Defining Dallas:  Where Have The Butterflies Gone?

Defining Dallas: Where Have The Butterflies Gone?

A mystery has emerged in the past three weeks that may have a very simple answer -- but an answer that we're not aware of -- and that's the mystery of what happened to the butterflies? The question…
Paper Circuits Almost Here

Paper Circuits Almost Here

Univ. of Illinois announced a silver pen for writing conductive cursive.  Researcher Jennifer Lewis notes “Pen-based printing allows one to construct electronic devices ‘on-the-fly,’".  I…
Blooming Botany (3B)

Blooming Botany (3B)

Botany: A Blooming History The last episode of the series by Timothy Walker majored on the exploits of noble scientists whose aim was Feeding the World The first of these is Nikolái Ivánovich…
The Next Big Thing: New Scientist Poll

The Next Big Thing: New Scientist Poll

Recently, New Scientist (with the Royal Academy of Engineering as competition partner) started a poll/competition where readers could send in a brief statement of what they thought would be the 'nex…
The Certainty and Uncertainty Principles

The Certainty and Uncertainty Principles

The game of quantum mechanics is rigged, but I will let you in on the rules. The wave function has all the information usually written as complex values. Operators are used to grab out different…
Many Worlds Sausage With Correct Quantum Factors

Many Worlds Sausage With Correct Quantum Factors

Many Worlds by Splitting a Wiener Sausage is extremely simple as far as models go. Before we can resolve the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox with it however, we need to understand what is still wrong…
What Killed Florida's Giant Squid?

What Killed Florida's Giant Squid?

It never fails--I take some time off, and a giant squid shows up! A few years ago, it was a half-eaten carcass found floating in Monterey Bay. Every teuthologist dreams of a giant squid sighting in…