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Dropping Science: Tempest Milky Way

Dan Thompson — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:04:03 +0000

I figured it had been a while since we last had some stunning footage of the night sky. Fortunately

Dropping Science: Chatbot Meets Chatbot, Confusion Ensues

Dan Thompson — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:00:10 +0000

Most of us are familiar with the concept of a chatbot. It’s basically a piece of softwa

Dropping Science: A Diamond The Size Of A Planet!

Dan Thompson — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:00:33 +0000

It sounds like something straight out of a Jack Kirby story but nonetheless scientists in Australia

Dropping Science: The Device That Keeps You Safe From Bad TV

Dan Thompson — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:00:39 +0000

In a world of 24 hour, multi channel television it can be hard to escape the sinister pull of

Karakuri: The first Japanese Clockwork Robots

Steve Penfold — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:21:22 +0000

Karakuri from Matthew Allard on Vimeo. The Japanese have had more than a passing interest in robotic

Dropping Science: The Moon

Steve Penfold — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:10:31 +0000

Hello. Thought I’d try out some Science Dropping in the absence of Dan (who is currently recov

A Beyond The Bunker Wedding

Dan Thompson — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:51:53 +0000

I’m afraid there’s going to be a bit of a dip in content over this weekend but it’

Dropping Science: Jedi-Bot

Dan Thompson — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:02:51 +0000

Forever the breeding ground for wonderful yet pointless tech experiments, university science departm

Dropping Science: A Tribute to The Shuttle Program

Dan Thompson — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:40:20 +0000

There was only ever one video that I was going to post up for this week’s DS. Next Wed

Dropping Science: Terje Sorgjerd's The Arctic Light.

Dan Thompson — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:00:35 +0000

This feature does kinda stray at times into “Dropping stunning photography” but I’

Dropping Science: Like Ghost Ships? How About A Ghost Rocket!?

Dan Thompson — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:00:47 +0000

I was struggling to find something to post this weekend and then I chanced across this gem from Coff

Dropping Science: 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes

Dan Thompson — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:18:50 +0000

In this clip from BBC Four, stats lover Hans Rosling sets out to chart the evolution of global socie

Dropping Science: The Tale of The Immortal Jellyfish

Dan Thompson — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:04:19 +0000

Ok, I promised that we’d talk about jellyfish this week so here we go. More specifically I want to t

Dropping Science: Video of Saturn From Cassini

Dan Thompson — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:00:34 +0000

I was going to bring you an article about immortal jellyfish today…no, seriously. But sadly I

Dropping Science: Student Challenges The Physics Of My Little Pony

Dan Thompson — Sat, 28 May 2011 07:00:23 +0000

I thought we’d take a break from time lapse videos this week and take some time to examine the

Dropping Science: Space Ship 2 Feathers to Earth Safely

Dan Thompson — Sat, 21 May 2011 06:21:29 +0000

Many of you will already be aware of Virgin Galactic and their quest to bring commercial space fligh

Dropping Science: Terje Sorgjerd's "The Aurora" is Simply Stunning

Dan Thompson — Sat, 14 May 2011 06:19:14 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I posted THIS video by Norwegian photographer, Terje Sorgjerd. His images of t

Dropping Science: Timelapse Cityscape

Dan Thompson — Mon, 09 May 2011 05:36:02 +0000

You may have gathered by now that I rather love timelapse photography but with the quality of work t

Dropping Science: Just How Big do Stars Get?

Dan Thompson — Sat, 07 May 2011 06:49:28 +0000

We’ve got a bit of a size comparison this week. Turns out that for all his bluster, Moon is ju

Dropping Science: Time Lapse Video of The Milky Way

Dan Thompson — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:23:23 +0000

Terje Sorgjerd is a Norwegian photographer who, while trekking on Spain’s tallest mountain, El

Dropping Science: Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" Gets Animated

Dan Thompson — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:26:51 +0000

I’ve been wanting to do some regular updates about science stories that have interested me for

Dropping Science

manthestorm3 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:01:37 +0000

first off
lets get to the definition
a constitution of illiterate students
a conglomeration of ignorance
can’t find your star in the sky
look inside yourself and ask why
im gonna stop a second
just to mention
that i can rock any audience
win any election
you say were programmed
but I’m my own man
writing rhymes like a statistic assignment
might stump you, but i’m calculating the edge
of the central bridge
making rhymes, is what I did
in high school, to college
writing to gain knowledge
knowledge of self
and knowledge of the earth
since birth, i’ve been live
writing rhymes till the day I die
cause I can rock a microphone
on stage or studio
home alone, or in utero
Yes I can, I can bring you to the moon
with one simple truth
that we are the answer
the positive proof
we need to get together
and stop hating
cause when we die
there’s no celebration
just kicking it in the lab
with my imagination, changing stations
listening to Murs, with the broken headphones
waiting to rise, like a star in the sky
make it on my own
with no one to tell me where i should
sign, I’m gonna sign my name on the train
station walls, man the storm still going strong
sense one, since 2002 and never stopped
writing rhymes, like its my job
cause Im a poet, not an MC
but i can put my bars together flawlessly
I was thinking the other day of a cat I used to work with
fell on some hard times, and kept real with it
where ever this cat, is I know he’ll rise up out of the lies
break into a studio and put down some lines
man, the kid quit after having a kid,
walked out on the job, maybe he quit
but wherever he is, the kid’s rhymes are legit
rhyming like a young MC, with future
the teacher becomes the student
so when time gets tough, you choose
where you go, don’t lose the flow
and keep the crowd jumping
we all got to go some time
can’t just sit, do nothing
So, Yo Justin, keep putting down the Bars
in your red notebook,
you got the recipe, cook it up kid
never let em say your useless
or stupid,
so the science, i just dropped
got caught on the wire
reminiscing of the cat on a smoke break
reciting lines to me
rhyming this kid’s destiny
you got it.
sense one dropping science

don’t knock on the door
kick it in cat.

The Final ‘Dropping Science’ B Boy Workshop, Sunday 18th Oct @ D2MG Studio

Soul of Sydney — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:37:47 +0000

Final ‘Dropping Science’ B Boy Workshop WHEN: Sun 18th Oct, 4pm-7pm (2 Hr WORKSHOP + 1 H

Colbert Nation: Mobilize!

Susan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:59:23 +0000

MSNBC: Stephen Colbert guns for space station title

I think it’s hysterical when stodgy, square, struggling-to-stay-relevant traditional* media try to cover hip, relevant things the better to appear hip and relevant.**

Anyway, this is where you go if you want to subvert what was likely a well-intentioned attempt by NASA to make the public more aware of the space program. You know, like I did.

* Since I’m sleeping with an editor, and to prove I’m not a heartless bitch: I found this column by Nancy Mitchell of the recently-shuttered Rocky Mountain Times quite poignant.

**Or when they do things like use Twitter. Or when they Twitter. Or Tweet. Or encourage you to leave a Tweet. Whathefuckever.

Inherit the Windbags

Susan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:27:53 +0000

Half of Britons reject evolution, Darwin anniversary survey finds

James Williams, a lecturer at Sussex University, said: “Creationists ask if people believe in evolution. Evolution is a theory and a fact. You accept it because of the evidence. What the creationists have done is put a cloak of pseudo-science to wrap up their religious belief.”

Take heart; they’ll die out eventually.