Category Archives: Science

Day Off

As a State employee I have the perk of getting tomorrow off without pay (part of the Furlough Day program to cut budget deficits). I decided to take today off as well, using a vacation day, to make a 4 … Continue reading

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Charm and Strange Beauty

At the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) you may have heard they are looking for the particle called the Higgs-Boson. This particle is predicted by the Standard Model in particle physics. It is the only particle predicted in the Standard Model which … Continue reading

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firin’ the odd shot, here and there

Pictures, photographs, that is. Starting with family items, degenerating into random finds, ani-gifs. The family pictures are big big big, click for full size. Erin is no longer with us- as in she died 2 & 1/2 years after this … Continue reading

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Some pictures

Message from the Department of Redundancy Department: Most pictures are bigger than they appear. Click for full size; also, some may need a similar prod to animate, should they be so inclined. Below:  These long, crazy-looking clouds can grow to … Continue reading

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Dark Matter Lab dedicated at Sanford

This week, the Sanford Lab dedicated an underground science fortress to research dark matter. The lab is 5,000 feet underground in the mountains of South Dakota, shielded from cosmic radiation. The lab is on a site that used to do … Continue reading

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