You might not think the middle of Oregon is volcano central, but over the last 5,000 years, it really is.
The post Mount St. Helens Has Nothing on Its Little-Known Neighbors appeared first on WIRED.
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Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Friday 19 February 2016
There are so many cool aspects of LIGO's detection of gravitational waves. Here are six ideas for you to consider.
The post 6 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Gravitational Waves appeared first on WIRED.
Thursday 18 February 2016
A numerical integration solves an integral by breaking into a finite number of sums. This is fairly straightforward to do with a computer.
The post Dominate Calculus With a Few Easy Tricks appeared first on WIRED.
Wednesday 17 February 2016
Could this film of Lassen Peak erupting in 1915 be one of the oldest existing films of a volcanic eruption?
The post Watch One of the First Volcanic Eruptions Ever Filmed appeared first on WIRED.
Friday 12 February 2016
OK Go has created another epic video. This one involves a zero g environment inside of an aircraft. Here' how it works.
The post The Physics of OK Go’s Epic New Zero-G Video appeared first on WIRED.
Thursday 11 February 2016
In the recent LIGO announcement, it was claimed the event was two colliding black holes 1.3 billion years ago. How do we know this?
The post Using Gravitational Waves to Pinpoint Colliding Black Holes appeared first on WIRED.
