Where science and tech meet creativity.

To Blog? To Sleep?

In this case, to sleep is the correct response. Much blogging will be coming tomorrow and Monday. For now I leave you with this thought: The Earth’s rotation combined with this time of year makes it such that if you take off in Maui at Sunset you land 4 hours...

The Sun and its Danger Zone: The Chromosphere

One of the deeply confusing aspects of our Sun (and other stars) is their temperature structure. Starting in the core, the Sun is millions of degrees kelvin and supports nuclear burning. As you leave the nuclear burning core and climb first into the radiative zone and...

Party at the AAS

Tonight there will be a celebration of community building involving cocktails. To get details, just get Out of the Rain. (or look at the card at left)

Giving AAS a Face

There is an excellant collection of photos from the conference (including one of yours truly) over at the 808scenezine.com that were taken by Katie Whitman. I’m still running around a bit madly, but I’ll be adding pictures to things. For now, get your...

“The Universe” on TV

A new player has emerged on the science special scene. The History Channel is premiering “The Universe” tonight. You can watch “The Universe” Tuesdays at 8pm/9c. The first episode is on “The Sun.” Here is what they plan to talk...