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I Could Explain It
Gifts for a Geek blog | August 6th 2008 by Casey Sisterson
It’s not that I can’t explain it…it’s just that you wouldn’t understand is a great physics geek t-shirt. Especially for those that are tired of explaining everything all the time knowing that the nods they are getting i read more
It's Some Relative
Soxlosophy | August 5th 2008
If motion's all relative, you don't know if its moving, or you. In little league, someone might try to score from second base on a wild pitch or an infield ground ball; weak arms make little legs fast. But Ellsbury's fast legs make strong arms look s read more
Behind the Scenes: Cute Generative Animated Characters with Squis…
Create Digital Motion | August 5th 2008
The making of: Nokia Friends, generative characters from postspectacular on Vimeo. Karsten Schmidt sends us a behind-the-scenes mini-movie that reveals how he created pudgy, bouncy animated characters using generative code in Processing. It’s fun read more
SLACKERJACK: Gravitee
hecklerspray | August 5th 2008
Golf games tend to be great fun, when they’re done right at least. But they can be a bit boring and samey - even the cutesy titles like Everybody’s Golf have far too many identikit competitors these days. So it’s nice to find a golf read more
My other site @ Super Physics
Scientechie - Science, Computers and Technology | August 5th 2008 by Muhammad Fahd Waseem
I think I may have forgotten to mention properly: I have another site at http://superphysics.netfirms.com. It is about high level physics - you will get a good idea about it if you visit it (and are interested in physics, of course). I developed it l read more
Where do comets come from?
Ask The Science Experts | August 4th 2008 by Dan
Mathematical theory suggests that most comets may come to the solar system from very far away, as far away as 100,000 Astronomical Units. In this picture, the solar system is buried deep within the cloud. An Astronomical Unit (or AU) is the distance read more
Jerry Bruckheimer to Remake "12 Monkeys"
Needcoffee.com | August 4th 2008
Kidding! I'm kidding--put the gun down. It's just I can't help but think that we're going to hear--over the next five to ten years--art and set designers on their various sci-fi movie commentaries talking about how they were inspired by the Large Ha read more
Quick Hits: A Teacher By Any Other Name, Innumerate Intellectuals…
Matthew K. Tabor - Education for the Aughts | August 4th 2008
From The Homeroom, the LA Times’ Southern CA Schools blog: The misnomer that is ‘teacher.’ One thing that education blogosphere is wonderful at is saying something and meaning nothing. Take, for example, this re-definition of ‘ read more
Large Hadron Collider almost ready
The Universal - Surface Bursts | August 4th 2008 by PS Perkins
The first particle collisions are scheduled for later this year at Swizerland’s Large Hadron Collider, a 17 mile long particle smasher on the Swiss/French border outside of Geneva. “The detectors could see up to 600 million collision eve read more
Dark Energy Signs Seen in Giant Clusters and Voids
Blogging the Singularity | August 4th 2008 by Chris Williamson
Scientists have found more intriguing evidence for dark energy — one of nature’s most befuddling phenomena. Dark energy is thought to make up about 74 percent of the universe, while dark matter — a mysterious form of matter that scientists read more
From the TEDTalks archive, David Deutsch on our place in the cosm…
TEDBlog | August 4th 2008
For the next two weeks, we're presenting some of our favorite TEDTalks from among the 275 talks and performances we've posted since June 2006. Look for brand-new TEDTalks starting August 18. Until then, enjoy these gems -- and suggest your... read more
An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics The Finite Volume…
Review Any | August 4th 2008 by webyaaba
An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics The Finite Volume Method,2nd Edition,Versteeg,9788131720486 read more
Proton-electron mass ratio
Science and Reason | August 4th 2008 by Charles Daney
Physicists speculate a lot about whether (or to what extent) the laws of nature are exactly the same in all parts of the visible universe. This question is sometimes known as the "fundamental constants" problem. There are a variety of such fundamenta read more
Logical Fallacy of the Week: Summer Re-Run
Soxlosophy | August 4th 2008
It's tempting to let the story drive the characters. The characters, though, tend not to think their fates are being written by an author other than themselves.Fans like stories, and fans like repetition. Baseball is pretty much the same game everyda read more
SCIENCE: The Large Hadron Collider is nearly ready
The Conservation Report | August 3rd 2008 by Buck Denton
The Large Hadron Collider is about to start conducting high-energy particle collisions to prove current theories or support the current paradigm of particle physics. There has been some protest that the collisions will result in the formation of dan read more
Quote of the Day
Karol Krizka's Free Programming Advice | August 2nd 2008 by Karol Krizka
