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School’s Almost Out for the Summer

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:28:11 -0500

We have only one more lab left for the summer. I don’t remember what I have mentioned in the past, but I am a teaching assistant (TA). That means that some others and I team teach labs. It has been an interesting experience for me period, becau

Bill Mahher Loves Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens Because He is a Satanist.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:16:12 -0500

Bil maher that was not accident, you held that pose for a little while, you are throwing masonic signs is that it? Here is Maher talking to his mystic brother Richard Dawkins. Here is a Self confessed “former” Marxist Christopher Hit

Physics of pole vaulting

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:31:00 -0500

Have you readers ever wondered how pole vaulting works? I mean, those long, bendable, flexible poles (no pun intended...) how is it that it's possible to send a man or woman up 4-5 metres in height and not breaking?Well, today we'll look at the scien

L2/R2, un an déjà…

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:33:11 -0500

Toujours manquants à l’appel ! On aurait pu s’attendre que des images montrant clairement les vortex supplémentaires (par rapport à tous les autres observateurs de la gastrulation du poulet) que Vincent Fleury voit et tient pour respo

Women in Science Link Roundup: August 16 Edition

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:43:00 -0500

Here are some women-in-science related blog posts and articles from the past few weeks (in no particular order):Inside Higher Ed writes about the "Keys to Hiring Women in Science"From the British Psychological Society Research Digest Blog: Gender ste

Stars Could Shine In Many Universes

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:30:01 -0500

A commonplace of cosmologists who argue the anthropic golden rule* is the assumption that if any or a few of the constants of nature took on an even slightly variant value, life could not have evolved — perhaps even stars and galaxies would not

Realtime Worlds Puts Out An APB For NVIDIA Physx Technology

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:54:56 -0500

SANTA CLARA, CA—AUGUST 18, 2008—Often underappreciated by those who only casually play games, fast and accurate physical models and calculations are a key to a game’s playability and realism. From the effect of explosions on nearby objects, to

Tenth of September 2008 — The End of the World?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:02:03 -0500

Finally it’s here. Well, just about. On the tenth of September next month, the Large Hadron Collider will finally (possibly!) get kickstarted, booted up — or whatever the hell it is they have to do to get a collider doing what it’s

Is the world periodic

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:24:00 -0500

All variable used are positive. Suppose the state of universe in one instant of time x is f(x). Is it possible to find a t where f(x+t) = f(x) for all x? I had this question in my mind today. because if that is true, then travel back in time can be j

LOST Whispers

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:01:00 -0500

I've now watched into season 2 of LOST, up to the first episode I ever saw, if I remember correctly: "The Other 48 Days". One of the mysteries that becomes more prominent in this season, but has been there from early on, is the whispers. They seem t

How To Boost Your Adsense Earnings 94% Overnight

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:34:32 -0500

Two more of my guest posts came out today in the blogosphere. The first is on Problogger.net and shows the results of some split testing that I did on this website. It is titled Split Testing: How To Increase Your Adsense Earnings 94% Overnight. Scr

Most of the Universe is Missing

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:24:00 -0500

We know what 4% of the Universe is made of. But what about the rest?There was a time, not so long ago, when science seemed to understand how the universe worked. Everything – us, the Earth, the stars and even exotic-sounding supernovae – was made

My travels through eternity’s ten dimensions

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:01:50 -0500

A relatively straight-forward (given the subject matter) video presentation explaining the mind boggling concept of not four dimensions (time being the fourth) but rather ten dimensions, based on the book Imagining the Tenth Dimension by Rob Bryanton

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:23:00 -0500

Sugar Lips :: martensite.stumbleupon.com View of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment Tracker Outer Barrel (TOB) in the cleaning room. The CMS is one of two general-purpose LHC experiments designed to explore the physics of th

Faster-Than-Light Travel: Maybe

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:53:00 -0500

"Spaceship Could Fly Faster Than Light" Space.com (August 13, 2008) "Travel by bubble might seem more appropriate for witches in Oz, but two physicists suggest that a future spaceship could fold a space-time bubble around itself to travel faster than

Texas is a AAA Battery; Sox' Energy Outlasts Rangers, 8-4

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:24:00 -0500

With the Sox up 8-0 in the 8th inning a day after giving up 17 runs, Orsillo cited "the old adage" that 'momentum is only as good as the next day's starting pitcher', suggesting, in so many words, that Lester's performance corroborated it.Lester, pit

From Buddha to Einstein; All Matter is Energy

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:13:00 -0500

The Blackest Black

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:18:00 -0500

Before the Big Bang: Alternate Theories of Creation Consistent with Spiritual Teachings

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:57:50 -0500

Most people are unaware of the problematical features of the Big Bang. Indeed, most scientists accept this version of the creation of the universe without understanding the troubling imbedded issues. The alternate theories of creation are consistent

Invisibility for Muggles, Military or Trekkies?

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:53:00 -0500

As a means of science fiction war, Klingons and Romulans used cloaking devices for their space ships while a rare invisibility cloak was a priceless heirloom given from Death to Harry Potter. Real life scientists at UC Berkley have found a way, ok f