When you’re talking about people who have an inordinate fondness for insects, you probably mean either God or E.O. Wilson. And only one of them is a person you can actually have a conversation with. (Well, Wilson is 91, and probably still busy enough that it would be tough to get some of his time…
There are times when I doubt that Feynman could possibly be real. A wild man physics savant who was also a world-class womanizer, bongo player, and practical joker? No, no — that’s a fictional character, not a real man. But the world then gently points out that he was real. Ottaviani has made a small…
http://www.nerdist.com/2014/05/learn-math-from-troubling-tribbles/ The original series of Star Trek didn’t just break the boundaries of race and expand our vision of the future — it even got its math right. There really is a huge trouble with tribbles… and it shows the power of exponential growth.
Sally K. Ride, the first U.S. woman to travel into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, according to her organization, Sally Ride Science, in San Diego. She was 61. Ride, a physicist, blasted off in the U.S. space shuttle “Challenger” on June 18, 1983. “Sally’s historic flight into space captured…
Today I Found Out What Happens When You Stick Your Head Into a Particle Accelerator http://ow.ly/47LFF #
According to BBC News, a new mineral matching the configuration of Kryptonite has been discovered in Serbia. The crystals aren’t green – it’s white and, according to London mineralogist Chris Stanley, it is harmless. Kal-El could not be reached for comment. Hmmmm. Mining researchers discovered the unusual mineral and could not match it with anything known…
Via Slashdot, "A mineralogist at London’s Natural History Museum was contracted to help identify an unknown mineral found in a Serbian mine. While he initially thought the miners had discovered a unique compound, after its crystal structure was analyzed and identified the researcher was shocked to find the material already referenced in literature. Fictional literature."…
I’ve long considered myself on the 20th century side of the technology gap. I’m geared for slower entertainment, like reading. Even the shifting camerawork on most TV dramas makes my eyes hurt. So I have no idea what to make of the new study indicating that "playing action video games for an hour or so…
