Are you addicted to Sudoku? Rubik’s Cube© ? Logic puzzles? Well, you are in luck, because — January 29th is National Puzzle Day!! Nothing is a difficult as it seems Nothing is as easy as it looks Puzzles always have one, several, or no solutions (Gianni A. Sarcone in the introduction to Impossible Folding Puzzles and OtherContinue reading “It’s National Puzzle Day!!”
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January 29th is National Puzzle Day!!
Are you addicted to Sudoku? Rubik’s Cube© ? Logic puzzles? Well, you are in luck, because — Sunday, January 29th, 2017 is National Puzzle Day!! Nothing is a difficult as it seems Nothing is as easy as it looks Puzzles always have one, several, or no solutions (Gianni A. Sarcone in the introduction to Impossible Folding PuzzlesContinue reading “January 29th is National Puzzle Day!!”
May The 4th Be With You!!
Happy Star Wars© Day! May the 4th Be With You! While you are having your Star Wars© movie marathon you might want to create your own Star Wars© Universe. After all, who doesn’t need their own Han Solo in soaponite? An Ewok flower vase, or a Space Slug draft blocker? The Star Wars Craft Book will help youContinue reading “May The 4th Be With You!!”
4/4/16 = Square Root Day!!
April 4, 2016 is Square Root Day – so let’s get to the root of it!! The next square root day won’t be until May 5, 2025, so let’s celebrate! There are only nine square root days in a century – so don’t miss this one! The square root is an important mathematical concept used inContinue reading “4/4/16 = Square Root Day!!”
How Many Moles in a Mole?
It is National Mole Day! Sorry cute (?), burrowing creature, it isn’t your day. National Mole Day is celebrated by chemists and chemistry students on October 23rd. The mole is honored between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m. This makes the date 6:02 10/23, And where did that number come from and why does it deserve it’s own day?Continue reading “How Many Moles in a Mole?”
Happy 25th Anniversary, Hubble!
On April 24, 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. Previously, telescopes had been positioned on remote mountaintops and away from city lights in order to prevent distortion from Earth’s atmosphere. Now Hubble was being propelled into Earth’s orbit to prevent atmospheric distortion literally by rising above it. That atmosphere is whatContinue reading “Happy 25th Anniversary, Hubble!”
It Is National Library Week!
It is National Library Week!! Do you know how much your Engineering Library has to offer? The Lichtenberger Engineering Library – YOUR library – has a collection of more than 150,000 books! We also provide access to over 5,000 current electronic journal titles, and over 100 engineering-related DVDs! On or off-campus, you haveContinue reading “It Is National Library Week!”
National Submarine Day
When you think of submarines, you might think of sub sandwiches, or start singing “…We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine….”1 But, as we recognize April 11th as National Submarine Day, it is good to remember that living on a US Naval Submarine is a hazardous place to be. OnContinue reading “National Submarine Day”