Billions & Billions
ideas about science and the cosmos
The Feynman Series
Oct 5th
This one is shorter than the Sagan Series, but part 1 is one of my favorite segments done my Feynman.
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The Feynman Series
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The Sagan Series
Oct 5th
The Sagan Series
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I stumbled on this new series recently. There are a few others that I’ll assemble together soon. Check out their facebook page if you like it https://www.facebook.com/thesaganseries
A stunning view of the Earth from the ISS
Sep 23rd
It’s been difficult balancing free time to update this blog in the past couple months, but I have a few things planned.
Ode to the Brain
Mar 30th
Been a long time for sure, but I’d hate to miss sharing this, another installment of the Symphony of Science.
The Big Beginning
Jan 20th
Life has kept me busy, but I’m sure glad the Symphony of Science has the time to keep putting these out!.
It’s not as good as his others, but bears meaningful quotes all the same.
There is a new wave of reason
Nov 24th
It’s been a while since I last updated, but I’m excited that the wait is over for the next installment of the Symphony of Science series. It’s clear the music is still true to the spirit of the series, inspirational and entertaining.
If you’re like me and wanna hear this on loop : http://www.postnuclear.net/youtubeaudio.php?urlv=1PT90dAA49Q&lp&ap&hq
It’s a small world…
Oct 20th
We generally have a perception of the minute or incredibly small as lacking detail. This partly because the tools that we use to see into the unknown realm of the very small often blur images or don’t effectively provide us with a depth of field effect , which in turn makes our brain disregard some of the detail found in it. I managed to stumble upon some excellent images which don’t suffer this apparent lack of detail and reveal some beautiful and interesting worlds. The following is the results from the most recent Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Contest. The picture on the right isn’t a winner, but my favorite of the bunch.
A true Scotsmen believes the world is flat
Sep 16th
If I told you the world was flat, there would be only one real conclusion you could make from it : I was crazy. But you have to take it a step further and ask how it’s even possible someone could believe the world is flat despite an enormous amount of evidence. One such example of this has surfaced lately.
There has been a bit of a buzz on the internet lately collectively asking “Are you serious?” at the news about the ‘First Annual Catholic Conference on Geocentrism’. It is titled “Galileo was wrong: The church was right.’.
What is geocentrism?
It’s pretty simple really, it’s the belief that the Earth is the immobile center of the universe. It quite literally dictates that everything revolves around us. It stems from the idea that we, as humans, are the most important thing in existence and therefore it is only natural that everything exists solely for the purpose of human beings (the universe included). As you might imagine, this is an idea only really subscribed to by biblical literalists and other fanatical religious sects.
A view from space
Sep 7th
Ever wonder what it actually looks like from aboard the International Space Station? Don Pettit took some great time lapse videos showing you the view from up there. Not bad for photography at 17,000 miles per hour.
Time Lapse Videos from space
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Time lapse footage taken by Oregon State University alum Don Pettit during his time on the International Space Station.