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Category: Science
Apollo 13 in detail
If you’re anything like me (space geek?), you can never get enough details about space and NASA’s missions to the moon, planets and beyond. How many books have I read? How many documentaries have I seen? How many times have I seen Apollo 13, the movie? I lost track a long time ago. So, when my husband informed me that Amy dedicated two plus hours to Apollo 13, I knew this was right up my alley. “You’re gonna love it,” he declared. He was correct – the more details the better…
A Tale of Two Brians
Yup, that’s really him. Does it remind you of anyone else? Think of the band Queen. Not ringing a bell yet? Okay, think of the guitarist, Brian May. Still nothing? If you’ve gotten this far without any light bulbs going off, then you may (pun intended) be surprised to learn that …Brian May is also a physicist – an astrophysicist to be more precise. Yup, a full-fledged PhD, just like the other Brian. So yes, efficiently using both the right and left hemispheres of their brains, and successfully…
Elephants’ innate sense of hearing
This is phenomenal. Did you know that elephants use infrasound (low frequency sounds) to detect storms? Infrasound is below the range of human hearing. The frequency of sound is measured in Hertz (Hz = cycles per second) and the infrasonic …
A great attitude to emulate
There are times when additional words don’t seem necessary. This is one of those times. Instead, I’ll leave you with some of his own words. Tyson says that he wants his lasting impact on the world to be that people …