Can you turn Eurovision lyrics into mini science lessons?
Category: writing
A Nightmare Planet for Fictional Terrans & Real Astrophysicists Alike
The year is 2500; mankind has been at peace for a while, relies on solar energy, can cure most diseases, and the few soldiers left in existence are seen as a complete waste of taxpayer money because they do absolutely nothing. But when this nightmare of a planet passes the solar system, 12 of them are sent to the surface (an 18-hour trip) to find out what the giants want with the Earth.
The Roundaround Board of the Firststuffs – Etymologies
Renaming the Periodic Table, one non-Germanic English word at a time.
NASA had a press conference. It’s not aliens.
Dr. Michaƫl Gillon, whose team discovered the new planetary system, said they should be named after the first seven Trappist beers.
“The Big Yellow One’s the Sun!”?
THE YELLOW ONE IS THE SUN!!!
90 movies, 19 days, 1 dissertation
Who likes data? I collected a fair amount of data (and made many an Excel spreadsheet) over the three weeks I watched all those movies for my Master's project.Ā This turned into my four-part video series Hollywood's Outer Space, but I also had to write up a more formal-sounding review of that data. It had to… Continue reading 90 movies, 19 days, 1 dissertation
Pale Blue Dots
Do you want to see an alien solar system? Those roving dots are four real planets, orbiting a very young star called HR 8799 about 129 lightyears from Earth. The star itself is hiding under the black circleĀ to block most of its light (i.e.Ā it's not added in post), so the telescope can actually pick out… Continue reading Pale Blue Dots
Are Fictional Multiverses Lame?
I understand what the article is trying to say - that physics is weirder than you think it is and that's really cool - but I think it could have done so without denigrating an imaginative narrative device in its title.
What colour is the universe?
If there were no atmosphere to make the sky blue, we'd all be incredibly dead, incredibly fast. But let's set that aside for the moment. If there were no atmosphere to make the sky blue, what colour would we look out and see? We'd see a (cloudless) black sky all day, no matter the hour.… Continue reading What colour is the universe?
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