Title: Gravitational Lensing
Speaker: KELLIE FLETCHER
Time: 4:00 PM on Thursday, November 18, 2004
Place: Science Room 334
All students and faculty are welcome to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
The Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy expects to host a
"Research Experiences for Undergraduates" program sponsored by the National
Science Foundation in the summer of 2005.
http://astro.fit.edu/sara-reu/reu_appl_submit.html
http://www.astro.fit.edu/sara-reu/
Fogbows, Halos, and other Cool Atmospheric Phenomena
http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/droplets/fogbow.htm
NASA's Scramjet, the X-43A Prepares for Flight
http://space.com/missionlaunches/x43a_update_041115.html
NASA scientists are using space satellites to unravel one of the great
mysteries of the ancient world.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/15nov_maya.htm?list1065276
Applying a small current across the forehead can increase word recall by 20 percent! See also How Your Brain Works.
http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65620,00.html
Giant, new 30,000-pound bomb called MOP will make MOAB look like a firecracker.
http://www.local6.com/news/3899902/detail.html
This is the FIRST video of the SU-350, US military fighter jet, just recently declassified
http://www.m90.org/view_image.php?image_id=428
Captain Kirk and Chilli Pepper want to fly on Branson's spaceship
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2861501
Planetary Swing-by and the Pelton Turbine
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Spelton.htm
Awesome Physics Study Guides and Solved Problems
http://www.sparknotes.com/physics/
Design it. Build it. Race it. What is FSAE?
http://www.fsae.com/
Boe-Bots
http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionRK.html
Mars Movie: 90 days in 90 seconds
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/movies/opportunity/opp_90Days90Seconds.mpg
Mars Rovers Exceed 50,000 Images
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Movie: Cassini Mission Overview...an exciting journey...
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gs2.cgi?path=../multimedia/videos/movies/casoverview.mov&width=480&height=360&type=movie
That's too much information!
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We learn 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see and 95% of what we teach. Consider teaching labs for our department or teaching at the high school or college level in your future. For more info see your professors and http://www.aapt.org/
Thanks to Craig Welch, Wally Boyd, Justin Fenley, Barry Smith, Larry Luther, Trevor Gibbs, Andy Wagers, Heather Dalton, Robert Barbee, and others for the links and information above. Feel free to send any interesting links that you find. This email message is sent to students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the department. If you would like to be removed from the emailing list or are getting multiple copies of these newsletters, then feel free to reply to this message with your request.
Clear skies,
Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu
