EfstonScience Blogs

EfstonScience shares fun, cool and fascinating bits of science and astronomy news on our Telescopes.ca and General Science Blogs. We also keep our eSolar customers up-to-date on the latest in Green Power and the OPA’s microFIT program.

Weird Science: A look at 10 of the oddest bits of sci & tech

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:46 pm

From concrete pianos to flying-saucer tanks (both chronicled in this recent book) to nuclear-powered cars (the Ford “Nucleon” was never …

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Two families review our telescope/binoc setup – Part 1

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 5:30 pm

A few months ago, we sent space & astronomy journalist Peter McMahon out into the Canadian wilderness with a selection …

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Rebooting Celestron’s Sky Scout starfinder

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 10:13 pm

Last year, I got a Sky Scout personal planetarium – the handy GPS-based device from Celestron, which allows you to …

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5 weirdest dinosaurs of all time

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 6:39 pm

2011 was a year of tremendous insight in the world of paleontology: From the discovery of a dog-sized mini-carnivore, to …

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Fun with night-vision: 5 unconventional uses

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 11:24 pm

A few weeks ago, I was looking for the Andromeda Galaxy in a loaned night vision monocular and a pair …

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