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Links and Video of the Week (2008/40)

by cimddwc · 2008-10-05

Phantastic photos from the Baikonur space center (via Bad Astronomy).
German: Wozu eigentlich das Higgs-Teilchen? – eine gut verständliche Erklärung.
Cartoon: What the Mythbusters could say about the existence of god (via Friendly Atheist).
And Homer Simpson wants to vote for Barack Obama, but the computer’s got a different opinion… (via Captain Obvious):

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Links and video of the Week (2008/33)

by cimddwc · 2008-08-17

An insider report from CERN, understandable for everyone, about what the LHC is made for: video of a presentation by Brian Cox (ca. 14 minutes; via Mathlog).
Probably the most insane stuff conspiracy theory crackpots can fabricate – English video about the LHC as stargate to hell at Astrodicticum Simplex.
German: Homöopathie, Placebos und Quantenunsinn.
German Tribute to Metallica – free cover versions by German bands (via Gedankendeponie).
And a single-handed guitar solo by Marc Playle (via StoiBär):

Red moon with icing

by cimddwc · 2008-08-16

A 300mm lens is (not even with the additional 1.6x crop factor) no telescope, but you can recognize tonight’s partial lunar eclipse:

red moon

Links of the Week (32/2008)

by cimddwc · 2008-08-10

Phantastic photos from the LHC (via Bad Astronomy)
Not the end of the world: LHC is safe! (German)
Atheist sees nothing on a piece of toast!
What is a good righteous person? And how about Jesus? (via Friendly Atheist)
54 Outrageous Ads Perfectly Put In Scene! (part 3), the other parts are interesting too.

Videos of the Week (2008/29)

by cimddwc · 2008-07-20

Outsourcings from today’s “Links of the Week”, if you will – I don’t plan a regular category like this.

First, we got a cute letter opener:

Watch this video on YouTube

(via Sebastian Schuster via Blogmachine)

Then there’s just about the coolest thing that Phil Plait has ever seen, as he says: The transit of the Moon in front of the Earth, taken by the EPOXI probe (you get other video formats there, too) from a distance of 50 million kilometers (31 million miles):

Watch this video on YouTube

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