by Tom | Nov 16, 2010 | Science
Great article with a silly title: Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science. Quote from the hero of the piece: something to help us recast scientific research for the future: “Science is a noble endeavor, but it’s also a low-yield endeavor,†he says. “I’m not...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Science
The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensions. The idea of our universe being a bubble floating in 11-d space (NB we are “trapped” on the surface of the expanding bubble) and occasionally bumping into others or splitting does help with the big bang problem. If the big...
by Tom | Oct 29, 2010 | Reading, Science
Life aboard the International Space Station. A good Friday read. 16 sunrises a day. That would cause some jet lag. Luckily our bones don’t degrade on normal flights.
by Tom | Oct 8, 2010 | Science
Lovely image of the earth. The purpose was to show how much is water with almost no land visible.
by Tom | Oct 6, 2010 | Reading, Science
Cracking eye-tracking study. Your mileage may vary, but this is science. http://eyetrack.poynter.org/keys_01.html
by Tom | Oct 5, 2010 | Personal, Science
What Will the Constellations Look Like in 50,000 Years? Part answers a question I had in Crete. The constellations do move around, but the ones that really change are the ones made up of stars in coincidental alignment rather than ones in the same system. So, early...
