Fund Me, Maybe

OK, so I may be late getting to the party, since this video obviously has gone viral without my knowledge of its existence till recently (thanks to Lavabug at Physics Forums). Still, if you haven't seen it, it is hysterical.

From the description, the video footage was captured during the 221st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, CA.



With the US Science budget in the dumps during this budget sequestration, maybe all of us need to make such a video!

Zz.

NASA T-Shirt

Yesterday, I posted my trip report to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Of course, as a tourist, I had to buy something. While there were a few things I would like to get, this one t-shirt caught my eye, and it will probably confirmed to everyone what I nerd I am. Still, at least it is not one of those t-shirts that had Maxwell Equations on it that I have seen way too many times.

This is the front of the shirt.

Here's a closer look at the equations if it isn't clear from that picture:

It's too bad that they had to put all those "x" to indicate a product, which isn't what we normally do when writing such equations, and it also creates a bit of a mess.

Still, I found the t-shirt a bit amusing and had to buy it. I haven't worn it yet (it is winter up here in Chicagoland). The question is, can you identify what each of these equations mean or are supposed to represent?

The back of the shirt has a print of the answer, but I'll hold off in showing that till you had your fun! :)

Zz.

How Does Santa Delivers All Those Gifts In One Night?

Such question comes up every year around this time. Of course, kids have their own explanation on how Santa does it, but so do scientists! In this article, you get the kids' explanations, and also a like to Fermilab where the scientists there have made an estimate on how fast Santa has to move to deliver all those gifts.

However, I think they forgot to factor in extra time for Santa to snack on the cookies and milk.

:)

Zz.