Putting a New Spin on Space Elevators
NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American's blog network on April 15, 2015. [URL] Fans of sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke know and love …
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twin suns: better than one?
[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 …
it’s a dog’s life, part 2
In part 1, I asked for guesses about the genetic identity of my beloved mutt, Darwin, to see if anyone was closer than the genetic test we did to try to uncover his ancestry. Surprisingly, of the four breeds that the test identified as being present in him at some level, none of them was beagle — or a hound dog of any type.
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
dance like no one is watching
The start of a new year is traditionally a time for reflection, assessment, and vows of improvement — well, that and a bunch of lists …
a very blackadder christmas
Oh, surely you all don't really want to be reading long blog posts on the Christmas holidays, do you? I'll be offline until Tuesday (mostly), …
two magesteria In the courtroom
Three years before he died, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, one of my favorite popularizers of science, published a book called Rocks of Ages: Science and …
here, listen to this while I’m away
While you're waiting for fresh blogging fare at the cocktail party (it's coming soon! we promise!), let me point you to the hot new diavlog …
FROM THE ARCHIVES: down the rabbit hole
It's madness preparing for a book launch (August 31, y'all), which means it's time yet again for a trip to the cocktail party archives. This …