Well, Ernie Wright was curious so he compared Galileo's sketches of Jupiter's four large satellites to what we now know and came up with the attached GIF.
The ASCII art lookin' stuff is Galileo's sketches.
See here for a full writeup: http://home.comcast.net/~erniew/astro/sidnunj.html
Originally posted on Google+ · March 13, 2013
Originally posted on Google+ · March 12, 2013
Uh oh – it seems the Ukrainian Navy has a small problem on their hands. After rebooting the Soviet Union’s marine mammal program just last year with the goal of teaching dolphins to find underwater mines and kill enemy divers (!!!), three of the Ukrainian military’s new recruits have gone AWOL.
I'm pretty amused that this is A Thing.
Killer Ukrainian dolphins on the loose | Justin Gregg
Originally posted on Google+ · March 12, 2013
Amusing in a way reminiscent of Valve's Portal games.
Originally posted on Google+ · March 11, 2013
It is lovingly named WISE J104915.57-531906
The distance was calculated using parallax. Both stars appear to be brown dwarfs.
The paper: http://science.psu.edu/alert/photos/research-photos/astro/Luhman_ApJL_32013.pdf
Originally posted on Google+ · March 11, 2013
Algae-like structures inside a Sri Lankan meteorite are clear evidence of panspermia, the idea that life exists throughout the Universe, say astrobiologists
I always try to remember that most new studies are later found out to be wrong. Still, interesting stuff.
edit: This is the problem with this: https://plus.google.com/117177689300294532641/posts/dGejdWw9xJw
Looks like this research has some issues. Like I just said always try to remember that most new studies are later found out to be wrong. Thanks to Marko Bosscher in the comments for pointing out some discussion about why this is likely bunk.
Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils in Fireball Fragments | MIT Technology Review
Algae-like structures inside a Sri Lankan meteorite are clear evidence of panspermia, the idea that life exists throughout the Universe, say astrobiologists
Originally posted on Google+ · March 11, 2013
A bit on how a little bit of UI design ingenuity makes Amazon a less frustrating website to use.
Most dropdown menus have to include a bit of a delay when activating submenus. […] See the delay? You need that, because otherwise when you try to move your mouse from the main menu to the submenu, the submenu will disappear out from under you like some sort of sick, unwinnable game of whack-a-mole.
Breaking down Amazon’s mega dropdown
The hover effects on Amazon’s big ‘ole “Shop by Department” mega dropdown are super fast. Look’it how quick each submenu fills in as your mouse moves down the list: It’s instant. I got nerd sniped by….
Originally posted on Google+ · March 10, 2013
I have some serious correlation vs causation thoughts about the women's side of this.
The CEO of OKCupid talks about what correlates with a person's willingness to sleep with someone on the first date.
Originally posted on Google+ · March 9, 2013
Get it? HAHA!
Originally posted on Google+ · March 9, 2013
Originally posted on Google+ · March 9, 2013
