Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

7 Oct
2011

The great Ada Lovelace

(image from Wikipedia) Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day that celebrates women in science, mathematics, and computer programming. Lady

8 Jun
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How do bugs breathe?

I am a firm believer in facing one’s fears, and one way of doing that is by learning more about

2 Jun
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How does TV work?

Note: sorry this is late; work was busy this week and this particular topic ended up being more complex than

23 May
2011

Day change for OQIS

Hi folks: Due to scheduling of jobs, the weekly Obvious Questions in Science article will be moved to Wednesdays from

16 May
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How is beer made? Special for American Craft Beer week!

In honor of American Craft Beer Week, I thought I’d go through the process of how beer is made. A

9 May
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: Why do boats float?

The largest aircraft carriers (Nimitz-class) can weigh 100,000 tons each (that’s about the weight of 50,000 cars, for comparison). That’s

25 Apr
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: Why are leaves green?

Sorry to have missed last week–I started a second job and ran out of time for the blog! I won’t

11 Apr
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: Why can birds and squirrels sit on electric wires?

Finally, it’s springtime. Things are turning green, birds are returning from their southern wintering grounds, squirrels are running around like

4 Apr
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: Why is it warmer in the summer?

I was lying in my bed slowly waking up this morning and I started thinking over a question that popped

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