NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American's blog network on April 14, 2015. [URL] Along with black holes, neutron stars are the result of …
Neutron Stars Serve Up Plates of Nuclear Pasta Continue Reading >>
NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American's blog network on April 13, 2015. [URL] The American Physical Society is holding its annual April Meeting …
New Dark Matter Map Confirms Current Theories Continue Reading >>
[NOTE: This post originally appeared at our new home at Scientific American.] A few years ago, soon after moving to Los Angeles, an old grad …
nobel dreams: 2011 physics prize honors accelerating universe Continue Reading >>
[NOTE: This post originally appeared at our new home at Scientific American.] Yesterday Greg Laden posted a tantalizing snippet from a news release announcing a …
We are madly traveling about the world at the moment, en route to Doha, Qatar, for the World Conference of Science Journalists. So there is …
Earlier this week, Rice University's Smalley Institute quietly unveiled commissioned portraits of the late Richard E. Smalley (for whom the institute is named) and Robert …
Some interesting news broke last week from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which has been orbiting Saturn since, oh, 2004 or thereabouts, checking out the planet's mysterious …
Note: Until co-bloggers return to blogging duty, I'll be posting one blog from the archives during the week, and one fresh new blog over the …
FROM THE ARCHIVES: my own private microcosmos Continue Reading >>
Last night I settled down into a cushy high-backed chair, got comfortable, turned off my brain and let my mouth hang open for three hours, …
the mayans warned us: don’t trespass in yellowstone Continue Reading >>
If you've been paying any attention here, you know what a huge supporter of space exploration I am. Manned missions to Mars, moon bases, shuttle …
