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Oh hey, an update.
Whoa, it's been a long time. Inertia is some powerful stuff. I'm not sure how often I'll continue to update this in the future, but I figured some of you may be interested in what's going on. And this is a convenient place to do it.
I completed the necessary steps, and this past summer, I became a doctorSince then, I've gotten a postdoc ( Read more... ) -
A question for the masses...
For the Cosmic Encounter fans out in cyberland ( Read more... ) -
the third-party vote in toss-up states
...or, which states you may want to glare at.
Via the election results over at The Green Papers, I have determined that in five places, the (local) winner for President did so with less than 50% of the vote. In other words, if enough of the third-party voters preferred the other candidate, they could've altered the result if they'd voted for him ( Read more... ) -
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An online color quiz I've been meaning to link to for a while:
100 Hue Test
How good is your perception of color?
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Haumea
A fifth dwarf planet has now been recognized: Haumea. Another Kuiper Belt object, Haumea (neé 2003 EL61) is of similar size and location to recent inductee Makemake.
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Mike Brown and Makemake
First, some news. Somewhat obscure news, as I haven't seen the story at any major news outlets*. The number of dwarf planets in the Solar System has increased to four. The list now consists of Ceres, Pluto, Eris, and Makemake. It wasn't that a new body was recently discovered; Makemake (née 2005 FY9) was discovered over three years ago. ( Read more... )