Category Archives: Science

SciCulture – A New Site

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Carl Feagans

I’ll still be blogging here, but I’ve also just launched a new site called SciCulture (www.sciculture.com) and it’s my hope to entice a few new bloggers to make it their home. So if you know anyone that might be interested, … Continue reading →

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Atoms with consciousness; matter with curiosity.

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Carl Feagans

I don’t know if this poem even has a name, but it’s by Richard Feynman. He read it at his “The Value of Science” address to the National Academy of Science in 1955. It’s always been a poem that’s had … Continue reading →

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Lunar Eclipse on the Winter Solstice – 2010

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Carl Feagans

Here’s my very ad hoc image of the lunar eclipse from Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. The Lunar Eclipse at around 1:15 am CST on 12/21/10. Shot with a Sony Cybershot 6.0 megapixels through one lens of an 8×12 Bushnell binoculars. Okay… … Continue reading →

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Who Will Dig Our Bones if Apophis Hits?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Carl Feagans

Something that could very well make us all subjects of an archaeological dig is an asteroid impact. The very fate of the dinosaurs, which once ruled our planet up to about 65 Ma might some day be our own. If … Continue reading →

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Fireworks we can do without. But wow.

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Carl Feagans

In the summer of 1962 (I was probably a gleam in my Dad’s eye, but my mom was still in high school!), the rocket’s red glare was from a hydrogen bomb, detonated 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. (in case … Continue reading →

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This is just too cool not to share

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Carl Sagan sings with Stephen Hawking on back up. And it is very tastefully done. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt I miss that guy. I’m sure I’m not the only one.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson at UTA

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Carl Feagans

If you’ve never heard of Neil deGrasse Tyson, I only have one question: “Where have you been? In a bubble?” Okay, that was two questions. But, on the off-chance that you have been in a bubble (either literally or metaphorically) … Continue reading →

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“What shall a man desire more than this?” A Darwin-Day Post

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Carl Feagans

Image via Wikipedia None have fought better, and none have been more fortunate than Charles Darwin. He found a great truth, trodden underfoot, reviled by bigots, and ridiculed by all the world; he lived long enough to see it, chiefly … Continue reading →

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John Cleese – The Scientist

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Carl Feagans
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Lake Erie Fish Die-Off

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Carl Feagans

Recently, I was in Ohio on vacation and I snapped this photo while on a ferry ride between South Bass Island and the mainland. Every few meters during the trip I noticed dead fish floating near the surface. Seeing so … Continue reading →

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