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By: Stone Age Scientist

Stone Age Scientist — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:54:47 +0000

Hi Nigel @ #91,

I’m sure you already know that they continued the series via audio plays (these I am unfamiliar with, having only read at a fansite about it). Sapphire and Steel were set free from their imprisonment.

I wish that they would continue the show on TV. They had such interesting premises, not to mention effectively chilling.

By: ESA mostra uma gigantesca erupção de uma rara estrela “morta”: um magnetar em ação « Eternos Aprendizes

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:33:53 +0000

[...] Plait [Bad Astronomy]: OK, so maybe we can be a *little* frightened. [Sobre o novo magnetar descoberto: OK, talvez nós devemos ficar um *pouco* [...]

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:16:56 +0000

Stone Age Scientist (71) said:

To this day, the pilot episode, where an entity that strived on nursery rhymes was unleashing its power, gives me the goosebumps; the episode that involved photographs was horrifying, too. (DVD set sits on my shelf.)

Ooh, yes. “The transuranics are unstable and may not be used where there is life.”

That series was so cool. Plus, it had that really bizarrely chilling ending. Even more plus, it had Joanna Lumley playing Sapphire…

By: Gonzo

Gonzo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:22:11 +0000

@84. and everyone in general.

Paul LaViolette is a pseudo-science hack, just FYI.

By: Due Credit

Due Credit — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:55:00 +0000

In the midst of all these back-and-forth comments about magnetars, I’m concerned that nobody has given proper credit to the two astrophysicists who coined the term and conceived that these objects exist. I’m referring to Rob Duncan and Chris Thompson, who met with tremendous skepticism from the astrophysics community when they first defined the physical properties of highly magnetic neutron stars. Their groundbreaking physics work gave younger scientists a leg up on their careers, but I very rarely see proper attribution or credit in the popular press.

So remember, when you think “magnetar,” think “Duncan, R., and Thompson, C.” It’s the decent thing to do.

By: Stone Age Scientist

Stone Age Scientist — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:53:22 +0000

Hey mathguy @ #87,

And where are your researched figures to disprove Phil Plait’s article?

By: mathguy

mathguy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:22:36 +0000

I went and did some fats checking on this article…most of it is junk, calculations are made too sound way more than they really are. this is kinda like cnn news – take a little bit of fact and mix in a whole lot of technical jargon and put fear into people so they keep reading. worst article ever.

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