Weekly Science Quiz
by Douglas Clark
Monday, March 18, 2013
Jurassic Park 4
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Our best guess at what Deinonychus looked like. Jurassic Park 4 is scheduled to hit theaters on June 13, 2014, so this might be a good ...
Monday, March 11, 2013
The Golden Tortoise Beetle
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The Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata) The golden tortoise beetle is a common North American beetles that lives on and e...
Monday, March 4, 2013
All Eyes on ISON
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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) shares many of the same characteristics as the Great Comet of 1680. Be sure to keep tabs on comet C/2012 S1 (IS...
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Oh-My-God Particle
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One of the two Fly's Eye Cosmic Ray Detectors. The Oh-My-God particle was an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray—most likely a proton—dete...
Monday, February 11, 2013
The Water Bear
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The tardigrade is also known as the water bear. A polyextremophile is an organism that can survive many types of extreme environments. ...
Monday, February 4, 2013
Dangers of a Vacuum
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The vacuum chamber that Jim LeBlanc was in when his spacesuit lost all pressure. Recently, a reader asked “What happens to the human b...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Violet Skies Are for the Birds
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I love the XKCD webcomic, especially when it features a science-related theme. Comic number 1145 poses the question “Why isn’t the sky...
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