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The Space Shuttle Main Engine

The Space Shuttle main engines burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Each engine can generate almost 1.8 meganewtons (MN) or 400,000 lbf of thrust at liftoff.

The Space Shuttle's rocket engines are capable of operating at extreme temperatures. The liquid hydrogen fuel is stored at ?253 degrees Celsius (?423 degrees Fahrenheit). However, when burned with liquid oxygen, the temperature in the combustion chamber reaches 3,300 C (6,000 F), higher than the boiling point of iron. The main engines collectively consume 3,917 liters (1,035 gallons) of propellant per second. They can also be gimbled (turned) and throttled between 67 to 109% of their rated designed thrust.

...and during launch that look really fuckin cool!

Proof that Smoking Stunts Your Growth

Bill, age 70 has been a 2 pack a day smoker since he was 4.

Quantum Dimensions Explained

Here we see how the extra dimensions described in quantum theory looks in real life. As you can see, time-space is warping around its self. This is also called "folded symmetry" and if you look at it long enough, you'll puke.

part of the series "Explaining Science"

Mars Rover Spirit

Spirit was only suppose to last 90 days, yea right! That was over six years ago...

Electrostatic Effects on the Brain

Its a good time to turn off your cell phone...

Words of Wisdom

�Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. �

� Ray Bradbury

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My New Robot

Ain't she a doll?



Hanging from her necklace is a copy of the new "UF2U" Virus that is transmitted by contact with social networking websites.

The First Time I Ever Got Shocked

Back in the 60's they use to have these vacuum tube testing machines in your local grocery store. You could put your old tube in the correct socket, flip the switch and see if it needed replacing. I soon learned that if you put your fingers across several sockets at the same time you could get a nasty shock. Needless to say I only did it once!

Space Hero's

Dave and Frank... 2001
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What It's Like Having Sex with Me

The Face of God

click on it.. don't be afraid!

It's My Future!

Click on me to make my future bigger!

Electromagnetism Explained

Part 1 in my new "Explaining Science" series.



Here you see a dipole magnet revealing it's characteristic right handed atomic spin. Its energy was derived from the fast paced movement of it's feet on the carpet below.

Serious Science

Question: Do Black Holes radiate Dark Matter?

Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes

Reminds me of the periodic table. Click it to make it bigger!

Volcano Erupting from Space

Killer shot of a Russian volcano erupting as seen from the space station!



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Steven Lego Hawking

Sushi You Will Never Eat

With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its highly sensitive, barrel-like eyes�topped by green, orblike structures�in a picture released today but taken in 2004.

The fish, discovered alive in the deep water off California's central coast by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.

The 6-inch (15-centimeter) barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) had been known since 1939�but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.

Sushi Bandit�s Best of 2008

Since 2008 sucked in so many major ways I decided to not bother you with my negative dribble. Instead, let�s talk about what was right and fresh and rewarding about 2008!

Best new musical artist: Kate Nash
Best sports team: Tampa Bay Rays
Best TV series: Boston Legal
Best TV cartoon: Family Guy
Best movie drama: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (france)
Best action movie: The Dark Night (us)
Best movie comedy: Kamikaze Girls (japan)
Best computer app: Google Earth 4.3
Best discovery: Liquid methane oceans on Titan
Best politician: Dennis Kucinich (Ohio congressman)
Best food: Pineapple
Best wife: Pam

NASA Discovers Giant Anus on Saturn

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet � a mega anus. It is approximately 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) across, or two thirds the diameter of Earth.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=703

"At first it looked like a hurricane, but it didn't behave like a hurricane," said Dr. Andrew Ingersoll, a member of Cassini's imaging team at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. "Then when the sun illuminated it fully we realized it was the largest anus any of us had ever seen."

Located at the planets south pole it has evaded detection until now. �We have been seeing very high winds emanating from the South Polar Region for several years but we could not determine their origin until today.�

A movie taken by Cassini's camera over a three-hour period reveals winds around Saturn's south pole blowing clockwise at 550 kilometers (350 miles) per hour. The camera also saw the shadow cast by the actual anus.

Flushing may go down the drain - at least in the men's room

A US company has created a waterless urinal, which it says conserves water, reduces odour, and prevents the spread of bacteria. It looks like a normal urinal - white enamel mounted on the wall. But it doesn't have a handle to flush, freeing germ-conscious men from having to wiggle an elbow or bit of sleeve to keep their hands clean as they push the lever that is often suspiciously damp.

That's because this urinal has a cartridge lodged inside the drain, filled with a special biodegradable sealant that traps odours and reduces the spread of germs as the urine passes through. A normal urinal uses 150,000 litres of water in a year, according to Falcon Waterfree Technologies, which along with the US firm Waterless and Germany's Duravit is one of the leaders in the market. The water saved in one year by six of the new urinals would be enough to fill an Olympic-sized pool. "It's the best invention since the flush toilets were invented," microbiologist Charles Gerba said.

Stroke causes accent change

An American woman developed a British accent after suffering a stroke, although she had never been to Britain or followed British TV programs. When Tiffany Roberts, 57, recovered from the stroke she found she had an accent placed somewhere between East London and the West Country.

Even the pitch of her voice changed, becoming much higher than the deep Indiana drawl she once had. The dramatic change was even more surprising because she had no links with Britain of any sort. Doctors have diagnosed her with a rare condition called foreign accent syndrome, which is caused when part of the brain is damaged.

Roberts, from Florida, told American television: "People started asking me 'where in England are you from?' and a friend said 'why are you talking that way?' "That's when I became conscious that a part of me had died." Roberts has even picked up British slang using the word "bloody". What was once a "restroom" or "bathroom" has become the "loo".

Roberts has lived with the condition since her stroke in 1999 but decided to speak out now in search of other people who may be in the same situation. She said people accused her of lying or trying to be aloof by adopting the accent. Despite listening to a tape of her previous voice, she has been unable to mimic it.

Dr Jack Ryalls, of the University of Central Florida, who diagnosed Roberts' condition, described the change as a "phenomenon". It is linked to the damage caused to brain tissue during a stroke, but not fully understood, he said. Only a handful of cases of foreign accent syndrome have ever been reported.

The first recorded case was in 1941, when a Norwegian woman suffered a shrapnel injury to the head during an air raid. After overcoming language problems she was left with a strong German accent. In 1999 a woman from Sevenoaks, Kent, developed a French accent after a minor stroke even though she did not speak French and had only visited the country once for a weekend in Paris.

I wonder if she eating French Fries when it happened?

Herrings converse via flatulence, researchers find

Herrings appear to be sociable fish who like to communicate among themselves and use their natural flatulence to do so, a team of British and Canadian researchers has reported.

"At night herring squeeze bubbles out of their swim bladders through an anal pore, producing sounds not unlike people blowing raspberries," the team of three recounted. The Pacific species (Clupea pallasii) were found to emit distinctive bursts of pulses, known as "fast repetitive tick", or FRT sounds, mostly at night. It was the same story with Clupea pallasii's Atlantic cousin, Clupea harengus.

"Atlantic herring also produce FRT, or �Fart� sounds and video analysis showed an association with bubble expulsion from the anal duct region," the researchers found. "The functions of these sounds are unknown but as the per capita rates of sound production by fish at higher densities were greater, social mediation appears likely. "These sounds may have consequences for our understanding of herring behaviour and the effects of noise pollution."

� noise pollution?