Science
The Bad Astronomer Claims our Universe is Really Bad
Past Gnomedex speaker and long-time friend Dr. Phil Plait has a very cool new project in the works with the Discovery Channel. His new show, Bad Universe is his latest attempt at galaxy-wide domination. He’s on a mission to debunk the junk and reveal the REAL science behind the mysteries of our planet, our solar [...]
What is Wolfram Alpha?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed While walking around the conference floor during SXSW recently, I happened across the Wolfram Alpha booth. Their long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. Wolfram Alpha’s goal is to deliver to you answers that [...]
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
There’s an old saying in the Bible or some book that I don’t even remember for sure. It says “And the Geeks shall inherit the Earth”. A friend of mine argued with me the other night, claiming that it’s supposed to be the meek shall inherit the Earth. I beg to differ. I know what [...]
Death from the Skies: the End of the World?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Death from the Skies is an aptly titled book. It’s written by my good friend Dr. Phil Plait, otherwise known as the Bad Astronomer. It was written to explain all of the ways the World might end… scientifically speaking. Plait, an [...]
Can Physics be Fun?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Math and I get along like oil and water. I realized it wouldn’t be in my future when I took Physics in high school. I remember playing with Crayon Physics years ago, and it was a lot of fun to play [...]
Is the Future of Science Research Open?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What was the last magazine you read? Every once in awhile, a magazine floats through my house with an article that catches my attention. The May, 2008 issue of Scientific American has on the cover “Science 2.0: The Risks and Rewards [...]
When Politics and Technology Collide
Let’s bring up another failed American war (the “war on drugs,” which has been hypocritical from the very start) to talk about marijuana in the courts. Our judges need to smoke more! No, just kidding – I’m not advocating that they inhale anything that can’t be regulated effectively by our government. Only a fool would [...]
Astronomers eat Kittens, Scientists are Assholes
My friend, Dr. Phil “Cranial” Plaitt, is a really bad astronomer. He’s so bad, he’s been writing about things not related to astronomy: This may sound crass, but it’s true: it’s my blog, and I’ll write what I want to. If you don’t like it, there are lots of other sites about astronomy on the [...]
America Doesn’t Belong to Americans Anymore
Via Bad Astronomy comes news that the United States government is pulling a “Catholic Church” by squelching science and wisdom: So now we have an ex-Surgeon General saying the Bush White House pressured him not to talk about stem cell research and other topics not deemed palatable by this troglodyte Administration that is so routinely [...]
