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NanoSolar Rap

My friend Cheryl Hogue at Chemical & Engineering News just mentioned this video. Brilliant, brilliant! (Hah! Pun intended!)
Science definitely needs more rap. Definitely.

Note: This video is part of the second American Chemical Society Nanotation NanoTube Video Contest. You better believe I’m gonna watch the other entries.

How windy is it in Boulder this morning?

Un-freaking- believably windy! Current windspeed stats from the National Center forĀ  Atmospheric Research Foothills laboratory, on the east side of town, not too far from my home:

Mars Phoenix Talked to Me!

I love starting the day with this kind of conversation:

Wow, that is so cool!
…Of course, I’m not talking to the real Mars Phoenix lander, but rather to people at the mission’s PR team who are tweeting as if they’re the lander — via the account MarsPhoenix. A June 12 FCW.com article explained:

“Rhea Borja, Media Relations [...]

Boulder windstorm continues

It was like being rocked to sleep last night… ALL night… and still today. Good thing I’m not prone to motion sickness.

Courtesy National Center for Atmospheric Research
Notice the difference in scale (vertical axis) from the chart I published last night. Oh yes, the wind is kicking up today! Hang on!

Just a little windy…

In Boulder today:

Courtesy National Center for Atmospheric Research

Matching Science to Sci-Fi: Where’s a Good Tool?

San Diego Supercomputer Services

One way to envision dark matter; sci fi stories are another.

This probably comes as no surprise to anyone, but I’m a major science fiction junkie. I always have been. Forget space operas and epic Arthurian fantasies cloaked in spacesuits — I want the hardcore sci-fi. Where the science or speculative reality [...]