Sometimes Long Island is called Hollywood East, especially by the tourist bureau that wants more movies to be filmed here. Below we present a list […]
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Largest Digital Camera Ever Built is Completed, Set for Astronomical Survey in Chile
Brookhaven National Lab has contributed to the construction of the largest digital camera ever constructed for astronomy, one that will be placed atop a telescope […]
What the Heck is the Electron-Ion Collider That’s Being Built at Brookhaven National Lab Anyway?
Everything from the depths of the earth to the center of the sun and beyond is made up of a jumble of atoms. The matter […]
Guide to Free Comic Book Day on Long Island, Saturday, May 4th
Free Comic Book Day draws big crowds bringing people to shops who might not normally come in or bringing people together all at once on […]
Can’t Find Eclipse Glasses? Here’s An Alternative: A Pinhole Eclipse Viewing Box
Eclipse glasses have been hard to find. The New York State visitor center on the LIE has been out of them for weeks and most […]
Looks Fake (100% Real): BNL’s Joanna Fowler with Radioisotope Synthesis Aparatus in 1979
In our series of historical pics that look like they were taken on a movie set but are 100% real life is a picture of […]
This Spring, A Public Technology Sculpture Called “The Portal” Will Visually Connect New York City and Dublin
It’s the future of art and technology! Reminiscent of the ancient and mysterious constructs in the The Guardian of Forever episode on the OG Star […]
Isaac Asimov’s Brother Stanley Was a Journalist at Newsday
Isaac Asimov is a writer who needs no introduction. But his brother Stanley might. Born in Brooklyn to Russian immigrant parents, Stanley Asimov was also […]
NASA is Hiring Astronauts!
In a post on Facebook, NASA invited anyone who wants to go to Mars to put in an application. “Have you looked all around the […]
Looks Fake (100% Real): High Flux Beam Reactor at BNL in 1964
In our series of historical pics that look like they were taken on a movie set but are 100% real life is the experimental floor […]