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10Jul/110

Louisiana Science

Yeah.

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18Jun/110

Incredible Eye Pictures

Found a beautiful gallery of very close-up eyeball images. Incredible how much texture/depth there is inside our eyes (click to see details):

Under magnification and illumination our eye's iris really does look like the tiny sphincter that it is (aka the pupillary sphincter).

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20May/110

Rainbow Density Experiment

Libby and I did the Rainbow Density kitchen experiment over the weekend (instructions here). It was fun to begin to talk with her about science and how experiments are performed (we were careful to measure and observe everything that was happening).

I am not sure Libby really understood my attempts at explaining density; understandable given my disjointed first attempt. But I think it made more sense when I said the sugar molecules were "hugging" the water molecules, and as we add more sugar the water becomes "heavier" (since more sugar is hugging it). I'm greatly looking forward to more experiments as Libby (and Cooper) grow up.

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12Feb/110

Happy Darwin Day!

Happy Darwin Day!

A 2-minute description of evolution:

(Darwin Day is February 12th.. I almost missed it!)

9Feb/110

Marcus Aurelius

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