ISS Tour by Suni Williams
If you haven't toured the International Space Station, this 29 minute video is your opportunity. It is led by astronaut Suni Williams. Suni served as Station Commander for Expedition 33. She landed in...
View ArticleChicago - Return to the Windy City
It's been a long year. Melanie and I have both had challenges that made us grow. Some of those were by our own choice. Some, we didn't want. What matters is how we pulled together to help each other....
View ArticleThank You to the Rescue Rangers
who have spent the last five days immersed in diaries about gun violence. The rescue ranger on duty, looking for quality diaries meeting particular readership criteria, reads EVERY diary that comes...
View ArticleChristmas Treat ☽ Moon & Jupiter
At the end of November, the Moon passed near the planet Jupiter in the eastern evening sky. A diary was published at that time urging us to go outside and look.BlueStateRedhead asked if that was the...
View ArticleDon't Forget to Look Tonight ☽
Reminder...look to the Moon, Jupiter, and other stars rising in the east tonight and tomorrow night. Refer to this diary for more details about this celestial event. Merry Christmas
View ArticleDaily Bucket - Surface to Volume Ratio
The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a record...
View ArticleGnomons & Sundials ☼ Old & New
Stretching gracefully across the Sacramento River in Redding, CA is this glass bottomed bridge opened in 2004. It is suspended by cables from the white tower structure. The tower is on the north shore...
View ArticleMoon Phase & Libration 2013
This mesmerizing animation shows the libration and phases of the Moon at hourly intervals during 2013. Turn up the volume. Click play and watch for a while. The moon has some very intriguing motions...
View ArticleDaily Bucket - Rolling Your Own
The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a record...
View ArticleOur Moral Foundations
During the past year, I was very involved in the Obama campaign as a local volunteer. As such, issues constantly came up that forced me to question why I supported or opposed them. Is it right? Is it...
View ArticleThe Great Chicago Wheel of 1893 - World's Greatest Ride
We were talking about a book Melanie is reading about the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas by Columbus. A centerpiece...
View ArticleOur Inauguration Trip
We were fortunate this past year with many blessings. The re-election of Barack Obama was one of those. We worked hard locally to get our neighborhoods to vote for him. As a reward, we decided to make...
View ArticleStaring at the Sun
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observes and images the sun at ten different wavelengths. On January 22, this image was released in an article describing those wavelengths and what they tell us...
View ArticleDaily Bucket - Dung Beetles @Night
The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a record...
View ArticleBackyard Science - Open Bucket
What? Are you talking to me? There's not been any Backyard Science diary posts for a while. But, I know you are still out there. Until the next one, here's a place to toss in your two cents...
View ArticleWatching Earth as it Breathes
Earth's climate is changing. It affects our weather, the oceans, ice, ecosystems, and society. Some of it is natural. But, humans are contributing to climate change in profound ways. Billions of tons...
View ArticleDaily Bucket - Wednesday 2/13/13
The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a record...
View ArticleDaily Bucket - Tuesday 2-19-2013
The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a record...
View ArticleBest Online Science Sites
Physics teaching was my career. When I see someone who is adept at explaining physics topics, I take notice. If that person does so with a style that is unique, I am even more interested. Henry Reich,...
View ArticleCuriosity - Drill, Baby, Drill on Mars
Wednesday February 20, the Mars Curiosity Rover team held a news conference to explain the techniques, challenges, and highlights of the recent success at drilling several centimeters into rocks....
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