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Glacier-related seismicity.

August 18th, 2009

http://link.aip.org/link/PHTOAD/v62/i8/p16/s1/pdf Iceland, located on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, attributes long-period (lp) seismic activity to ice sheets dropping off rather than the volcano buried under the ice.

FEYNMAN’S LECTURES online

July 31st, 2009

Microsoft has put Feynman’s Messenger Lectures online. (I’ve never seen more than a few bits of them before). An interesting interface — it gives a written transcription, and allows you to take notes, as well as having other enhancements. http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html

Enrico Fermi’s ability to make quick, rough estimates has inspired the University of Maryland’s Physics Education Research Group to compile a set of Fermi Problems.     http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/fermi/fermi.htm.

The American Institute of Physics is now using the popular short-message service Twitter. By following AIP’s tweets, you can keep up to date on AIP’s publishing and media activities

Public Ceremony to kick off the U.S. Program for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Long Beach on January 6. The U.S. astronomical community will kick off a year-long celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture by using 400-year-old light from a distant star cluster to trigger a ribbon-cutting ceremony for more…

On the Cutting Edge

December 3rd, 2008

On the Cutting Edge helps geoscience professors keep up to date … http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops

On the Cutting Edge

December 3rd, 2008

On the Cutting Edge helps geoscience professors keep up to date about developments…http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/encountersm2

Women in Astronomy

November 12th, 2008

http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib.html

APS Physics

September 25th, 2008

Physics is a popular web site spotlights exciting developments in Physics.