Doughnut Day June 2, 2006

Didn't know that there is a National Doughnut Day?! Well there is! Krispy Kreme is celebrating by giving away a free doughnut of your choice.

Make sure you stop on by your local store to get one. Yummy!

The Evolution of Honda's Asimo Robot

A look at the history and evolution of Honda's Asimo Robot.

If you can, check out the Asimo show at Disneyland in Anahiem, CA.

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An Alignment of the Stars and Planets

The month of June is going to be filled with some great night sky observing.

Read more about An Alignment of Stars and Planets at Science@NASA.

Striking photo of land erosion in New Mexico

An amazing view of land erosion from 30,000 feet above New Mexico.

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HIPerWall: New Vistas in Scientific Visualization

Innovative ways of envisioning scientific phenomena are on the rise in data-rich research environments. Case in point is the HIPerWall. The HIPerWall, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a massively tiled, grid-based display built using fifty 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays and twenty-five Power Mac G5 computers at the UC Irvine campus.

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Earth's ozone layer appears to be on the road to recovery.

Current trends might actually be helping. The global ozone layer could be restored to 1980 levels sometime between 2030 and 2070.

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Towel Day, May 25th

In remembrance of Douglas Adams, author of the book, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, carry your towel with you throughout the day on Thursday, May 25th.

Read more about Towel Day.

Things to do with a MacBook...

The things you can find on YouTube.

The latest find I read about on The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Check out the application MacSaber and then watch the video.

Very amusing...

Voyager 2 Detects Odd Shape of Solar System's Edge

Voyager 2 could pass beyond the outermost layer of our solar system, called the \"termination shock,\" sometime within the next year, NASA scientists announced at a media teleconference today.

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New Nike + iPod Sports Kit

Nike and Apple have teamed up for the Nike iPod Sports Kit. A sensor is located in the Nike shoes and, with a wireless adaptor connected to your iPod Nano, the sensor data is transmitted to your iPod while you work out. Now your Nano is a fancy pedometer!

Read more about the Nike iPod Sports Kit.

Shopping for a Hubble Telescope?

A friend forwarded this along to me...

Just in case you are thinking of owning your own Hubble Telescope. Read more by visiting Telescope.com. Amusing indeed!

Real Time Satellite Tracking using Google Maps

I read about this site at the Bad Astronomy Blog. It is a very cool website overlaying satellite tracking data with Google Maps. It has an array of satellites from Hubble to GPS and Weather satellites. It even shows you the latitude and longitude for the closest land location that one could see the satellite all in real time.

Play here at the Real Time Satellite Tracking site.

Why do girls lose interest in math and science?

Government data show that girls fall behind boys in math and science as they progress through school. In the fourth grade, 68 percent of boys and 66 percent of girls say they like science, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Discovery of Triple-Neptune System

Astronomers have discovered 3 Neptune-sized planets circling star HD 69830 in the constellation Puppis. The planets were discovered using the 3.6 meter telescope at La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Read Extrasolar-planet hunters find triple-Neptune system from New Scientist.

Amusing cat videos

Okay, have you figured out we like cats yet?

If not, these videos on YouTube should convince you that we are:

Talking Cats and Funny Kitties

eBay rules that New Zealand not for sale

What will they think of next?

An eBay trader in Australia tried to sell the country New Zealand! The bid started at one cent and was up to 3,000 Australian dollars before eBay pulled the auction.

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SCUBA diving bugs

From a CBC's Quirks and Quarks, an interview with a researcher who learned how bugs SCUBA dive, complete with their own BCD and oxygen supply.

Evolution of Dance

A friend forwarded this video to me. I do not want to spoil it so all I will say is that this video made me cry I was laughing so hard.

The Evolution of Dance on YouTube.

Cuteness!

If you ever feel down, I have found the website for you.

Click on over to Cute Overload and enjoy the imagery. I guarantee it will put a smile on your face!

[Update] Here is another cute and funny site: Stuff On My Cat

Air Purifiers Can Create Indoor Air Pollution

Not all indoor air purifiers are the same. Ionic air purifiers can emit ozone as a byproduct of the ionization process.

Read more via the LiveScience article "Isn't it Ionic? Air Purifiers Make Smog". Check whether your indoor air purifier is safe via the California Air Resources Board website.