Daily Archives: July 24, 2012

If Jupiter Was As Close As The Moon

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Deskarati

What would happen to the Earth if Jupiter was as close as the Moon? Well we don’t really know, so we thought we would ask the Deskarati readers to see if you have any good ideas. Over to you.

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NASA tests inflatable heat shield

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Deskarati

Legendary science fiction author Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) scored another hit in the prediction department on Monday, July 23, 2012 when NASA tested an inflatable heat shield that he foresaw back in the 1980s. The test of the Inflatable … Continue reading →

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Tube map used to plot Londoners’ life expectancy

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Deskarati

A version of the Tube map has been produced to show how life expectancy varies from station to station. The contrast it depicts between Tube stops is stark, with the variation in life expectancies of children born near stations only minutes … Continue reading →

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The Sombrero Galaxy

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Deskarati

The Discovery Channel Telescope at Lowell Observatory, near Flagstaff, Ariz., is complete and has begun observing the cosmos with its 16-million-pixel camera. This camera is a close relative to the NSF-funded 36-million-pixel Large Monolithic Imager (LMI) that is now undergoing … Continue reading →

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Can quantum theory be improved?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Deskarati

Being correct 50% of the time when calling heads or tails on a coin toss won’t impress anyone. So when quantum theory predicts that an entangled particle will reach one of two detectors with just a 50% probability, many physicists … Continue reading →

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