science Archives | Confusions and Connections

Rosetta this is Philae calling

Posted Jun 14, 2015Jun 14, 2015by Over Lord

Not that long ago a small robot on an asteroid sent this tweet: Hello Earth! Can you hear me? #WakeUpPhilae — Philae Lander (@Philae2014) June …

Posted Oct 14, 2014Mar 8, 2015by Over Lord

Today is Ada Lovelace Day. A day to celebrate the role that women have played in science. This is going to be the third time …

Posted Aug 27, 2014Aug 27, 2014by Over Lord

Space people think is a long way away. They are wrong. It only starts 63 miles away or, if you prefer the metric system, 100 …

Posted Jun 20, 2014Jun 19, 2014by Over Lord

One part of running a website is making sure that you are getting visitors. How they get to your site and what search terms they …

Posted Jun 9, 2014Jun 9, 2014by Over Lord

This was going to be a post on how statistics can be used. It’s not going that way. Well, not fully. I’ve got to start …

Posted Mar 18, 2014Jun 15, 2014by Over Lord

Two of the greatest experiments started when I was very young. These being the launch of four probes. The two pioneers and the two voyagers. …

Posted Mar 17, 2014Mar 17, 2014by Over Lord

Almost 35 years ago, the late Carl Sagan stared in a ground breaking TV series called Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. This series was, until PBS …

Posted Mar 14, 2014Mar 14, 2014by Over Lord

Asteroids & monkeys? What is the connection I hear you say. Well, the simple answer is this: I was listening to an old podcast of …

Posted Feb 20, 2014Feb 20, 2014by Over Lord

So Billy Bragg told us in song. It was an interesting time the 1960s. There was a lot going in. At the start America got …

Posted Feb 12, 2014May 5, 2014by Over Lord

That’s what I have read over the last couple of weeks It’s all the Gays & Atheists are causing this weather. I always thought the …