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Started in August 2014 as a project to write a science story every day for a whole year. Read more →

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Tag: trivia

An Earth by any other name? | Day 30

An Earth by any other name? | Day 30

“When did people start globally referring to our planet as Earth?” I was asked this question earlier today and was struck by it’s unbelievable Anglo-centricness.

Posted on September 15, 2014Categories 365 Science StoriesTags language, Solar System, triviaLeave a comment on An Earth by any other name? | Day 30
Lightning fast, lightning hot| Day 11

Lightning fast, lightning hot| Day 11

Ah, to be somewhere in the countryside with a panoramic view of the skies, and then to watch a lightning storm — the sight, the smell and the sound, peppered with microseconds of blinding illumination which you can never predict.

Posted on August 27, 2014February 9, 2015Categories 365 Science StoriesTags lightning, trivia, weather1 Comment on Lightning fast, lightning hot| Day 11
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