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Hubble Sez: The Universe is Bigger Than You Think
My brother at Caltech turned me on to this site, which offers high-resolution, large format reproductions of images from space. This one, for example, is a 11-day-long exposure from the Hubble telescope in 2003. Over 10,000 galaxies are in this photo; each galaxy contains millions of stars. And this is a section of the sky [...]
Continue reading...If We Had No Moon
Thursday, May 13, 2010
When was the last time you thought of the Moon? That long ago? After all it’s done for you? Listen pardner, no moon = no you, and this documentary explains exactly why. Every time Patrick Stewart says “ejecta,” it sounds kinda dirty. That’s how you know he’s a Shakespearean.
Continue reading...Using one’s power for good…or evil
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
A researcher at Harvard University has found that doing a good deed increases one’s willpower and strength. Participants in a study were able to lift a weight or work a handgrip for longer periods of time after doing–or even visualizing–a good deed. Apparently feeling like a hero allows us to be more heroic. Unfortunately, doing/thinking [...]
Continue reading...Breasts = Earthquakes? Get ready for the “Boobquake”!
Monday, April 26, 2010
In the wake of a Muslim cleric’s declaration that earthquakes are caused by licentious women, a WMD-owner named Jennifer McCreight has decided to put the theory to the test. Today, April 26th, she has asked the world’s women to show as much cleavage as possible and see what happens next. What a fantastic idea: it’s [...]
Continue reading...Happy Birthday, Julian Lennon!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
John Lennon’s first son Julian Lennon turns 47 today, wherever he is. I hope it’s someplace nice. Julian deserves a lot of credit for how he’s handled the world’s continuing interest in—and adoration of—his famous father. As the physical John Lennon has dissolved into soft-focus, the chief Beatle’s first family has too often faded out, [...]
Continue reading...Happy April Fool’s Day from the Universe
Thursday, April 1, 2010
I have run into the weirdness of the “double slit” experiment before, but the video below does a particularly good job of explaining it. “Gee, that is strange. But what,” you might ask, “does this mean for me, the reader of mikegerber.com?” Well if you’d just stop gluing your fingertip to your eyelid, I’ll tell [...]
Continue reading...Ancient Rome in Glorious 3-D
Monday, March 29, 2010
I’ve been fascinated by ancient Rome from the moment I started watching “I, Claudius” on PBS at age eight (that was 1977, for those of you keeping score). Every Sunday night, my mom and I would curl up on the couch and watch Derek Jacobi brilliantly stumble and stammer his way through the bloodshed and [...]
Continue reading...Yet more for my reading list…
Monday, January 4, 2010
Ellen Langer is a psychology professor at Harvard. I must read this woman’s books! “In 1979, Langer and her students invited two groups of eight men in their late 70s and early 80s to go on a retreat for a week and spend time reminiscing about life 20 years earlier. “When they first showed up [...]
Continue reading...Black Labs: they only look dopey
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
I love dogs; they’re really amazing creatures. And yet…I’ve had a couple of black labs in my life, and “smart” was never one of the words that sprang to mind. Charming, yes. Loyal, certainly. But also prone to eating garbage. This article suggests I may need to reconsider. In fact, after reading all the things [...]
Continue reading...Attention Orgasm Experts!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Author Mary Roach is here to tell you some things you didn’t know.
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
For 30 years, Ravin fans wondered: What if Tom Larkin had survived? Now, the story can be told.
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