Following the “wonderful” weather over the Bank Holiday weekend I thought this video explainer from xkcd would be perfect for today’s “Because It’s Friday“. If that is a little cold for you, then what about a hot sandwich? Have a good weekend. Clive Photo by Egor Kamelev
Because It’s Friday – Altitude and Aliens
I have two space things for today’s “Because It’s Friday“. Ian Whittaker, a Senior Lecturer in Physics at Nottingham Trent University has written an interesting article on extra terrestrial life and how it may be detected. Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new …
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Because It’s Friday – What is a planet?
Here is NASA’s answer for “what is a planet?”. What is a Planet? – NASA But because it’s Friday, it is much more fun is to see what Randall Munroe does, when asked “what is a planet?”‘ xkcd: Planet Definitions Something Extra Marks and Spencer are in the middle of …
Because It’s Friday – Tall Stuff, Chocolate Frogs and Codes
Thanks to Randall Munroe for the first part of today’s “Because It’s Friday“: xkcd: Tall Structures That was the funny part… World War II and Cold War Codes and Code Makers Last week’s “Because It’s Friday” included ciphers, this week’s also includes ciphers. Christos military and intelligence corner: The Combined …
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Because It’s Friday – “Written in mud”
It is fascinating what can be deduced from the fossils record: Fossil footprints reveal what may be the oldest known handcarts – new research I loved the references to shopping trolleys. Oh no! Cyber Security! Once in a while I do find something for “Because It’s Friday” that is related …