Monday, August 17, 2009 — 70.7°F (at 4:09 a.m.!) A few hours ago Usain Bolt set a new world record by running 100m in 9.58 seconds at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Bolt broke his own standing world record of 9.69 seconds, which he had set exactly one year earlier to the day. The [...]
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Cool Tidbit — Usain Bolt Breaks 200m Record!
Posted in Cool Tidbit, Track & Field, tagged 100 meter dash, Cool Tidbit, Sports, Track & Field, Usain Bolt, World Record on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cool Tidbit – Distance to the Horizon
Posted in Cool Tidbit, Science, tagged Atmospheric Refraction, Cool Tidbit, Distance to the Horizon, Science on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, August 09, 2009 — 63.9°F – thunderstorms Here’s some neat info I just found. Assuming a sphere, the distance to the horizon can be approximated as sqrt(2rh), where r is the radius of the planet or body in question, and h is the height of the observation point. This approximation is adequate as long [...]
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