[PHOTO: The Bekenstein–Hawking entropy formula for a black hole. Public domain.] Sad news reached Jen-Luc Piquant this morning via Jonathan Oppenheim's Twitter feed: physicist Jacob …
R.I.P. Physicist Jakob Bekenstein (1947-2015) Continue Reading >>
Ah, innovation! What would we do without this driver of new technology and new consumer markets? Science is the breeding ground for said technological creativity, …
Still zero time to blog, and my co-bloggers are equally silent, so here's another blast from the past, about an awesome potential application for free …
NOTE: I have a couple of blog posts in the works, and two others percolating in the back of my brain. But today the galleys …
I am in Portland for the day, having dragged myself out of bed at an ungodly hour (4 AM) to catch my flight. (On the …
There's an obscure science fiction short story by William Morrison (a.k.a., Joseph Samachson), called "A Feast of Demons," in which a scientist creates a hardy …
"My building has every convenienceIt's gonna make life easy for meIt's gonna be easy to get things done…" — "Don't Worry About the Government," Talking …
While the Spousal Unit and I were entertaining an out-of-town friend at Takami, (a great new downtown LA rooftop neo-sushi bar) on Friday night, one …
We have not been slacking off on blogging, truly we haven't — we've just been doing it over at the official blog for the 2007 …
A few years ago, in 2004, a Ben and Jerry's ice cream store in New York City celebrated Earth Day with an unveiling of a …
