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Fundamental Physics Measurements with LEGO

In the late 1800's, a small, well-formed cylinder composed of platinum and a little iridium (the...

At home physics demonstrates the Coriolis effect on both sides of the globe

A note to the reader: This article requires following special instructions to watch...

Scientific Research through Creativity in "The Cloud"

Recently, I enjoyed the opportunity to solve and implement a simple web interface problem...

DARPA on the Brain

We've highlighted in the past some interesting activity from DARPA (read more via...

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Wolfram|Alpha brings Powerful Computation to Everyone

Wolfram|Alpha brings Powerful Computation to Everyone

Jul 23 2010 | comment(s)

Stephen Wolfram has spent his life to date -- and will likely continue to do so -- developing amazing new computational technologies to empower scientists and academics to more efficiently and effectively compute their way through their research, and even help them to make a few discoveries along the way.







Count Stars from your Backyard for Science

Count Stars from your Backyard for Science

Oct 19 2009 | comment(s)

The 2009 Great World Wide Star Count is already under way, and there is still time to wait for a perfectly pleasant fall evening to step outside and count the stars. Through October 23, this annual citizen science event from Windows to the Universe of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) will be accepting online data collection from amateurs around the world.



European Amateur Science Society Makes Major Dinosaur Discovery

European Amateur Science Society Makes Major Dinosaur Discovery

Oct 11 2009 | comment(s)

For several years, a European amateur science group was on the trail of dinosaur prints and last spring they made a significant discovery.
Encouraging Science With Our Children

Encouraging Science With Our Children

Sep 26 2009 | comment(s)

So much science education happens in informal ways--outside of the classroom. These experiences can be so valuable and sometimes even more influential than the classic approaches taken for so long by the public school system of the American culture.
The New Make: Science Room for At Home Amateur Research

The New Make: Science Room for At Home Amateur Research

Sep 24 2009 | comment(s)

The ultimate do-it-yourself and hack-your-way-to-happiness magazine, MAKE, recently launched a new section to their Make:Online website just for supporting the at home citizen scientist.
Students from Around the World Monitor LCROSS for NASA

Students from Around the World Monitor LCROSS for NASA

Sep 22 2009 | comment(s)

In a little more than two weeks, NASA will have an expensive hunk of metal slam into the Moon... the resulting plume will be closely observed in hopes to learn more about the possibility of the existence of water ice (read more and learn about how you can participate). As the LCROSS vessel makes it way toward its impact site, NASA needs assistance with tracking due to its steep orbit; they only have brief and infrequent time frames to monitor the trajectory using their Deep Space Network of radio antennas.