Category Archives: General Science

Photo Showing Ship On the Horizon

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

I read a lot of nautical history. Many of these history references talk about how sailors have long known the Earth was round. One of the reason why sailors knew the world was round had to do with the appearance … Continue reading →

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Interesting Historical Note About Cheese I like blog posts that go into the history of common things. This post does a nice job discussing cheese and its long history.

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Great Article on Recreating Shackleton’s Whiskey While I am not a drinker, I do admire the impressive technology that Scottish distillers used to duplicate the lost recipe for Shackleton’s whiskey.  They were even able to identify where the peat used … Continue reading →

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Fond Memories of Fast-Moving Milk Bottles and Toy Boats

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

Last night, I was watching a show on the Science Channel called “How It’s Made“. This episode reminded me of an old movie I was shown in elementary school that started my interest in science and math. The message here … Continue reading →

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Outdoor Enclosure Temperature Profile Math

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

Introduction We build products that mount on the outside of homes — homes that can be anywhere in the world. This means that the temperatures can be brutally cold (e.g. -46 °C in Bemidji, MN) or brutally hot (e.g. 49 … Continue reading →

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Skydiving Math

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Introduction I must admit that I was amazed at what Felix Baumgartner accomplished. As I watched the video, I found myself focusing on the video’s display of Felix’s speed versus time. It was really interesting to see how he quickly … Continue reading →

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Not Every Scientist Starts Out a Prodigy

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

I have to share this news story about John Gurdon, who is one of the 2012 Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine. He was no prodigy — in fact, he had issues in school. The news article contained an image of … Continue reading →

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Fuel Efficiency Math

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

A number of months ago, I wrote a blog post that analyzed the fuel efficiency claims of CSX, which was expressed in ton-miles per gallon. While doing some other efficiency work, I stumbled upon a web site that nicely summarized … Continue reading →

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How Much Radioactive Material is in a Smoke Alarm?

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Introduction I was watching this Youtube video below on Americium and they mentioned that Americium is used in small quantities in smoke detectors. I thought it would be a nice mathematics exercise to compute the mass of Americium-241 in a … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Lego-Based Analog Computer

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

I find this video incredible. I have heard of people reconstructing the Antikythera mechanism and I have even seen a reproduction in Bozeman, Montana. However, I have never heard of one built out of Legos before.

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