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 …
Physics is fundamental
zapping the new age
I really could have used co-blogger Allyson's advice about skeptic etiquette earlier this year. At a recent party, a bunch of my non-science-geek friends and …
the devil’s playground
Jen-Luc Piquant should technically be wearing mouse ears in honor of today's post, but they clash horribly with her stylin' beret. Why? Because on Sunday, …
magnetic moments
Last Christmas I bought my youngest niece, Cami, her very own iPod Nano, much to the relief of her older siblings, who were tired of …
physics is fundamental
Those forward-thinking SciBlings at ScienceBlogs have decided to put together a series of posts outlining basic concepts in their respective fields; judging by this recent …
deriver’s ed
Like many people, I have a few problems with the factual accuracy of The Da Vinci Code, even though I'm much more likely to cut …
science hits the streets
Anyone who’s ever been involved in science education and outreach knows firsthand how resistant one’s intended target audience can be to any attempts to broaden …
the importance of being nitpicky
Jen-Luc Piquant and I are all jacked up on caffeine and frustration-derived adrenalin at the APS April meeting here in Dallas, after a fruitless hours-long …