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Procrastilearner

@procrastilearner

I like to blog about science, technology and health topics.

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Procrastilearner
@procrastilearner Aug 7, 2018, 1:58 AM UTC

Let's Spoil Movies Using Science - Gravity (2013)

Image credit: NASA link Public domain image. This post is not about trashing movies. It is about enjoying movies first and then thinking about the science and technology later. Movies are movies, not…

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@procrastilearner Aug 3, 2018, 2:25 AM UTC

Send Your Clone To Alpha Centauri, Digitally

Image credit: Wikipedia user Abizar link CC BY-SA 3.0 license You may never get the chance to travel to another star but your clone could and it could get there at the speed of light. ### WE ARE DEFI…

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@procrastilearner Aug 2, 2018, 3:43 AM UTC

Scaling - Why Ants Bounce But Elephants Go Splat

Image credit: Wikipedia user Muéro link Public domain image Drop an ant and an elephant from the Eiffel Tower. The ant lands softly and survives. The elephant goes splat and ruins the day of any near…

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@procrastilearner Aug 1, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

What If You Were Turned Into A Black Hole?

Image credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech link CC BY 2.0 license If you were a black hole how big would you be and how long would you last? This post explores the explosive facts surrounding micro black holes.…

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@procrastilearner Jul 31, 2018, 12:48 AM UTC

Will Humanity Turn Mars Into Trantor/Coruscant?

Image credit: NASA link Public domain image. If you are a baby boomer who likes sci-fi novels then you will know that Trantor is a planet-wide city from the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov. If you…

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@procrastilearner Jul 28, 2018, 3:06 AM UTC

Your Personal Energy "Slaves" - This Is Why We Are So Prosperous

Image credit: Wikipedia user Andreas Praefcke link CC BY 3.0 license Before the industrial revolution most work was performed either by humans or animals. Some civilizations managed to harness water…

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@procrastilearner Jul 27, 2018, 2:54 AM UTC

Killing Time With Recreational Math - Do The Great Lakes Have Tides?

The oceans have tides and I wrote a post about how that works in this post: Hobbits and Tides - They Are Both Tricksy So now that we know how the tides in the oceans work, the Great Lakes are very la…

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@procrastilearner Jul 26, 2018, 2:49 AM UTC

Exponential Functions Are Dangerous - The Economy

Image credit: United States Department of Energy linkPublic domain image. There are many types of functions in mathematics but none is so dangerous as the exponential function. If you have watched a…

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@procrastilearner Jul 25, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

How Fast Are You Moving Right Now?

Image credit: NASA/Apollo 17 crew; taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans link Public domain image. Since you are reading this post I am going to assume that you are sitting down somewhere and…

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@procrastilearner Jul 24, 2018, 2:42 AM UTC

Going To Mars? Then You Need To Get Your "Tubes" Tied.

Image credit: lunar caustic linkCC BY-SA 2.0 license Human pregnancy in zero gee is a complete unknown and research for animal gestation in zero gee* is limited to a small number of mouse pups. So is…

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