Bartholdi was aware of this reaction and separated the metals with pieces of leather or asbestos cloth soaked in shellac. Of course, they didn't last that long. In the 1980's restoration these trouble spots were insulated with Teflon... I am proud to say I got to help build the museum inside the pedestal that…

Palantir View.

I have been wrong many times in my life, but that front left tire looks like it's on backwards.

Be careful what you wish for... The "shortest" day of the year where I live (39 degrees N latitude, in the US, of course) is nine and a half hours of daylight. In the summer, the longest day has almost 15 hours of daylight. Standard time is reasonable in the winter because lots of people have to get up early... maybe…

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's MAGNETS on the feet of the paper cranes and electromagnets underneath. I'm also going to have my robotics students build this.

Which one is Lucy, and which one is Ethyl?

Slightly off topic, I've had my students spin new nickels on nice lab tabletops for two years now... over 12,000 trials: 12 can up, uh, on their edge.

So if 120,000 more electric cars are sold in 2015 we get to 400,000. Was the goal really so far off?

And right.

I have three comments:

Is something wrong with January second 2034?

Pretty sure that 1.2% figure is incorrect, even if it just counts adult African-American men...

Trivia question... Why "Mary Had a Little Lamb?"

I thought of this... "We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and…

Just another example of people seeing meaning where there is none, which, yes, I suppose, is nerdy. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 would have been quite impressive, which is why this particular result got anything more than a passing glance... but THAT didn't happen. Instead, you get 13 37... gee, wow. That the other numbers…

According to the Christian Science Monitor, three people died.

Weird... no one ever gets off the bus.

Do you suppose the could add the International Date Line w/shading? Now, THAT would be cool.

For a sensible look at the history of television, try "Tube."

A woman did this, too. Let's hope they found each other. http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_webb…