http://phenomena.edublogs.org Observable Events Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:51:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hermit Eclipse: Science: Mechanics of Solar EclipsesPosted using ShareThis http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2009/01/17/hermit-eclipse-science-mechanics-of-solar-eclipses/ Four hundred years ago, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei heard stories of a miraculous 'spy glass' that made things look three times closer than they really are. He wondered whether he could make a better one, and was soon observing stars and phenomena in the night sky that no-one had ... http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2009/01/08/light-fantastic/ On the BBC http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2009/01/05/the-first-true-scientist/ I’m sure that I will always be A lonely number like root three   The three is all that’s good and right, Why must my three keep out of sight Beneath the vicious square root sign, I wish instead I were a nine   For nine could thwart this evil trick, with just some quick arithmetic   I know I’ll never ... http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2008/11/12/%e2%80%9cthe-square-root-of-three%e2%80%9d-by-david-feinberg/ 'Super-microscope' opens at Isis Posted using ShareThis http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2008/11/12/bbc-news-science-environment-super-microscope-opens-at-isis/ Einstein's Grand Quest for a Unified TheoryPosted using ShareThis http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2008/10/28/einsteins-grand-quest-for-a-unified-theory/ The Lowdown on the Sun The solar wind is at its lowest in 50 years, and the unusually long lasting solar minimum offers hints about the wind’s origin. Read Here Or here Or even here   http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2008/09/25/even-the-sun-in-in-recession/ Weren't we taught that plastic can't conduct electricity? hmm...    Nobel Focus: Electricity through Plastic http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2008/09/22/the-plastic-era/ *** UPDATE *** LHC helium leak will shut collider down for two months Read here   The fridge was not working. Apparently this was not the first time. Particle Collider Not Quite Ready to Collide A week after subatomic particles began zooming around its underground racetrack amid cheers and Champagne, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, ... http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/not-yet-not-yet/ So we thought that the colors of the fish are only from the reflection of sun rays. *Blush* Seeing Red Sept. 16, 2008  Thousands of fish swim on the edge of a coral reef. It was staring them in the face, but somehow generations of marine biologists have failed to notice that a ... http://phenomena.edublogs.org/2008/09/17/fish-in-love-turns-red/