Where's the Pooh Squid?

Where's the Pooh Squid?

The LA Times is way more awesome than I ever realized. First, they have this section called "LA Unleashed: All things animal in southern California and beyond." That's one awesome. Next, LA Unleashed…
GMST : Discovering Trends

GMST : Discovering Trends

GMST : Discovering Trends What Is The Average Global Temperature? asks Adam Retchless Adam's question is a good one.  In brief, and very much oversimplified:the global average, or Global Mean…
Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners

Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners

Airports Could Get Mind-Reading Scanners - A mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential threat. [LiveScience] When I first saw this article, I thought it couldn't be as…
Initiatory Sailing and Physics

Initiatory Sailing and Physics

A recent AP News story told of 16-year-old Abby Sunderland of Thousand Oaks, California, who is sailing around the world solo, intending to become the youngest to succeed. Her globe circumnavigating…
The Danger of Assumptions!

The Danger of Assumptions!

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.  ~Hugh Walpole Everyone knows as a scientist your expected to be busy asking questions and challenging…
Princeton's Paleobotanical Gardens

Princeton's Paleobotanical Gardens

If you like to try your hand at new things and have a penchant for the old or shiny.. no not your dating taste, but something earthier... you may want to consider a trip to Vermillion Bluffs near…