http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/ Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science and science policy. I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever. And, of course, cats. en Copyright 2009 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:45:27 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss DynamicsOfCatshttp://feedburner.google.com <p><br /> Sagan vs Sigur R&oacute;s </p> <p>Mash-up</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/nMoiMuyUFeM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/nMoiMuyUFeM/pale_blue_dot.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php astro Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:45:27 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php <p><br /> statistical reminder<br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/ub40_-_u3.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/ub40_-_u3.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/jUfR5rV_SfE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/jUfR5rV_SfE/ub40_-_u3.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/ub40_-_u3.php random Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:58:30 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/ub40_-_u3.php <p><br /> Plot complexity is not, in and of itself, a measure of the quality of a work of communication, but it is surely a measure of something:</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/plot_threads.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/plot_threads.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/Xyrksuj8kq4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/Xyrksuj8kq4/plot_threads.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/plot_threads.php random Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:50:20 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/plot_threads.php <p><br /> LHC started overheating when a cooling unit cut out<br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lhc_toast.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lhc_toast.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/55SHDs3fxMk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/55SHDs3fxMk/lhc_toast.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lhc_toast.php astro Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:37:09 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lhc_toast.php <p>A long time ago, a massive star about 10,000 light years from Earth went kaboom.<br /> 329 years ago, we think, in 1680, the light from the supernova explosion reached Earth and was recorded as a new star by the Flamsteed, then the Astronomer Royal, looking relatively dim as nearby supernove go, due to the layers of dust in the galaxy between us and the site of the explosion.</p> <p>Now, digging into archival x-ray data, a couple of astronomers may finally have figured out what is going on in Cass A.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/diamond_encrusted_degenerate_s.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/diamond_encrusted_degenerate_s.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/har8UyOc72Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/har8UyOc72Q/diamond_encrusted_degenerate_s.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/diamond_encrusted_degenerate_s.php astro Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:22:59 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/diamond_encrusted_degenerate_s.php <p><br /> reports coming out of Ukraine and neighbouring regions that H1N1 'flu strain may be getting nasty in spots</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/something_to_keep_an_eye_on.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/something_to_keep_an_eye_on.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/czsf_OQI2uM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/czsf_OQI2uM/something_to_keep_an_eye_on.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/something_to_keep_an_eye_on.php science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:07:25 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/something_to_keep_an_eye_on.php <p><br /> Whee!<br /> Cassini does a bit more zipping about the Saturn system.<br /> Pretty pictures and conceptions abound.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cassini_vii_back_with_vengeanc.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cassini_vii_back_with_vengeanc.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/Ggu3-Ygo9-I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/Ggu3-Ygo9-I/cassini_vii_back_with_vengeanc.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cassini_vii_back_with_vengeanc.php astro Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:32:02 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cassini_vii_back_with_vengeanc.php <p><br /> Isis, our very own laboratory goddess, apparently knows the secret to hot and sexy science blogging.<br /> We investigate.</p> <p><br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/teh_hawt_bloggin.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/teh_hawt_bloggin.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/sbYKGCuDo68" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/sbYKGCuDo68/teh_hawt_bloggin.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/teh_hawt_bloggin.php academia Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:30:22 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/teh_hawt_bloggin.php <p></p> <p>You either get this or you do not.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/you_know_who_you_are.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/you_know_who_you_are.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/KXNuldXbq9I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/KXNuldXbq9I/you_know_who_you_are.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/you_know_who_you_are.php academia Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:36:14 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/you_know_who_you_are.php <p><br /> another random walk through recent blog bits</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/linkedy_links_xx.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/linkedy_links_xx.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/2PFxB5Tojv0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/2PFxB5Tojv0/linkedy_links_xx.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/linkedy_links_xx.php random Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:52:52 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/linkedy_links_xx.php <p><br /> The governator writes a letter.<br /> A manly man letter, not at all a girly man letter.</p> <p><br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/manly.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/manly.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/HwViHkYrDqc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/HwViHkYrDqc/manly.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/manly.php random Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:45:11 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/manly.php <p><br /> In case you missed it, the Ares 1-X launch this morning was successful.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/ares_experimental.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/ares_experimental.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/Js_BH0E8rB4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/Js_BH0E8rB4/ares_experimental.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/ares_experimental.php astro Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:41 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/ares_experimental.php <p><br /> my precious has returned from its mystery excursion</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/my_precioussssss.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/my_precioussssss.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/IRETabpAGlQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/IRETabpAGlQ/my_precioussssss.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/my_precioussssss.php random Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:13:51 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/my_precioussssss.php <p><br /> <A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=amu4.WTVaqjI">McDonald's to abandon Iceland</A></p> <p>Ha ha ha.</p> <p><A HREF="http://www.grapevine.is/Food/ReadArticle/HAMBORGARAB%C3%9ALLAN"><i>Tommaborgari</i></A> wins. </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/silver_linings.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/silver_linings.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/JRJmOpQ2BxM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/JRJmOpQ2BxM/silver_linings.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/silver_linings.php Iceland Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:27:37 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/silver_linings.php <p><br /> 30 new planets reported at "Towards Other Earths" Porto conference.<br /> Some of them are rather interesting.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/finding_planets_en_masse.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/finding_planets_en_masse.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/g_CDkogLsKk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/g_CDkogLsKk/finding_planets_en_masse.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/finding_planets_en_masse.php astro Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:28:42 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/10/finding_planets_en_masse.php