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Articles for author David Grinspoon: 7

Update to Planet Waves: Nothing but Zooms

Posted 08/22/2011 by David Grinspoon | Comments
Science has shown us the largest and smallest of structures, situating us in size. We humans exist at a scale roughly halfway (at least on a logarithmic scale) between the largest and smallest structures in the universe. A human is, to an astronomer, a meter in length. The…
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New Podcast Episode: "Living Dangerously" in The Astrobiology Connection.

Posted 08/22/2011 by David Grinspoon | Comments
Check out my new podcast episode "Living Dangerously" which highlights the connection between natural disasters and planetary habitability.
http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/4147/living-dangerously
The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan remind us just how d…
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Science and the Law: Pizza physics.

Posted 03/02/2011 by David Grinspoon | Comments
A judge does his own experiment and concludes that pizza is, in fact, a solid. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/03/02/judge-performs-own-experiments-rules-that-pizza-is-in-fact-a-solid/
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Science Papparazi are becoming a real problem.

Posted 03/02/2011 by David Grinspoon | Comments
Its nice to have the public so interested in our research, but really, these people will not let us do our work! http://www.theonion.com/articles/stephen-jay-gould-speaks-out-against-science-papar,266/
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Solar Flare!

Posted 03/01/2011 by David Grinspoon | Comments
Here is that beautiful, giant solar flare from last week (2/24/2011) as captured by NASA's Solar dynamics Observatory...
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Planet Waves: Nothing but Zooms

Posted 02/28/2011 by David Grinspoon | Comments
Science has shown us the largest and smallest of structures, situating us in size. We humans exist at a scale roughly halfway (at least on a logarithmic scale) between the largest and smallest structures in the universe. A human is, to an astronomer, a meter in length. The…
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Astrobiology Collection: Miller-Urey Apparatus

Posted 02/28/2011 by David Grinspoon | Comments

Object #1: The Miller-Urey Apparatus
The Miller-Urey Apparatus on display in the Prehistoric Journey exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. In 1952, Stanley Miller, a graduate student at the University of Chicago, had an idea for an experiment. He had st…
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