This joke was mentioned in a discussion over that the Physics Forums about proving the Big Bang Theory. For some reason, I found it to be very funny. The famous joke about a bunch of scientists observing a cow from a train. Look says the astronomer - read more
Prelude to the Higgs: A work for two bosons in the key of Z
Science news, anthropology, archeology - Scicornwall | August 2nd 2008 by mellowmuppet
Fermilab's DZero experiment observes rare ZZ diboson production Batavia, Ill.— Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the US Department of Energy’s Fermilab have announced the observation of pairs of Z bosons, force-carrying particles produced read more
The amazing quantum world of ultra cold matter
Science news, anthropology, archeology - Scicornwall | August 2nd 2008 by mellowmuppet
ESF's EUROCORES Program EuroQUAM presents itself at ESOF Many of us have been fascinated by the concept of absolute zero, the temperature at which everything comes to a complete stop. But physics tells us otherwise: absolute zero cannot be reached... read more
The LHC Rap
Karol Krizka's Free Programming Advice | August 1st 2008 by Karol Krizka
Watch the video above to see an example of CERN physics at work. Well, someone has to tell the public about the “deadly” experiment they are running. ---Related Articles at Karol Krizka:No related posts read more
Life as a female physicist
Veronika's Blog | August 1st 2008
My mother says that she let me drop toys from the pram so that I could learn the basic laws of physics. Therein lies the root of my vocation, I suspect. An unexpected side effect of being a physicist, however, are the reactions I get when I answer th read more
Viterbi Algorithm goes quantum
Science news, anthropology, archeology - Scicornwall | August 1st 2008 by mellowmuppet
An old technique helps Bob correctly decode Alice's entangled message qubits Alice would like to transmit a stream of quantum information to Bob. She shares entanglement in the form of ebits before quantum communication begins. Red qubits belong to A read more
LHC pictures
easternblot.net | August 1st 2008
Flickr user µµ works on one of the particle physics experiments that will be carried out on the Large Hadron Collider, and uploaded some pictures of the LHC-under-construction to the Flickr group pool. She also has an entire set with more pics and read more
Dropping mad science at the Large Hadron Collider
TEDBlog | August 1st 2008
Brian Cox is not the only rock star at CERN: CERN Rap from Will Barras on Vimeo. Read more about it here >> PLUS: The LHC just keeps on inspiring art. Check out this new collection of astonishing photos of... read more
Fisking on Global Education: Washington Post Jay-in-the-Box Editi…
Matthew K. Tabor - Education for the Aughts | August 1st 2008
If your message fails, blame the medium - or otherwise go for semantics over substance. That’s a fair charge for Jay Mathews’ latest WaPo-whine titled “Why I Am A TV Loser.” You’ll remember that Mr. Mathews debated Two M read more
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider Explained with Rap Music
Impact Lab | July 31st 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM Unnerving to some, educational and brilliant to others In the tradition of Richard Feynman’s ode to orange juice, but spiced with actual information. read more
Ice Spikes: Rare Freezer Formations
Apathetic Lemming of the North | July 31st 2008 by Brian Gill
This is a new one to me: probably because this household doesn't use distilled water for ice cubes. "Ice Spikes" SnowCrystals.com (February 1, 1999) "... Strange things you can find in your freezer ...""Ice spikes are odd ice structures that occasion read more
Molecular Mixology Master Class
Geek Girl Gifts | July 31st 2008 by Girl Geek
I think that if you are going to drink, you might as well do it scientifically. At BolsCocktails.com they've been teaching Molecular Mixology: The key to this new discipline is the combination of the unusual and the unexpected. Rather than match in read more
Help! I’m falling and I Can’t Speed Up
Gifts for a Geek blog | July 31st 2008 by Casey Sisterson
Help! I’m falling and I can’t speed up!!! is a great physics geek design complete with Newton’s apple. Some people will laugh, but only a few will truly understand the physics behind this design. This great physics t-shirt will allo read more
Quantum Entanglement Photography
OmniNerd | July 31st 2008
Voodoo, witchcraft, alchemy and physics all do amazingly peculiar things. One of the mysteries presented by quantum physics is the property of photon entanglement. Usually, the principle is just demonstrated with two photons striking separate detec read more
Beautiful phrases…
Scientechie - Science, Computers and Technology | July 31st 2008 by Muhammad Fahd Waseem
Who says quotes about physics and maths are always funny or cheesy? Here is one that is actually very smooth: Physics and Maths are the undercurrent of life. Why? Because physics is time, and math is the explanation. And together, they are the phenom read more
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