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Energy Transfers in Fluid Flows

October 9th

Understanding turbulence is an important and challenging problem with a million dollar prize money on it.  We illustrate the complexity of a turbulent flow using an example.  Consider coffee being mixed vigorously, say by stirring (Figure 1(a)).…

A mirror on the Moon: 50th anniversary of the Apollo-11 mission

July 20th

  In this memorable photograph (courtesy of NASA), we see astronaut Buzz Aldrin holding in his right hand a sophisticated mirror: the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR3). This mirror has now been standing on the Moon for 50 years. By sending a laser …

Seeing What Isn’t There: False Positives in the History of Astronomy

June 3rd

We often hear about “false positives” in the context of medical diagnosis, when a test indicates that a patient has a disease or infection that is, in fact, not really present.  However, false positives can crop up in any area of science …

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