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Category Archives: Science
Gratitude (June 20-26)
Taking in our vacuum for servicing Cooking a whole frozen crab for the first time Great music and important history at the Rapid City Municipal Band Saying goodbye to a friend before an international assignment Conversation with a colleague about … Continue reading
Speaking at The March For Science
I will be the featured speaker at the Rapid City March for Science! I’m accepting suggestions for what to (or not to) say.
South Dakota’s First Physics PhDs!
On Saturday, Dec. 16, I will have the honor of being the Physics Department representative at the graduation ceremony where we will officially confer the first Physics Ph.D. in our school’s history and one of the first two in the … Continue reading
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UK commits $88 million to LBNF/DUNE in first-ever umbrella science agreement with U.S.
This is excellent news for our upcoming experiment in Lead, SD and a demonstration of how particle physics can foster international cooperation. The United Kingdom and the United States have signed the first ever umbrella science and technology agreement between … Continue reading
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Farewell Cassini
Of all the spectacular images returned by Cassini, this one is my favorite. This beautiful image of Saturn and its rings … is a composite (layered image) made from 165 images taken by the wide-angle camera on the Cassini spacecraft … Continue reading
Want to Learn About Astronomy?
The Astronomy 101 Five-Week Learning Experience at the Journey Museum starts on Sep. 19. I will be teaching on Oct. 10! Source: Astronomy 101 Five-Week Learning Experience | Calendar | Journey Museum and Learning Center
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Gratitude (Sep. 6 – 12)
Being informed of and correcting a small problem in our experimental electronics. The data from the new setup looks like it should Finding and correcting a mathematical error in our proposal before we submitted it. Finishing all of my assigned … Continue reading
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My SD Mines Colleagues Present Real Science At Comic Con
There is a difference between science and science fiction, of course. But the two converge at events like Comic Con. https://cpa.ds.npr.org/sdpb/audio/2017/08/080817–science_fiction_v_reality–feature_mp3.mp3 Source: Scientists Present Real Science At Comic Con | SDPB Radio
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Eclipse!
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? –Psalm 8:2-3 (NIV) … Continue reading
Totality – 6 Days
Total solar eclipses are common. In this century (2001-2100), 75 total (or hybrid) eclipses will occur somewhere on Earth. However, a solar eclipse within a 3 hour drive of my home is rare, and that is what will happen exactly … Continue reading
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