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Spacey updates…

Posted in astronomy, carnival, ksc, personal, space, twitter on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Okay, a slew of updates since I’ve been busy! Last week, the very awesome Nancy Atkinson wrote up the Carnival of Space #138 over on her new blog. Check out news about Mars, Kepler’s findings, and more! I’ve posted a draft of the Twitter poster I had at the AAS Meeting at the beginning of [...]

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Why “dowsing for bombs” may land you in jail…

Posted in Iraq, Randi, pseudoscience, skeptic on January 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I ranted a little while ago about the cheap, useless dowsing rods being used by Iraqi security forces to detect bombs. These units, being sold for tens of thousands of dollars each, were being manufactured by ATSC in the UK. It now seems that scumbag Jim McCormick, managing director of ATSC, may get what he [...]

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AAS Reports: The Allen Telescope Array

Posted in SETI, astronomy, science, telescope on January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The first official day of the conference, my collaborator and I spent quite a bit of time hanging out at the poster group for the Allen Telescope Array. Although they work at a different frequency regime than we do (check out my PAPER episode at 365 Days of Astronomy for more about our project!), we [...]

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Carnival of Space #137

Posted in astronomy, blogs, carnival, space on January 18, 2010 | 12 Comments »

The Carnival of Space has finally made it’s appearance this week. When the carnival players first showed up, I was lost in a beautiful, idyllic world called Pandora, inhabited by those tall, blue Na’vi and lots of fantastic (and fluorescent) creatures. But as I stepped out of the theatre labeled “Avatar”, leaving my 3-D glasses [...]

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Something to read… and something to listen to!

Posted in astronomy, atheist, carnival, podcasts, religion, space on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

First, as I mentioned earlier, check out the Carnival of Space #136 at Simostronomy. There’s an update on Spirit, more news from the AAS, and the usual spaceflight goodness. Second, I had a great conversation with Mister Payne for the Religion of Curiosity podcast, and the episode has just posted. This is a really great [...]

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AAS Wrap-up: Personal Perspective and the Big Stories

Posted in astronomy, cool, exoplanets, kepler, meeting, nrao, personal, science, space, telescope on January 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »

What a crazy ride! I am finally recovered, mostly, from the big American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC, that occurred last week.  What a ride! For me, the conference started off with a teaching workshop put on by the Center for Astronomy Education on interactive learning methods in “Astro 101.” As I start to [...]

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From one astronomy party to another

Posted in astronomy, carnival, space on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Still at the AAS being completely and happily overwhelmed. I can’t wait to write up some of my notes ad reactions, but there’s hardly time even for sleep! So for now, I’ll send you over to the latest Carnival of Space and remind you to check out the cool updates from all the other astronomy [...]

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Dark Skies, Bright Kids – The book!

Posted in astronomy, education, outreach on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Forgive me, I’m sleep deprived, and it’s just the first night of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC. (Check out #aas and #aas215 on Twitter. If you really want to sink your teeth into the event, Astrosphere will be live-streaming a bunch of talks and press conferences!) But I will press on sleepily [...]

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