Sacramento, Cycling And Lance Armstrong

Sacramento, Cycling And Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong will be in my neighborhood tomorrow but he won't be coming by for coffee.  It's the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California, starting in Nevada City and ending in Sacramento…
A Dispensable Discovery

A Dispensable Discovery

While around the world particle physicists are working frantically to produce important new results to be shown at ICHEP 2010 -the International Conference on High-Energy Physics, which is held every…
Life Isn't Hell, Comps Are...

Life Isn't Hell, Comps Are...

First, I have to apologize for my extended absence from both this site and my blog... I've not only been experiencing some career path type crises, but also studying for, taking, and hopefully…
Life Isn't Hell, Comps Are...

Life Isn't Hell, Comps Are...

First, I have to apologize for my extended absence from both this site and my blog... I've not only been experiencing some career path type crises, but also studying for, taking, and hopefully…
Global warming or global cooling

Global warming or global cooling

During a visit to Europe one feels its so cold at time of the year. I dint even bring sufficient clothing to face the low temperatures in May in central europe. India is facing 47 degree in Alwar , a…
What Is Science 2.0?   No One Else Seems To Know

What Is Science 2.0? No One Else Seems To Know

I recently saw an article that surprised me, and it isn't often I am surprised by anything that shows up on the Internet.   It was written by Adrienne J. Burke at the New York Academy of…
Volcanic Ash = Cotton Candy

Volcanic Ash = Cotton Candy

Which would you rather eat-- cotton candy, a volcano, or broken glass?  Turns out they're the same thing.  Ivan Amato breaks this news in Volcanic ash and cotton candy share molecular…