Category Archives: Science

Thomas Edison's Birthday

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Calissa Leigh

Today is Thomas Edison’s birthday, (February 11, 1847) but what do you really know about this guy? He discovered how to generate direct current power. And sure, he invented the light bulb, the telegraph and phonograph. But he also was … Continue reading →

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A Method to the Mathness

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Calissa Leigh

Elementary school teachers and high school teachers that I had were great, but I really did lack in the math department. It may not be the fault of math teachers. As someone at the TED website posted in the comments, … Continue reading →

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Pythagorean Theorem and Zombies

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Calissa Leigh

I complain a lot about math I have to learn, especially with fancy names like Pythagorean. Who can remember that? No disrespect to Pyth, but I can barely remember how to spell it. So I usually make up a name … Continue reading →

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Bonsai Has Grown!

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Calissa Leigh

The Bonsai has grown. It was slow in doing it, the herbs I’m growing have grown faster than this seed. Is that exciting or what? I was worried for a while. I thought I had dead seeds. I am not … Continue reading →

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Potted Bonsai Seeds

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Calissa Leigh

The seeds are now out of the fridge. Instructions said to put this peat into a tray and add warm water to it. I know. Ew, right? Little thing turns into this big… thing. So I put seeds into it … Continue reading →

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Bonsai Tree – Cold

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Calissa Leigh

Here’s what the Bonsai might look like in 100 years. The 24-hour bath in water for the mouse poop seeds. They end up looking like… mouse poop seeds. The seeds have to go into a paper towel and then into … Continue reading →

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Two Down… Now What?

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Calissa Leigh

So there’s the new post about the bonsai tree. I wanted to talk about the other seeds in another post. There’s five seeds in the kit, two are soaking and waiting for the next phase. There’s three left. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Reverse Clock

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Calissa Leigh

Time wasting project I found at Instructables. I reversed the hands of a clock. Here’s how it’s working now. This took me a good 40 minutes. It took longer because when I opened the back, the cogs all fell out. … Continue reading →

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Science Is Sexy

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Calissa Leigh

I got two new books at the bookstore. There’s one in between those two, but I couldn’t find it at the store. I found them in the science section. How to turn a penny into a radio? Animated origami? Guess … Continue reading →

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Kary Mullis – Experiments

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Calissa Leigh

I was going to put all my geeky experiments and science stuff in another blog, but who cares. I’ll put them all in the same one. I like them. Don’t watch if you’re offended by cursing. Kary Mullis is a … Continue reading →

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