Tag: science stigma
Scientists and the Public
by Eric on Jul.14, 2009, under Science Life
Hi everyone … I am very excited to be making my first post to the Science Life blog. I’m Eric, a newly minted (and as yet unemployed, so you may be seeing a lot of me) Immunology PhD. I read a lot of news, and I find myself both fascinated by interesting viewpoints and dismayed by idiocy and ignorance in approximately equal proportion. I hope to rave and rant (respectively) about these types of news in the future, but today I discovered an article ABOUT ignorance.
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Nasa's Image of the Day
Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun
On Jan. 27, 2012, a large X-class flare erupted from an active region near the solar west limb. X-class flares are the most powerful of all solar events. Seen here is an image of the flare captured by the X-ray telescope on Hinode. This image shows an emission from plasma heated to greater than eight million degrees during the energy release process of the flare. Image Credit: JAXA/Hinode
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