Praise Science Episode VI: Return of the Blog

WE JUST DID A SCIENCE!!!!

Oh my Science, it's been a long time since we've all seen each other here on the World's Universe's most important blog, Praise Science. Why has it been so long since we've posted anything on here? That is a good question, one that a group of the world's most renowned scientists are still struggling to come up with an answer for. Until then, it will remain a mystery (hint: it involves an incredible amount of beer, video games, and apathy). BUT WE'RE BACK NOW SO RELAX.

A lot of you suggested cool Science things for us to write about for our amazing comeback post, but shut up all of you, this thing I'm about to post is way better (j slash k we will totally write about the stuff you sent us, just not right now). So without further ado, please click this CLICKY and watch this awesome thing. MAKE SURE YOU WATCH IT WITH THE SOUND ON AND TURN DOWN/OFF THE SOUND ON THE LEFT CLIP. You will feel the Science so hard that you will probably cry (watch all the way until it finishes for a happy ending)!

This footage is from a camera/contact mic rig attached to the hull of the solid rocket booster (big white thing) used to launch the Space Shuttle during the STS-124 mission. The curvature of the earth that you see in the video is actually from the fisheye lens on the camera and not the natural curve, since the SS ditches its rocket boosters at a relatively low altitude.

p.s. Thanks for all your enthusiasm about bringing PS back from the dead. More posts are coming forthwith, really, we swear...

OH SHIT PS PASSES 10,000 UNIQUE VIEWS

We work hard for those page views, so hard for those page views...

LOL WUT? When we weren't paying attention (between 4PM and 11PM today) Praise Science passed 10,000 unique page views. Although the awesomeness of all PS contributors and all PS articles and all PS readers is undeniable, we have to admit that many of these page views came from random Google searches. But, if we weren't so awesome to begin with, then Google wouldn't have ranked us so high in all related searches to begin with, right?

PRAISE SCIENCE!

Oh; Praise Science!

On this date, one year ago, this web-log came into existence! What began so long ago as a childish dialogue about Science-related topics over the Internet between friends has since evolved into an even greater childish dialogue about Science-related topics over the Internet between friends! But seriously, and I hope I speak on behalf of all other contributors, Praise Science has been, and continues to be, a huge labor of love for us. I am truly stoked that this silly blog has lasted this long with such great feedback and widespread contribution from all of you!

Anyways, let's get down to business. Since this blog clawed its way out of the primordial ooze and into the evolutionary cesspool known as the Internet , shit's been crazy, as far as Science goes. Tons of (non)relevant stuff has happened. Let's make a list:

• Praise Science answered practically every Science-related question anyone has ever had.
• NASA did awesome shit. And also sucked pretty hard.
• The Large Hadron Collider, arguably the greatest invention ever created by Man, came online. Then it broke.
• Tons of fools got courtesy cards, for not being SMRT.
• Great fun was had, via gChat
• And, uh, basically, everything. Just read the blog, and hit that 'Older Posts' button for some srs Science and lulz.

So, thanks again for a great year, all of you friends, enemies, and neutral parties. May this coming year be even more Scientific and fucking awesome for us all!