On Blogging And Soothsaying The internet is a wonderful means of spreading information, but there is a danger of spreading misinformation.  It probably takes far fewer years of education to read…

Over at Marginal Revolution economist Tyler Cowan has started one of those blog trends, and many other bloggers have followed like a pack of lemmings. So of course I'm going to join in - it's about…

Here's a short sequence of art videos, which made me smile This line is just a space-filler to move the embedded screen down ;-) Noteboek from Evelien Lohbeck on Vimeo. It's by Evelien Lohbeck from…

One of the original things that I've done in terms of reserach, has to do with super massive black holes and how they don't fit into a single reference frame from all points of view. I presented this…

Kim Griest Physics Department 0319 University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, CA 92093 Offices: 3202 Mayer Hall, 858-534-0924 337 SERF, 858-534-8914 Griest/Fuller Lab: 4217…

In Adventures in Ethics and Science, Janet Stemwedel asks some questions about peer review — its purpose and its effect — prompted by strong online criticism of a peer-reviewed paper that was…

NEW YORK and LONDON, March 27, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Drew Seath was recently appointed to the role of President, Medefield America where he will lead business development and operations for North…

It's Earth Hour - Let's Black Out Big Time! Earth hour is an event organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature in which participants switch off lights for one hour at night.  The objective is to…

A pale pink, half-moon shaped scar sits above my left breast as a  reminder of my youth spent at Jones Beach with more baby oil than sunscreen, doing more baking than bathing. My scar is from…

WALLDORF, Germany, March 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistex is pleased to announce that Udo Hannemann, a long-time SAP senior manager, will join Vistex GmbH as Vice President of Business Development for…