Daily Archive: October 31, 2009

Oct 31 2009

Vaccine moronitude

I was shocked to learn that of our office leadership team, three out of seven have decided not to get flu shots, H1N1 or otherwise, because they feel they could just tough any flu out that happens to come along. Despite repeated and concerted efforts to explain to them that that’s not the reason getting …

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Oct 31 2009

Crab Nebula, in high detail

The Crab Nebula is famous for being the remnants of a supernova that occurred in 1056 CE. Almost seven thousand years ago (as the nebula is six thousand light years away), a star finished off the last of its fuel, and the competing forces of gravity and the nuclear fusion reaction suddenly became a very …

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