Ariel and birthday cake (via Matt Biddulph)
Ariel Waldman
Nov 15
Nov 04
» Cheers to Science!
Notes/personal observations from my year of science conferences (covering SciBarCamp, SciFoo, Science Commons and Citizen Science Alliance).
In July I attended SciBarCamp and SciFoo….
Nov 01
(thx @rsquared)
Oct 29
Fail whale cupcakes! (via sabeth718)
Oct 28
A cone of moisture surrounds part of the Ares I-X rocket during lift off
(via AP)
Oct 26
One of my favorite advertisements over the years.
Oct 25
Solar System (via Michæl.Paukner)
Oct 20
QR Code Cupcake! (via clevercupcakes)
Oct 19
Gorgeous image of Mars.
“But what this picture so spectacular are the graceful blue-gray swirls arcing across the dunes. These are caused by dust devils, which are a bit like mini-tornadoes. … The important thing to note here is that the sand in the craters of Mars is actually dark grey in color, since it’s made of basalt. The reason it looks red in pictures is because covering the sand is a thin layer of much finer dust, and the dust is what’s red. When a dust devil moves over the Martian surface, it can pick up the very light dust particles, but not the heavier sand grains. So those blue-grey swirls are tracks where the dust devil has vacuumed up the dust, revealing the darker sand underneath.”
Oct 13
» Supernova 2009
(photo via adactio)
I’ve been meaning to write about a lot of the conferences I’ve been to this year (hopefully will get to it in a follow-up blog post). One of the upcoming conferences…
