Category Archives: Science

Don’t Worry

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

People worry about the oddest things. In an era when Americans are living longer than at any point in their history, a lot of them worry that their food and the electronic devices in their homes are somehow conspiring to … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Americans in Orbit

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration

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Occam’s Razor

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

William of Occam was a famous fourteenth century schoolman and philosopher, born at Ockham in Surrey, England. A Franciscan, his fundamental principle was that “entities must not be unnecessarily multiplied.” What did he mean by this? In coming up with … Continue reading →

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Soyuz

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration

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Quote for the Day

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

The fact that we have not yet found the slightest evidence for life — much less intelligence — beyond this Earth does not surprise or disappoint me in the least. Our technology must still be laughably primitive, we may be … Continue reading →

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Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

Teaching students can sometimes be difficult. I often make use of skills that are not so very different from what politicians, lawyers, and used car salesmen (are those really three different groups?) practice. Students, by definition, come into a class … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

With insufficient data it is easy to go wrong. –Carl Sagan

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Planets Everywhere

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

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Extreme Science

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

There’s an old and humorous joke about human arrogance. One day a group of scientists got together and decided that humanity had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell … Continue reading →

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