Category: Science
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 6 – 12 November (no.11)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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“Space, let me repeat, is enormous.”
― Bill Bryson, A Really Short History of Nearly Everything The full quote is as follows: “Space, let me repeat, is enormous. The average distance between stars out there is 20 million million miles. Even at speeds approaching those of light, these are fantastically challenging distances for any traveling individual.” ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee,…
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Atom puns & jokes no.16
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or joke. Here follows more ‘atom’ puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! ____________________________________________________________________ What do we call a group of 12 atoms?Dozen matter. ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the same…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 30 October – 6 November (no.10)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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“And yet it moves.”
Attributed to Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) “And yet it moves.” (“Eppur si muove”) Even if Galileo never spoke those words, they have much relevance for us currently, when even provable facts are under attack by science deniers. Galileo’s legendary intellectual defiance — “in spite of what you believe, these are…
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Atom puns & jokes no.15
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or joke. Here follows more ‘atom’ puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! ____________________________________________________________________ What’s an atom with a bad sense of humour?Not a laughing matter. ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 23 – 29 October (no.9)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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#The sun, the sky, the moon, the stars; Jupiter, Neptune and Mars; All these things I clearly see; It don’t take a telescope for you to love me#
– Dumb, Beautiful South Songwriters: Dave Rotheray / Paul Heaton Dumb lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group Full lyrics: #It doesn’t take a mathematician To add a simple sum Either you are simply beautiful Or I am simply dumb Dumb, dumb, dumb #It doesn’t take Robert The Bruce To see the web…
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Atom puns & jokes no.14
Everyone loves a pune (or pun) or joke. Here follows more ‘atom’ puns/jokes – enjoy or groan or meh. More to follow! ____________________________________________________________________ How do we know that atoms are Catholic?Because they have mass. ____________________________________________________________________ PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message with a date and time and we can share it, remotely, at the…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 16 – 22 October (no.8)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
Stargazing Guy 