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Bad Background Science, Science + Pop Culture, writing

Science Tangents: The Boys

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 JD Voyek

I watched Amazon’s The Boys this week. So instead of the usual 60′s Marvel fare, here’s some tangential science relating to the superpowers featured in the show

Tagged animals, chemistry, gills, graphene, ice, light, marine biology, physics, pressure, science, sonic booms, sun, temperature, the boys, zincLeave a comment
Science + Pop Culture, writing

The Science of Eurovision 2019

May 11, 2019May 20, 2022 JD Voyek

Last year I was inspired to find random moments of science in several of the entries' lyrics. No one told me never to do it again, so here we go...

Tagged australia, blue, esc 2019, estonia, eurovision, eurovision 2019, eurovision song contest, gravity, hungary, iceland, infrared, light, lithuania, malta, pluto, radiation, russia, science, space, stars, sun, sweden, universe, waterLeave a comment
Science + Pop Culture, writing

Astronomy in the Tolkien ‘Verse

September 24, 2017May 20, 2022 JD Voyek

Does astronomy in Tolkien's literary world line up with ours? Or is it pure fantasy?

Tagged arda, astronomy, constellations, earth, j.r.r. tolkien, moon, planets, science, silmarillion, space, stars, sun, tolkien, venusLeave a comment
Science News, writing

“I got a 6 at the Sun Stare!”

August 23, 2017 JD Voyek

All those photos you see do not do the actual phenomenon justice. I wish every single person on the planet could have the opportunity to see this literally awe-some event.

Tagged astronomy, eclipse, moon, solar eclipse, space, sun, total solar eclipseLeave a comment
Science Queries, writing

“The Big Yellow One’s the Sun!”?

February 20, 2017March 29, 2017 JD Voyek

THE YELLOW ONE IS THE SUN!!!

Tagged astronomy, color, light, space, stars, sun1 Comment

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