Not just another pretty face

Not just another pretty face

Nobody wants to have a stuffy, runny nose and itchy eyes year-round, or to not be able to breathe deeply. (Or maybe there are some that do. Whatever floats your boat.) The current magical mystery…
The Daytime Astronomer and the Hitchhiker

The Daytime Astronomer and the Hitchhiker

Back on a frozen pre-Inaugeration Day, I picked up a hitchhiker on US295N. We exchanged the usual banter ("Got any guns? No? Great!").  He wasn't a local, just in town to help assemble…
Adding MP3

Adding MP3

MP3s, podcasts, etc. are not really our thing - most of our readers want data they can use and you can't forward a clip from an MP3 or copy and paste it conveniently ( "go to minute 18 for my…
John Archibald Wheeler doyen of Modern Physics

John Archibald Wheeler doyen of Modern Physics

“We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is a participatory universe.”  One Year has passed. On April 13, 2008, John Archibald Wheeler, the doyen of…
Hubble

Hubble

The Hubble Telescope was carried into orbit on this day, April 24th, back in 1990, which makes it 19 years old. Now it can finally legally drink alcohol in Ontario! The Hubble Space Telescope (HST)…
2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

MCKINNEY, Texas, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- - Webcast Alert: 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders TORCHMARK CORPORATION (NYSE: TMK) announces the following Webcast: What: 2009 Annual Meeting of…
Tin, Refrigerators and Other Things

Tin, Refrigerators and Other Things

I was out tonight visiting with my friends Lucky and Saskia. Lucky is a passionate flamenco enthusiast and theoretical physicist. We were enjoying an evening of live music and talking about advances…