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Good Friday

By Murk | Published: April 10, 2009
In which I talk about the calendar
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Happy Birthday, Darwin!

By Murk | Published: February 12, 2009
In which I celebrate the life of Charles Darwin
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3.. 2.. 1.. 1.. 0… Happy New Year!

By Murk | Published: December 29, 2008
In which I talk about time standards and leap seconds
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Large Hadron Collider

By Murk | Published: September 10, 2008
The LHC at Cern will be switched on today, though there won’t be collisions for a little while. The LHC will collide Hadrons (obviously) at high speeds. Hadrons are particles which contain quarks. Everyday examples are Protons and Neutrons. The LHC can only accelerate charged particles and so it’ll collide protons. The high energy collisions will [...]
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The Antikythera Mechanism

By Murk | Published: September 6, 2008
There is a fascinating video on the Nature website about the Antikythera Mechanism (link to Nature letter). Here’s another video on the topic.
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