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Towel Day

what: events, sci-fi
when: Friday, May 25th, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=1532
  
  1. Don’t panic.

 

May the Fourth be with You

what: events, sci-fi
when: Friday, May 4th, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=3185
  

 

Astronomy Day

what: astronomy, events
when: Saturday, April 28th, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=1417
  

Far out!

 

Space Shuttle Enterprise to barnstorm New York City Friday morning

what: astronomy, events
when: Thursday, April 26th, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=3639
  

Weather permitting, on 4/27/12 between 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM, NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier with Space Shuttle Enterprise mounted on top, will fly at low altitudes around the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum before landing at JFK Airport. It will also be accompanied by two T-38 aircraft serving as photo support

Text and image source: Notify NYC.

 

Richter Scale Day

what: events, waves
when: Thursday, April 26th, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=1395
  

Shake it!

 

Laboratory Day

what: events
when: Monday, April 23rd, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=1414
  

Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab.

 

Earth Day

what: events
when: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=1465
  

 

Bunsen Burner Day

what: events
when: Saturday, March 31st, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=1325
  

Burn your Bunsens today. German chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen was born on 31 March 1811.

 

Vernal Equinox

what: astronomy, events
when: Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=3029
  

20 March 2012 05:14 UTC (1:14 AM EDT)

 

π Day

what: events
when: Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
where: physics.info/news/?p=1312
  

Today is π Day. In the United States, dates are indicated using the number of the month followed by the day of the month. March 14th then becomes 3/14. Compare this with the first three digits of the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle π = 3.14. π is a transcendental number, which means its decimal expansion never ends nor repeats.

π mosaic made of the first thousand or so decimal digits
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