Webometrics faces many challenges, not the least of which is a dearth of tools capable of measuring the Web with any degree of accuracy.  Most academic and professional Webometrics analysts…

Almost only devote religious people like Obama are allowed to climb to power in the West. Germany’s chancellor Merkel had to play down that she was a physicist in order to ensure the voters trust her…

I don't like Steven Weinberg.Good, I have said it. I will provide a brief biographical sketch and a short list of his lengthy accomplishments. I read one of his science outreach books, "Dreams of a…

Émilie Du Châtelet - An Essay On Heat - 1739 - #3 This is a plain text transcription of Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu - Part 2. For introductory comments, please see Émilie du…

Émilie Du Châtelet - An Essay On Heat - 1739 - #2 This is a plain text transcription of Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu. For introductory comments, please see Émilie du Châtelet…

On August 15th, the closeout memorandum for the Office of Inspector General at the National Science Foundation agreed with two reviews commissioned by Pennsylvania State University which cleared…

Recently I became aware through Sullivan's post at LBRB that Autism Speaks was sponsoring the National Autism Association's national conference and that Andrew Wakefield was speaking at…

Émilie du Châtelet - An Essay On Heat - 1739 - #1 In 1739 the Paris Academy of Sciences proposed a question: what is fire?  A prize was offered for the best response. Entries were to be…

A robot named MABEL was created in a University of Michigan lab but 'she' can run like a human, up to 6.8 miles per hour. Unless HYDRA and SHIELD exist in secret underground lairs, MABEL is the world…

The Rev. Donnie Russell of West Virginia found a 2.1-centimeter-long egg last month on his farm. It weighs just 3.46 grams, just over a one-tenth of an ounce, and is about the size of a penny.…