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Pineta


Particle Physics and Pony Fiction Experimentalist

Aug
1st
2014

How to raise a moon (or launch a satellite) · 8:30pm Aug 1st, 2014

I've just submitted a new short science-themed story. Please take a look at: Twilight's Sputnik.

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Jul
26th
2014

Applejack visits Woolsthorpe Manor (Home of Sir Isaac Newton) · 9:03pm Jul 26th, 2014

Jul
19th
2014

Breaking News and Limerick · 9:33pm Jul 19th, 2014

The News this week: Germany wins the world cup... Rebels shoot down a passenger airliner in eastern Ukraine... Intense thunder storms hit southern England... and Breaking News and Weather made it onto Equestria Daily. And I also had a technical paper accepted by Nuclear Instruments and Methods. I am such an awesome polymath.

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Jul
12th
2014

Sub-Atomic Physics and a Recipe for Shortbread Cookies (Guest blog post by Pinkie Pie) · 10:04pm Jul 12th, 2014

HELLO dear readers, this is PINKIE PIE, your Pony Friend Forever, Party Planner Extra-ordinaire, and fully qualified Nuclear Reactor Engineer. I'm writing this blog post as Pineta is away this week, which means I have a chance to tell you about sub-atomic physics and my favourite particle the neutron.

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Jul
4th
2014

Why is a Raven like a Writing Desk? · 7:35pm Jul 4th, 2014

Let's mark July 4 with something from the Master of Chaos...

“How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!”

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Jun
28th
2014

The Tao of 2 Pi(e) · 10:51pm Jun 28th, 2014

A few weeks ago Walabio suggested I write a blog post for Tau Day. Tau Day, for those to whom this is all Greek, is an obvious extension of pi day: pi=π=3.14=March 14; tau=τ=2π=6.28=June 28. The benefits of using tau (defined as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its radius), in place of the considerably more widely used pi (ratio of the circumference to the diameter), are partly that it is more natural, and

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Jun
20th
2014

Twilight's Castle (with extra laboratory accessories) · 11:42pm Jun 20th, 2014


The Twilight's Castle playset is out—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJxXz5SxqE—with vanity chest, closet, and library book.
I think Twilight would install some additional features...

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Jun
14th
2014

Higher Level Rock Cakes · 9:26pm Jun 14th, 2014


I've just been reading through the following mouth watering geology-themed-cake blog posts from the Geological Society of London:

The Great Geobakeoff – the results

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Jun
12th
2014

Happy Hugs · 7:25am Jun 12th, 2014


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Jun
6th
2014

Apple cloning and the importance of genetic variability · 10:38pm Jun 6th, 2014

It's time we had a science lesson from Applejack...

“So in this field we have McIntosh, Golden Russet, Redstreak, Macoun and Ashmead's Kernel. Then down in the south orchard we keep Granny Smith, Westfield Seek-No-Further, Flower of Kent, Tremlett's Bitter...”

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