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February 21, 2013

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2:13 PM | Putting the Russian meteorite in perspective
Friday morning, a large meteor entered the atmosphere over the southern Ural area of Russia, detonating with enough force to shatter windows in nearby towns and injure over 1000 people.  Preliminary estimates suggest an impactor traveling at 15 to 20 km/s, and weighing 8000 to 10,000 tons, exploding at an altitude of 20-30 km with the force of a nuclear weapon. These are hard numbers to wrap
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Geosciences

September 28, 2011

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4:22 PM | Viewing imaginary spacecraft from the ground
I read and watched a lot of science fiction when I was young. I don’t much any more, mostly because I’m too busy, but every now and then I have a relapse. Also, for the most part, real science is more fun these days. But they aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, this evening, I was thinking about the International Space Station. Under optimal viewing conditions, the ISS is the
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Geosciences

April 18, 2011

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4:49 PM | A great big store
Libraries are not all about storage these days, but for some libraries storage is still a key issue. The BLDSC is a case in point. If you have ever asked your library to get you something that they didn´t have … Continue reading →
Trading Knowledge
Academic Life

November 24, 2010

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7:07 PM | Pie crust phase equilibria: update
Four years ago, I posted the basics on the phase equilibria of pie crust in this blog. A summation of that post, as well as an update, appears below:With American Thanksgiving and Christmas rapidly approaching, the pie baking season is rapidly approaching. One of the most important, but least quantified, aspects of pie creation is the crustal composition. A simple ternary phase diagram for
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