Category Archives: science

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Wonders of the natural world

Ran across a site with some great shots of odd, strange and beautiful photos of natural occurances in our world. This blog provides a good overview of a few different types of natural wonders experienced […]

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strange weather phenomena

With the start of the hurricane season, storm chasers are getting busy with their video cams. Weather is very strange thing and here are a view crazy weather phenomena. Fire Tornado As if a tornado […]

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How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb

Between 1945 and 1962, the United States conducted over 300 atmospheric nuclear tests above the ground, in the ocean or in outer space. On August 5, 1963, the United States and the former Soviet Union […]

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immortal animal

The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an […]

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Solar probe

A flare erupts from the sun’s surface on March 30, in one of the first images sent back by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Launched in February, SDO is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to […]

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dirty thunderstorms

The Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull continued to erupt on April 19, sending out a plume of ash and lightning and offering a rare glimpse at the mysterious electrical phenomenon known as a “dirty thunderstorm.” photo via […]

 

Making quark-gluon plasma…yummm

Scientists say the tiny bubbles of plasma they’ve created in a “big bang machine” are the hottest dollops of soup ever seen in the universe, reaching temperatures of several trillion degrees. What’s more, the weird […]