love among the equations
[NOTE: This post originally appeared at our new home at Scientific America.] Four years ago on this date, the Time Lord and I officially tied …
Calculus
i think that i shall never see / a carbon offset as lovely as a tree
I overhead an exasperated parent the other day: “The kid just won’t stop asking ‘why’ all the time. Everything I say, she challenges. She’s driving …
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myths are bustin’ out all over
Exciting news broke earlier this week, at least for fans of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters (and oh yes, Jen-Luc Piquant is a mega-fan!). President Obama will …
heads will blog… about calculus
If you're wiped out from reading yesterday's monster post on poker-playing physicists, and just want to watch/listen to something instead as a bit of a …
change and motion
It's here! Today is the official publication date for The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a …
support your local science writers (and bloggers!)
I see that Not Exactly Rocket Science guru Ed Yong is resurrecting his meme from a year or so ago, asking regular readers to introduce …
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it’s a math, math world
While I've been dutifully plugging away at copy edits for The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive …
shameless self-promotion
So, the science blogosphere is all a-flutter about this weekend's Science Online 2010, pretty much the Woodstock of Science Blogging, or as I like to …
miles (per gallon) to go before understanding fuel economy
The rocket scientist just bought a new car. He claims he was thinking about trading in his old Pontiac Aztek well before I bought my …
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game changer
Oh blogosphere, I miss you so! There are so many cool science-y items and fascinating debates to tempt me away from the task at hand, …