Back to the Future and scientific plausibility

Back to the Future and scientific plausibility

It is Back to the Future week at Overthinkingit.com, a fellow awesome science geeks blog. Over the past week, the Overthinking It team has subjected the Back to the Future trilogy to a level of…
Darwin and Racism

Darwin and Racism

Edward Larson, author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes trial (which I highly recommend), writes in Bookforum about the influence of racism on Darwin's thinking. Creationists argue (…
Exoplanet Detection Takes Off

Exoplanet Detection Takes Off

In 1960, Dr. Frank Drake developed an equation that predicts the number of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy. It's a simple equation -- the number of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy is…
Great Blogging on Personalized Genetics

Great Blogging on Personalized Genetics

Daniel at Genetic Future has posted the latest edition of Gene Genie. Go read about blog reactions to Steven Pinker's genome, a DNA database for Portuguese criminals, predictions on what super-power-…
Jetting Sunspot Ballistic Anomaly

Jetting Sunspot Ballistic Anomaly

Solar Astrophysics afficionados may be familiar with videos  showing  moving images of highly active Coronal displays  featuring  jetting sunspots.  This type of Sunspot is…
Solar  Equatorial Disk Wobble Explained

Solar Equatorial Disk Wobble Explained

This is a well-documented Solar anomaly.  The effect  can be loosely  described as  "  the spinning dinner plate  wobble."   This evidences  a …