a shot in the dark: the acoustics of gunfire
Who shot first, Han Solo or Greedo? If you're a diehard Star Wars fan, you know the answer is Han Solo. It's a popular bit …
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physics enters the octagon
[NOTE: This post originally appeared at our new home at Scientific American.] One of the biggest movies of the fall so far is Contagion, which …
drunken masters of lingua franca
We're having a bit of a thematic installment of Friday Fodder this week. See, I regrettably missed this year's Acoustical Society of America meeting in …
bring back your dead
In the pantheon of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time, Demolition Man isn't likely to rate very highly. But I enjoyed the rampant silliness …
and the oscar goes to….
The Oscars are coming! The Oscars are coming! And actually, the awards for technical achievement have already been made. But what about the science in …
there’s still science to do!
A little music, a little animated typography, a little song about the perils of science. /sarcasm
we can haz diversity?
A couple of months ago, co-blogger Diandra wrote about scientist stereotypes she encountered in a 4th grade class, in which very few of the kids …
of alchemy and iron man
I have just returned from Minneapolis, or more accurately, nearby Bloomington, host to the annual CONvergence science fiction and fantasy convention. Technically I was there …
stormy weather
Living in sunny Southern California, where it's 75, sunny and mild much of the time, kind of makes you forget that other regions experience this …
beautiful tools
Audiences flocked to to the futuristic thriller Minority Report when it debuted in 2002, and while I generally find Tom Cruise almost unwatchable as an …