Science Storytelling Photographing the sunset 7 Sep 20195 Aug 2019 There are moments you treasure for the rest of your life. When I sat there the other day, at that little place I once facetiously called the least spectacular beach…
Stream of consciousness When “up” and “down” lose their meaning… 5 Sep 201927 Aug 2019 You know, I can't wrap my head around the idea that "up" and "down" may lose their meaning. I mean, you'll still be there thinking of your scalp as the…
Stream of consciousness The balance of forces 29 Aug 201927 Aug 2019 A star. Our star. The Sun. Something pushing inwards, something pushing outwards. The balance between those two things is such that the Sun looks like (or close to) this to…
Stream of consciousness Bird in flight 18 Aug 20197 Aug 2019 Why do I think of SUVAT equations now? © 2019 Alexander Biebricher All Rights Reserved.
Stream of consciousness Recent tectonics 15 Aug 201917 Aug 2019 The fault line in this image was created "Less than 10 million years ago." In other words, and as the source claims, rather "recent"-ly. Let me write that again: The…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…leafy trees? 6 Aug 20195 Jul 2019 Kudos to you, if you already knew why leafy trees and Camera Obscura belong together. If not, it's both simple and difficult at once: See, if you let light come…
Stream of consciousness Killer whales are real 4 Aug 20193 Aug 2019 The other day, the fam and I went out on a puffin safari. Yes, these exist at various places in the Subarctic. We found puffins, the eagles that eat them,…
Science Storytelling Blue water, blue sky 3 Aug 201924 Jun 2019 Living close to Norway’s longest, finest beach does have its perks. For one, I can stand in the water, hands in the pockets of my khaki shorts, pondering life, the…
Stream of consciousness Direct imaging of an exoplanet 27 Jun 201928 Jun 2019 Read that. Slowly. Then remember what you know about the universe. Read it again. More slowly... I have no words of any significance, to be honest. Image credit and source…
