Fractals, an amazing mathematical visualizations of recursive algorithms and those tasty broccolis! So what are they? How do you get them? Why are they important?
Apr 3rd: Fractals
Astronomy Cast Archive
Mar 27th: Tidal Forces
We’ve got tides here on Earth, volcanoes on Io, and ice geysers on Enceladus. All these phenomena originate from the force of gravity.
Mar 20th: Tsunamis
Today we’re going to be talking about Tsunamis. A huge waves that wreck the seashore.
Mar 13th: Magnetic Pole Flipping
Why does magnetic field flips polarity happen? When’s it supposed to happen next? Is it dangerous?
Mar 6th: Continental Drift
Want to travel the world but you don’t have a lot of money? No problem, your continent is drifting across the surface of the Earth right now.
Feb 27th: Supervolcanoes!
Supervolcanoes explode randomly and catastrophically. There’s a bunch around the Earth? more at #365DaysOfAstro
Feb 20th: How Do We Terraform Earth?
So we always want to talk about how we can make Mars more Earth-like, but the reality is that we’re making Earth more Venus-like! We’re Venusforming Earth. So what are the various factors we are impacting on a global scale and how can we fix them?
Feb 13th: String Theory, Time Travel, White Holes, Warp Speed, Multiple Dimensions, and Before the Big Bang
We get questions every week about string theory and topics popularized by science fiction. Here’s the problem. There’s just no evidence.
Feb 6th: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 2: Geoengineering
Geoengineering … lets try to change the entire planet
Jan 30th: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 1: The Torino Scale
Let’s talk about some existential threats we face and ways we could recover, starting with the Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads: killer asteroids.