisms, aphorisms, BBC, english, How Much Is A Bird in The Hand Worth?, language, LOL, New Scientist, paraprosdokians, pronouns, spoonerisms, syntactic ambiguity, TerribleMinds, The secret life of pronouns, Throwback Thursday, Vsauce, Why did LOL infiltrate the language, words, write, writers | 1 Comment

Throwback Thursday #1

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Wedge7

I’m going to try something new each Thursday. Over the course of maintaining this blog, I have developed a huge backlog of articles and links I found interesting at the time, but never got round to actually writing about. To … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Ramblings, Science | Tagged 1, 2011, 3D model, BBC, Earth, earthquake, Hawaii, HIV, Japan, Kilauea volcano, life, life chemistry, March, Miller's experiment, New Scientist, The Guardian, Throwback Thursday, tsunami, virus, volcano | 1 Comment

Climate Change 2014 – Why Not Now?

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Wedge7

Our climate is changing, and we’re responsible for it. Despite the huge environmental, economical, and personal cost that a changing climate will have, our leaders are slow to react. Why do they stick with fossil fuels? Why not change to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged 2014, 24 Hours of Reality, Agriculture, Alok Jha, Ban Ki-moon, cities, climate, climate change, Climate Summit, Finance, Forests, global warming, Hope, industry, ITV News, leaders, March, morgan freeman, nature, New Scientist, New York, New York City, Obama, president, President Obama, Renewable Energy, summary, Take Part, The Climate Reality Project, The Ecologist, The Guardian, The Hill, The Washington Post, Transport, UN, UN Climate Summit, UN Climate Summit 2014, United Nations, What's Possible, Why Not Now?, Why Not?, Why?, Why? Why Not?, will, worst-case warming scenario | 2 Comments

Rosetta

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Wedge7

“On August 3rd, the Rosetta spacecraft’s narrow angle camera captured this stunning image of the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. After 10 years and 6.5 billion kilometers of travel along gravity assist trajectories looping through interplanetary space, Rosetta had approached to … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged 67P, APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Bad Astronomy, BBC, Churyumov-Gerasimenko, comet, ESA, European Space Agency, mission, nature, New Scientist, Philae, probe, Rosetta, Slate, space, spacecraft | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: New Scientist

Is Today Back To The Future Day?

Throwback Thursday #18

Throwback Thursday #17

Solar Eclipse March 20th 2015

Throwback Thursday #7 – Kepler

Throwback Thursday #5

Throwback Thursday #2

Throwback Thursday #1

Climate Change 2014 – Why Not Now?

Rosetta

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