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  • Hanford Science Forum 1957

    Hanford Science Forum 1957

    Presented by General Electric, contractor for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, it’s the Hanford Science Forum and Dr. Richard F. Foster, manager of the Aquatic Biology Operation, assuring that the mildly radioactive materials entering the river are negligible and not hazardous to aquatic wild life. He brings specimens for us to ogle! Including a…

  • My 11 year old’s version of a science experiment

    There is glass full of green goo on H.o.p.’s desk. He calls it “an experiment”. A bendie straw is stuck in it. And I think to myself that the next time he brings me a glass of chocolate milk as a nice surprise, I might want to think twice before drinking it. (P.S. I allowed…

  • Fernbank Science Center Planetarium, October 3 2008

    Fernbank Science Center Planetarium Light box enlargement Oct 2008 Man, Machine and Shadow, The Planetarium Light box enlargement This evening we saw, at Fernbank, Marsquest. H.o.p. loved it. Marty enjoyed it. I sat and wondered what in the hell we’re doing going to Mars, but I still rather enjoyed the show as well, though I’ve…

  • Fernbank Science Center Observatory (2 views)

    Fernbank Science Center Observatory We had a lovely night at the observatory at Fernbank. The weather was cool and clear. There weren’t many people and when there aren’t many people that means you get a chance to look at a variety of celestial bodies. Outside, one of the smaller telescopes was trained on the moon,…

  • Blasting the old "Homeschoolers are destroying the future of science!" argument

    While H.o.p. is learning about how rats at a temple in India are revered and that at the end of the day people drink from their milk bowls with the hope of acquiring luck (his interest in the creatures that populate the Redwall world has him daily eager to learn more about rats, mice, moles…

  • Science Blogging Fantastic Creatures – The Light Eel

    Fantastic Creatures – The Light Eel 2007 H.o.p.’s testimony: “When we went to the aquarium we found this creature. In the tank beside it there was a giant red and black lobster. And beside that one was a little fish with an enormous mouth. And beside that was an ugly big fish with sharp razor…

  • Fernbank Science Center – What we learned at the Planetarium today (3 views)

    Fernbank Science Center – What we learned at the Planetarium today (3 views)

    Pond at the Fernbank Science Center It’s a fairly nice small pond to sit beside for a little while. In this case after viewing the show at the Planetarium today which was on the stars of summer in our hemisphere (difficult to follow via just a sometimes too quickly moving pointer) with some information also…

  • Bigger, smaller –"Alice in Wonderland" science

    Ah, the travails and uncertainties of homeschooling. This chapter I’m naming “Alice in Wonderland” science. We’re listening to “Carmina Burana” this morning, an old favorite of H.o.p.’s, because it was used in a video at a website on the “4th Revolt”, which I came across via Pen Elayne. The idea over at the 4th Revolt…

  • Dominionist Political Science – Downing Street Rule

  • The Hanford Project’s 1966-1967 study of Tri-city School Children in the Influence of Diet on Radioactivity in People

    The Hanford Project’s 1966-1967 study of Tri-city School Children in the Influence of Diet on Radioactivity in People

    Only of interest to those who, as children, were tested by the Hanford Project in a study of influence of diet on radioactivity in people In the opening essay for what became the “Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project” I made mention as to how, as a young school child in Richland, I was one of…

  • Notes on portrait of a boy and his robot

    Click on the image to view larger at Flickr. Portrait of a boy and his robot Digital photo with post production Copyright J Kearns 2006 We had a children’s science museum down the street when we first moved to this building. H.o.p. loved going there despite the weariness of the exhibits, The weariness of the…

  • Thunderbird and the Ball of Twine, a Folk Tale

    Thunderbird and the Ball of Twine, a Folk Tale

    To read a question and answer FAQ on the book, follow this link to the Thunderbird and the Ball of Twine page. PURCHASE THE PAPERBACK AT LULU BY CLICKING HERE PURCHASE THE $2.99 EBOOK FOR KINDLE, ON SALE AT AMAZON VIA THIS LINK[clear] Thunderbird and the Ball of Twine (A Folk Tale) takes up, in…