Continued from the last post. Discounting the Bohmian song and dance, we are led to conclude that each electron does in some sense pass through both slits. But in what sense? Saying that an electron…

Calliope, like any Low Earth Orbit satellite (LEO), is going up to, well, LEO.  Space weather-- radiation and energetic particles emitted from an active Sun-- can damage satellites.  This…

The pacific northwest is becoming ground zero for anti-science hippies who are willing to believe anything if it fits their world view.   Their vaccination rates are shocking for people who…

The last posts in this series will discuss some of the practical issues of performing research on complex themes. Methodological Stuff: Introduction Patterns Patterns, Objectivity and Truth Patterns…

Whether you agree or not, the funding machine for solar and wind energy is in motion and it is hard to stop - look at the debate over ending ethanol subsidies. One way to make an informed policy…

Researchers say that a protein expressed in the human retina, human cryptochrome 2 protein (hCRY2), can sense magnetic fields when implanted into Drosophila, leading to an interesting topic in…

My old hometown of Vero Beach is now on the map for archaeologists and art historians.   A bone was found and it turns out to be the only known engraving of a proboscidean (so distinguished…

Chuck over at Ya Like Dags? just posted a compelling piece called 101 Uses for Shark Puke. His list may not have reached (anywhere near) 101 uses, but obviously the most important use is determining…

When the National Institutes of Health first opened in 1887,  it was called the " Laboratory of Hygiene" and was staffed by one man, 27-year-old Joseph James Kinyoun.  Mission: collect…

A study in Canada says Canadian pre-schoolers prefer to play with kids more like them. Are Canadian parents ingraining bias in their kids?  Or French-Canadians?  Hard to know. Participants…