Start saving up now… December 8, 2009
Posted by Mr G in Astronomy, Space Travel.comments closed
Virgin Galactic have launched their Space Ship that will soon be taking tourists into Space…
Best of all – they’ve named it the VSS Enterprise (yeah – I know – I’m a Trekkie!!)
Trouble is – it costs $200000 – I’m not sure de Ferrers can afford to send us – so time to start saving!!
Mr G
Visual science websites December 8, 2009
Posted by Mr G in Biology, General.comments closed
Some nice animated science websites that are well worth a look:
Genetics basics:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/gene.swf
Cell size & scale:
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/
Mr Hughes 
More doing real Science… December 8, 2009
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Galaxyzoo sound like too much effort… use the spare power in your PC and join BOINC.
This progam runs in the background – even just as the screen saver for a slow PC – and does complicated calculations for a variety of Science experiments.
Over 300000 people are active members – doing work on projects such as;
- Einstein@Home – searching for Gravitational Waves
- SETI@Home – looking for Extra-terrestrial radio signals
- Rosetta@Home – lookign for cures to diseases
- ClimatePrediction.net – modelling climate change scenarios
It costs nothing, takes none of your time – but with over 300000 computers working at a time you are acting as part of one giant SuperComputer!
Mr G
Doing real Science… December 8, 2009
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You can get involved in real-life Science with absolutely no effort from you…
Here you can help Astrophysicists identify Galaxies. The Human brain is far better at identifying patterns and shapes in photos than a computer is. From 1000′s of Galaxies photographed every day, you look at the photo and answer some multiple choice questions by clicking icons on screen… That’s it!! They’ve now added a second experiment – modelling Galaxies crashing!!
Mr G
Hello de Ferrers – Hello World! December 8, 2009
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Welcome to the de Ferrers Science Blog.
On here Mr Griffiths and other Science staff (and some students – such as the Nutty Professors) will add info, links, videos, pictures, etc to extend your learning from basics such as revision to things showing Science outside the Lab.
You can keep up to date with new science stories by subscribing or following the blog’s Twitter feed @mr_g_defsci.
Mr G
