Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Apparently the defenition I previously gave was still beta. It is now "Officially" as follows:
"A celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a ... nearly round shape, and has cleared the neighborhood around ...
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Sunday, August 20th, 2006
If you take a CD-ROM drive's lense and stick it in front of a webcam you get an instant microscope! I tried it and heres a video of it:
[gv data="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=4853726031184663613&hl=en"][/gv]
Don't mind the backround voices. Thats my cousin.
For instruction on how to make one click here.
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
The defenition of the word "planet" is still being debated, however so far it is this:
"A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around ...
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Sunday, August 13th, 2006
It all started 3 years ago when astronomers in California discovered a planet/large object in our solar system called Xena. This was to be our tenth planet. It was slightly larger than Pluto (1,490 vs. 1,422 miles in diameter) Many other astronomers claimed that it is not a planet. This ...
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
Scientists have found a way to "control" humans with an electrical device. It works by stimulating a set of structures just below the ear.
It's a disturbing thought: being able to remotely control the way a person moves at the push of a button. But scientists have already managed ...
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