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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Forensics
liar, liar
I'm tired of the stories that you always tell Shakespeare couldn't tell a story that well You're the largest liar that was ever created You …
CSI lies and suspicious science
Or, Don't Try This in Your Home Lab, Kids! Forensic science has come a long way since Sherlock Holmes bragged that he could identify 140 …
blood rituals
It’s All Soul’s Day, and Jen-Luc is proudly sporting her vampire look for the occasion, eschewing the usual Halloween festivities last night. She embraces the …
plastic people
A month or so ago, I wrote a post about the difference (if any) between scientific visualization and science-inspired art, particularly as the former becomes …
a nation of winers
Thomas Jefferson may well have been America's first great wine connoisseur, according to a 2007 article in The New Yorker about the growing epidemic of …
pretty poison
[NOTE: The Spousal Unit and I are off to Vegas for the next five days. It's book research, I swear! Well, mostly…. Here's an uber-long …
karma chimera
When I was just a wee young thing, my grade school teacher assigned us all reports on a specific animal. I got the duckbilled platypus. …
crime scene craziness
Last year, the Spousal Unit and I attended a friend's 40th birthday party here in Los Angeles. Among the many guests was one of the …
burn, baby, burn
It’s only a matter of time before C.S.I. and its various spinoffs warrant their own channel, along with the Law and Order franchise. Until then, …