Category: Science

Today, Astronomy Picture of the Day presents a fabulous photo: In the Center of the Heart Nebula. Although APOD has always been one of my favorite sites, I have been following it a lot more consistently since I subscribed to an RSS feed using Bloglines.

I took my mother to get her flu shot yesterday at the Senior Health Center she uses. We had not planned to do so, but she heard about the flu shot shortage and wanted to make sure she got it. The line was long, but moved quickly and she was done in about thirty minutes.

I usually get one each year, but may not this year since I am not in one of the high risk groups. I started getting them after we moved to Colorado. I was sick so much my first year here that I wanted to do everything I could to minimize getting ill.

I wondered, in the event of any activity, if I would be able to see Mt St Helens web cam, but was able to download this image of this plume a few minutes ago.

In this photo from Astronomy Picture of the Day, Hurrican Ivan looks almost malevolent. via brisingamen.

Tonight is a Blue Moon. This NASA site explains the origins of the term.

The Astronomy Picture of the Day illustrates the spring equinox.

I enjoyed the photo of the cave painting in this BBC article about the Oldest lunar calendar identified.

While looking for some information about how perl scopes variables, I found Steve’s place- Vegetable Empire, an entertaining page which includes information about carnivorous plants and other oddities. The page about the plants will take a while to load if you are on a slow connection. His perl tutorials also look excellent.

The APOD: 2003 August 9 – A Perseid Aurora was taken in Colorado at Hahn’s Peak in 2000.

The Truth About Obesity is an interesting series of articles about the “epidemic of obesity” in modern industrial cultures.