Monthly Archives: August 2010

Weird science facts, March 28 – April 10

Posted on August 4, 2010 by skullsinthestars

(I’ve been doing a daily “weird science fact” on Twitter, with the goal of doing a full 365 days of facts.  The problem is that Twitter doesn’t allow one to search further back than 1 week!  I’m going to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Weirdscifacts, [PhysicalScience] | 2 Comments

ResearchBlogging editor's selections: Phytoliths, Hubble bubbles, computer-generated hypotheses, and plasma shields

Posted on August 2, 2010 by skullsinthestars

“Dr. SkySkull” selects several notable posts each week from a miscellany of ResearchBlogging.org categories. He blogs at Skulls in the Stars. Past lives caught in the dust of trees. Alun at AlunSalt describes a little-discussed botanical and archaeobotanical phenomenon called … Continue reading →

Posted in General science, Science news, [Etc] | Leave a comment

We’ve moved… to Scientopia!

Posted on August 2, 2010 by skullsinthestars

********************* And now, for some big news — this blog is moving!  Skulls in the Stars is relocating to be a part of a new blog collective, Scientopia.org! This collective consists of a number of ex-Sciencebloggers and a number of … Continue reading →

Posted in General science, Personal | 6 Comments

Optics basics: lasers!

Posted on August 2, 2010 by skullsinthestars

One of my goals in blogging has been to run a series of posts covering the “basics” of optics, namely those concepts that form the basis of an understanding of the more advanced topics investigated by researchers today. Though I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Optics, Optics basics | 9 Comments