Pseudonymous Bosch's Blog, page 9
August 21, 2012
when stars collide
Hubble Watches Star Clusters on a Collision Course
Astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging. The 30 Doradus Nebula is 170,000 light-years from Earth. What at first was thought to be only one cluster in the core of the massive star-forming region 30 Doradus has been foundRead More...
do they have to wait 30 minutes?
The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 21, 2012 is
chittering-bite
http://www.wordnik.com/words/chitteri...
(noun) A bit of bread eaten by those who have been swimming, to prevent shivering or the chattering of their teeth with the cold; a shivering-bite. Also called chittering-crust and chittering-piece.
‘Chittering-bite’ is Scottish in origin.
Example:
It was the earliest warm day that spring; some of the boys had ventured a dip among the Read More...
August 19, 2012
A list of great YA series
Here is a list of great YA series. We always pay extra to keep the Secret Series off of these kinds of lists. We don't want to endanger anyone.
Click on (the fantastic) Encyclopedia Brown for the list maker's top 10.
August 18, 2012
Galactic Island
Galactic Island
In terms of intergalactic real estate, our solar system has a plum location as part of a big, spiral galaxy, the Milky Way. Numerous, less glamorous dwarf galaxies keep the Milky Way company. Many galaxies, however, are comparatively isolated, without close neighbors. One such example is the small galaxy known as DDO 190, snapped here in a new image from the NARead More...
August 17, 2012
Meow this is a Mayor we can all get behind
This is a political catastrophe.
Reporting by Amy Friedman
This time, Alaska may have really found a way to fix American politics. The mayor of Talkeetna, Ak. boats sky-high approval ratings, a 15-year winning streak and, with over 6,000 subscribers, more friends than you on Facebook.
His secret? He’s a cat.
Fifteen years ago, the citizens of Talkeetna (pop. 800) diRead More...
August 15, 2012
Amazing Advertising work ... of Dr. Seuss
We all know Dr. Seuss as the writer and illustrator of fantastic children's books. He also did a lot of illustrations for advertisements, in the way only Dr. Seuss could. Click on the image to see some more.
savor this word
The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 15, 2012 is
bonne bouche
http://www.wordnik.com/words/bonne bouche
(noun) A choice mouthful of food; a dainty morsel: said especially of something very excellent reserved to the end of a repast.
‘Bonne bouche’ translates from the French as ‘good mouth.’
Example:
The best has been kept to the last, a bonne bouche or savoury to end the banquet: though such a metaphor is a risky one, since it's inadRead More...
August 14, 2012
we'd like to receive more letters written this way
The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 14, 2012 is
chrysography
http://www.wordnik.com/words/sea lawyer
(noun) The art of writing in letters of gold, practised by the writers of manuscripts in the early middle ages.
(noun) In Greek antiquity, the art of embroidering in gold, of inlaying other metals with gold, and the like.
‘Chrysography’ comes from the Greek ‘kahrysos,’ gold (which also gives us ‘chrysalis’) and ‘graphein,&rsquoRead More...
August 9, 2012
It's a code ... sort of
This somewhat coded message came in from ... a few different agents we have in the field. See if you can read it.
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August 8, 2012
i've got a mummy on my back
An Egyptian sarcophagus from the 21st Dynasty (about 1070 - 945 B.C.) in LACMA’s collection inspired this backpack of red plush. Cass would approve.
Hopefully it's full of survival gear.
And no mummy fingers!
