Remember Ever Given, the cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for so long? At the moment it’s in the English Channel off Cherbourg. Click here to see.
Archive for the ‘Science and nature’ Category
Where’s that ship? redux
July 27, 2021Where’s that ship?
March 29, 2021Vesselfinder.com knows.
Not your usual John Grisham story
August 24, 2020Just finished The Tumor by John Grisham, the story of a man with a brain tumor. The work is an infomercial for the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, which hopes to accelerate the adoption of this cutting edge therapy.
The Kindle version of the booklet is free on Amazon, and the foundation has earned four out of four stars from Charity Navigator.
Up close and personal with a tsunami
March 13, 2012Amazing footage from the tsunami that hit Japan just over a year ago. It comes from the dashcam of a delivery vehicle.
Hat tip to Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online.
Early color photography
January 4, 2012
I didn’t know they had color — excuse me, colour — photography in the early 20th century. From the Daily Mail. Just ignore the celebrity gossip in the right hand column.
When I was born . . . .
November 2, 2011
The BBC will also tell you where you fall in the world’s population.
A science joke
September 23, 2011“We don’t allow faster-than-light neutrinos in here,” said the bartender.
A neutrino walks into a bar.
(From Natasha Simons via Mike Potemra at National Review Online.)
Fiery doughnut
August 21, 2011.357 magnum. Short barrel. Big flash.
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No more Mister Nice Bunny
August 12, 2011
Einstein’s Refrigerator
July 19, 2011Albert Einstein patented a refrigeration process. Who knew? Physics teacher Steve Silverman gives the scoop in Einstein’s Refrigerator: And Other Stories from the Flip Side of History.
Carl Bridges' miscellania 