What Is A Tipping Point ? The term 'tipping point' is in widespread use in English, but what does it mean? Imagine a child's seesaw with an empty bucket on each end.  The seesaw is initially at…

Every two years particle physicists meet at a conference which is just a bit more important, more well-attended, and more prestigious than all the others that pester our agendas every other week.…

Musical ClownsWhy is it that so often a genius of comedy has brilliant musical talent?Or is it the other way round? I've also noticed that geniuses of comedy tend to be geniuses of language. …

I think that most of the tiger conservation projects in India have not done very well because of corruption. The import and exportation of tiger parts is a sizable business but just try to…

A few weeks ago I picked up a copy of Matt Ridley’s The Origins of Virtue at a second-hand bookstore, (never give a gene-centric a royalty, I always say!) but I must say that it is well-written,…

"What is autism" is a medical science question.  "How can people with autism adapt to society" is a social science question.  "Why would someone pay to see a movie in a theater with the…

Our University’s former Safety-Office-in-Chief, who retired about ten years ago, had a line in horror stories while presenting training lectures.  One of his “things” was always radiation…

There is a nice Internet site on Facebook about Grisha Perelman: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grigori-Perelman/41491033741?v=wall which claims to have 799 fans. Wonderful ! There is a guy who…

Federal Regulators Allowed Oil Companies To Decide Safety Issues I noted in my recent article Oil Spills And Troubled Waters: When safety depends on the ability to shut down a system by blocking a…

LONDON, May 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of a global community of today's best thinkers, visionaries and thought leaders will gather 17 - 19 May, 2010 at the Emirates Stadium in London for Frost…