The Say of the Week

The Say of the Week

An expert is a man who has made all of the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. Niels Bohr
Baby Squid Goes Zoom

Baby Squid Goes Zoom

In honor of all the hullaballoo about California market squid (hullaballoo which I will soon be adding more to, stay tuned!) here are some pictures I took a few years ago. The subject is a baby…
From hammock to armchair

From hammock to armchair

You haven't seen any new hardcore physics posts entering this blog in recent weeks. Reason is a new role in my professional life, combined with a new science project that I have started in my spare…
An Exercise In Relativistic Kinematics

An Exercise In Relativistic Kinematics

A faithful reader of this blog has been asking me for answers to some of the 42 questions which were given at an exam for particle physics researcher wannabes in Italy in 2005. I already provided…
For moonwalking robots, jumping is better

For moonwalking robots, jumping is better

Atsuo Takanishi from Waseda University in Tokyo says that walking on the moon is harder than running due to the low gravity - and for robots even worse.    His work simulates robotic…