December 2011 | Blogs
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Top 10 Science Jokes of 2011
We had to share - here are our Top 10 favorites science jokes of the year:
1. What do you call an astronaut standing on a rocket? Missile-toe! (Big shout out of "Very Funny Joke!" to my daughter's best friend MJ for this joke)
2. What did the girl mushroom say to the boy mushroom? You're a fungi!
3. Electron: Which way are to circle the atom?
Proton: Clockwise
Electron: Are you sure?
Proton: Of course-I'm positive!
4. A Higgs walks into a church and the priest says, "you shouldn't be here" and Higgs says "without me, there would be...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Samoans Are Skipping Friday!
How crazy would it be to live in Samoa today? Samoa is skipping a day. You would go to sleep tonight, Thursday Dec. 29th and wake up on Saturday morning, Dec. 31st. What if your birthday was Friday, December 30th? It wouldn’t happen – you would miss it! (What would happen to your birthday presents?)
Samoa, a small island nation in the South Pacific, along with Tokelau, are crossing westward on the international dateline. The international dateline was originally created west of Samoa so that the Samoans could easily trade with their American Samoan trading partners on the islands to the east. In recent years, the Samoans...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Here Is Our Top Ten List of Science Facts Learned This Year!
Click on each item to learn more:
1. Has Luke’s Home Planet Tatooine Been Found?
2. What Is The Higgs Boson and Why Is Everyone Looking For It?
3. The Universe is Getting Bigger
4. Why Do Seahorses Look Like Horses?
5. Angolatitan Admastor Dinosaur – Eaten by Sharks?
6. I’m Atoms (Scientific Cover of Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours)
7. How To Name An Element After Yourself
8. Do Bees Have GPS?
9. Why Did The Three Kings Give Jesus Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh?
10. Where in the Solar System is Ceres?
Happy New Year!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Largest Freshwater Lake in the World Is...
Do you know what lake contains 20% of the fresh surface water in the world? No, it is not Lake Superior or Lake Huron, but Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal not only contains the most fresh water, but it is also the deepest lake at an average depth of 2,442 feet. Lake Baikal is the oldest lake on Earth at 30 million years old. It has more than 170 species of planets and animals, 66% can be found no where else on Earth.
Lake Baikal is located in Siberia in Russia. It is between Irkutsk Oblast and the Buryat Republic. Lake Baikal is a rift valley lake meaning that it was formed in a place where the Earth's crust pulled apart. The lake is completely...
Friday, December 23, 2011
Why did the three kings give Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh?
Almost 2,000 years ago, three magi followed a brilliant star, traversing a harsh terrain to arrive in the little town of Bethlehem to honor the new born king, Jesus Christ. They carried with them treasure chests filled with gold, frankincense and myrrh as gifts for the new baby. Why these gifts and what are they?
Gold, frankincense and myrrh were given to Jesus by the three magi as they were considered valuable gifts. Gold was a precious metal even in ancient times and had great monetary value. Frankincense was a perfume and used as an incense (material which releases a fragrant scent when burned) in some religious ceremonies. Myrrh was a...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Kepler Found Two Earth-Size Planets
Today, NASA announced that the Kepler mission discovered, for the first time, two planets of similar size to Earth orbiting a star. Although of similar size, these two planets are not likely to harbor life as they are outside the "habitable zone". This means that they are too close to their sun for water to be present on the planets.
The planets are named Kepler 20-e and Kepler 20-f and are part of a 5-planet system called Kepler-20. The planets are orbiting a star that is slightly smaller and cooler than our sun. Kepler 20-e is similar in size to Venus and rocky. Its year is 6.1 days long meaning that it takes 6.1 days to orbit...
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