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November Gray
It's hard to think global when you're born to think regional. The power of the Internet gives us access to all kinds of information and resources from around the world. Right now we're moving into November. A friend of mine penned a song called 'November Gray' and ever since in November I think of colder days with the sun setting much earlier in the afternoon if it breaks out of the clouds at all, a return to standard time, and red leaves falling from bare trees. Yet that's only the situation here where I sit. In Hawaii, where they don't change the clocks at all, it's pretty much business as usual. And in the Southern Hemisphere, it's getting warmer and lighter. I still have to catch myself as I put together ScienceMaster to think global. You might catch me too. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks
Columns
David Gamon is back with a new column on how not to fall prey to programmed thinking. Take our little test where we read your mind, and then read how David takes it apart.
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SCIENCE NEWS AND LINKS
New Start Page
If you are like me you've had it with popups and annoying, moving, jiggling, flashing banners and advertisements. Problem was, my start page had all my news, features, calendar and email all in one place. Just when I thought there was no alternative, I came across a new site that features all my news, information, a free email account and more. It's called MyWay. If you are looking for a new start page, check out MyWay --> http://www.myway.com/
Infrared Zoo
Have you been to the zoo lately? Bet you haven't seen critters like these. Caltech features this very different zoo on this very amazing website. It is a gallery of infrared images of animals big and smallproduced by thermal infrared cameras. You can really see the difference between cold- and warm-blooded animals and how different body parts reflect or retain heat. See familiar animals in a whole new infrared light.
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http://sirtf.caltech.edu/Education/Zoo/zoo.html
Left: A hot hand.
Image Courtesy NASA/JPL/Caltech
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
This site presents the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements. Find out how everyday items were big news when they first came into use. Learn about the computer, the automobile and the telephone.
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http://www.greatachievements.org/greatachievements/index.html
Energy and Renewable Resources
For teachers, the Energy and Renewable Resources website of the U.S. Department of Energy has energy lesson plans, curriculum, and educational materials available sorted by age groups. Once you are done looking, take a look at this very instructive website for good, in-depth material on energy and renewable resources.
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http://www.eren.doe.gov/education/lesson_plans.html
Earth Observatory
Last month we featured a true-color image of the entire Earth on the Blue Marble website. Following up on this great visual depiction of planet Earth, we invite you to visit the Earth Observatory (
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/). The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change.
A sample of one of the thousands of images available
Portion of Text and the Image Courtesy of Earth Observatory NASA
Meteor Storm Forecast
A New Mexican desert. A graveyard in West Virginia. The International Space Station (ISS). What do these places have in common? Experts say they're good spots from which to watch the 2002 Leonid meteor storm. "We've calculated meteor rates for 58 cities around the world and for the space station," says Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center's Space Environments Team. "People who live in North America or Europe or onboard the ISS are going to see a lot of Leonids this year."
Leonid meteor storms happen when Earth plows through clouds of dusty debris shed by comet 55/P Tempel-Tuttle. Right now Earth is heading for two such clouds. "We'll collide with both of them on Tuesday morning, Nov. 19th," says Cooke. "The first cloud will cause a flurry of meteors over Europe at about 0400 UT. We expect sky watchers in the countryside (away from bright city lights) to see between 500 and 1000 Leonids per hour." Earth will plow into the second cloud about six hours later (1030 UT or 5:30 a.m. EST) and cause an even bigger outburst over North America. "Observers here in the United States could see as many as 2000 per hour," he predicts.
Text and the Image Courtesy NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Science@NASA
Quote of the Month
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
Attributed to Galileo
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