Yesterday’s video from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website (link) is a short one produced by the National Spaced Society to remind people what’s coming very soon: the first flyby of Pluto. (The images of Pluto shown are of … Continue reading
According to the conventions of meteorology, today, June 1, is the official first day of summer, at least for those of us in north of the tropics. Similarly, autumn starts September 1, winter December 1, and spring March 1. Of … Continue reading
A friend of mine recently drew my attention to last year’s March 2 episode of the Prickly City comic strip, which you can view here. (Incidentally, it appears that this website, GoComics, lets you subscribe to a variety of strips, … Continue reading
Pediatrician, medical educator, researcher, and author Aaron Carroll MD — who somehow seems to have way more time than the rest of us — talks about simple nutrition guidelines for healthy people: Link: https://youtu.be/PhEwfaFLrd0 You can read his New York … Continue reading
In most U.S. teaching hospitals, medical students, interns, and residents move up to the next level in July. The same thing happens in the United Kingdom in August. According to a May 12 article from Politico (link), this makes July … Continue reading
In case you didn’t already read this news back in early February, tests conducted by the state of New York found that very few herbal supplements they tested contained any at all of what they claimed to contain. This brief … Continue reading
Fast-talking Hank Green very concisely explains why there might be at least one planet larger than Earth well beyond the orbit of Neptune (and in passing why most astronomers think that’s unlikely): Link: https://youtu.be/fYL4aFQFwv0 Follow the link to the YouTube … Continue reading
Astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson is notorious for advocating Pluto’s demotion from full planet status, something a lot of people intensely disliked, especially when the International Astronomical Union voted to formally reclassify it as a “dwarf planet” in … Continue reading
Here’s yet another John Green clip I found entertaining (though I’m old fashioned enough that it annoys me that he says “lay” when he means “lie”), this time revealing some interesting facts about that under-appreciated noble animal, the pig. Link: … Continue reading
As today’s edition of the XKCD comic strip reminds us, the Opportunity rover has been exploring Mars since January 25, 2004 — way, way longer than the 90 (Martian) days it was originally designed for. The twin rover Spirit, which … Continue reading