Science 101

[cranefly]

Today's subject is Titanium.

Lady Cranefly pointed me to this one (she's a science writer at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory).
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/20...tml?ref=hp

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Who knew science was so easy? And if it had a beat, you could dance to it?

[cranefly]

Not as crotchety as we'd all prefer, but...

http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Ph...story.html

[cranefly]

When 26 frames a second just isn't enough...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16163931

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Sadly we are going to the BBC to get news about scientific break-throughs happening on our own shores. Meanwhile, local news is full of important Kardashian updates.

[cranefly]

Headline: God particle cornered

Just what we need
a panicked, vicious God
foaming at the mouth
doing deals with the devil
for salvation.

--from Almost Haiku by Cranefly

http://news.yahoo.com/long-sought-god-pa...02981.html

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Yeah, turns out it's been hiding in the back office with cold fusion and a perpetual motion machine.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Is it stored next to the unobtanium?

[cranefly]

Lady Cranefly keeps score at the most miniscule of poker tables.

https://news.slac.stanford.edu/features/...ting-higgs

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I thought the world was supposed to be sucked into a black hole once the Large Hadron collider fired up. What happened?

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

The world *was* destroyed by a huge black hole.

[The Queen]

The world *was* destroyed by a huge black hole.

That would explain a lot.

[cranefly]

"My, Professor. What big eyes you have!"
"The better to educate your butt, you little tyke."

http://www.physicstoday.org/daily_editio..._classroom

[cranefly]

Lady Cranefly sent me this link.

http://exclaim.ca/News/gza_using_hip-hop...ty_schools

[cranefly]

There's two upcoming opportunities to see the International Space Station at greater than magnitude -3.
This is mostly for insomniacs.

Sept. 13, 6:21 am at magnitude -3.1
Sept. 14, 5:34 am at magnitude -3.2

On both occasions it will appear to the southwest and move overhead to disappear to the northeast.

Sorry for the late notice.

Special note to Greg: Sept. 13 is not available to you, but Sept. 14 will be good, though only -2.8 down there. That's still pretty bright.