Ever wondered how scientists can measure the distances between stars? Here’s a nice video from Royal Observatory Greenwich explaining how it’s done:
Measuring the Universe from Royal Observatory Greenwich on Vimeo.
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Is the world’s oldest protractor sitting in a museum in Turin? Physicist Amelia Sparavigna thinks she has solved the mystery of a wooden box that was found over 100 years ago in the tomb of an architect from ancient Egypt, but is her theory correct? New Scientist has a nice article with a [...] This YouTube video seems to show a working version of M.C. Escher’s famous impossible waterfall painting. If you look carefully, you can see a copy of the painting in the bottom right hand corner of the video. What do you think?
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(PS [...] Happy New Year! I hope 2011 is a happy and successful year for you.
By the way, did you know that 2011 is a prime number? It is also the sum of eleven consecutive prime numbers: 157 + 163 + 167 + 173 + 179 + 181 + 191 + 193 + [...] |
 
 
 
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