January 2012
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The goal of plasmonics is to “squeeze” light so that one can manipulate objects...
– Page(s): 39, Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku
Sobre uma possibilidade de tecnologia para alcançarmos a invisibilidade das coisas, como descrito por M. Kaku. Saiu algo sobre o assunto no...
December 2011
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Chegamos então ao gran finale da nossa Sinfonia 2012. O tom cósmico que nos...
– Ok, pergunto: quando dois pontos não estão alinhados?
Vai saber a geometria que estão considerando aqui, não é mesmo? Porque se for na de Euclides, por dois pontos sempre passa uma curva e uma dessas curvas costuma ser uma reta.
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Get Instant Feedback When You Publish →
For months we’ve been studying how, when and why people publish their posts, and what the common tasks are people perform afterwards. We know many of you immediately want to see what your post looks…
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November 2011
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inconvicto: Metamorfose Unidirecional →
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Você com certeza já assistiu a um amigo do seu colegial se metamorfosear ao adentrar um curso de Humanas. Não leva mais de um semestre para que um estudante de Ciências Sociais, Filosofia, Letras, História ou qualquer coisa que o valha adapte suas vestimentas e costumes ao espírito corrente dos…
O pior é que não é só isso. Há um grupelho de professores que vivem, se alimentam...
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New Mobile Theme: Minileven →
There’s a good chance that visitors to your site these days will be using a smartphone. We feel it’s important to provide them with a great reading experience while on the small screen, so today…
New Theme: Strange Little Town →
Introduce a hint of wonderment into your blog with our latest free theme!
This is your invitation to take an enchanting voyage to a Strange Little Town. Our latest release is designed to transport…
October 2011
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New Themes: iTheme 2 and Bold News →
If you are doing a great job on your blog and posting regularly, sometimes important posts fade away from the home page. Sound familiar? Today, we’re excited about introducing two new themes that…
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Speedy neutrino mystery likely solved, relativity... →
Those weird faster-than-light neutrinos that CERN thought they saw last month may have just gotten slowed down to a speed that’ll keep them from completely destroying physics as we know it. In an ironic twist, the very theory that these neutrinos would have disproved may explain exactly what happened.
Back in September, physicists ran an experiment where they sent bunches of neutrinos from...
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Baseball Fans: Show Your Pride This Postseason... →
Earlier this year we announced our partnership with Major League Baseball to bring their Fan, Modern, and Retro blog themes to WordPress.com.
Well, it’s playoff time, and we think there’s no…
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Retro Mac Theme →
It’s impossible to overstate the influence of Steve Jobs on technologists, particularly his passion for beautiful, usable products. We work harder and have higher standards because of the bar set by…
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A Ciência não persegue uma verdade absoluta. Ciência é um mecanismo, um modo de...
– Science does not purvey absolute truth, science is a mechanism. It’s a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature, it’s a system for testing your thoughts against the universe and seeing whether they match. — Isaac Asimov (via hypercubic)
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