Five Acres with a View

Olduvai George, an artist who specializes in prehistoric creatures, has a great greeting card for the holidays.

A Wikipedia article explains the Colors of noise. I had heard of white noise, but I am charmed to learn that there are other colors of noise as well.

The Evolutionary Timeline allows you to scroll sideways in your browser to see when major groups evolved. (Via Pharyngula, a blog about science, evolution and development.)

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a spectacular photo of a sun pillar today.

Astronomy Picture of the Day explains a phenomenon that I occasionally see at sunrise here in the winter in A Sun Pillar Over Maine.

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 24 shows the Cat’s Eye Nebula

The Washington Post article Rita Is Gaining Force in the Gulf answers a question I had about Hurricane Names: what happens in a very active year when there are more hurricanes than allotted names.

But there is a finite number of preselected names — 21 — each summer, and after Rita, only four are left this year: Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma. If that list is exhausted, the meteorological group will have to revert to a backup plan: naming storms using the Greek alphabet, beginning with alpha, beta and gamma.

Egg Science at the Science of Cooking site explains what happens when you heat, beat, or otherwise process an egg.

The 10th planet discovered is bigger than Pluto!

If you need something to worry about, according to APOD: – Chicago Meteorite Fall, the average homeowner should expect to repair direct meteor damage every hundred million years.