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A Book for Geek Dads and Mad Scientists
One of the biggest real-life geek moments of my life is intimately tied to the Geek Dad book franchise, despite the fact that, until just a few days ago, I didn't own any of the books....Read Full Post
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PBS Explores Fabric of the Cosmos in November
This November, the PBS science series NOVA will tackle some of the most fundamental concepts of the universe. Together with theoretical physicist Brian Greene, the series will present a 4-part ...Read...
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Lawrence Krauss: "You are much more insignificant than you thought."
In a recent talk at Britain's The School of Life, Lawrence Krauss discusses the grand scope of the history of the universe and our relatively insignificant role within it. And, in fact, this...
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Huntsman to GOP: "You can't run away from science"
Republican candidate Jon Huntsman appeared on the Sunday, Nov. 6 episode of Meet the Press and took a (sadly) rare pro-science stance for a modern Republican candidate, when questioned on the issue by...
View ArticleIt's All About the Heat: Cooking the Perfect Turkey
It's the time of the year where people around America begin their annual ritual of applied thermodynamics: cooking the Thanksgiving turkey! Fortunately, molecular gastronomists (i.e. the chef version...
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A New Call for Open Science
Physicist Michael Nielsen has turned his attention from the quantum realm toward becoming an advocate for the open science movement. The goal is to have scientists leverage the power of the internet to...
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Electromagnetic Tidings: Mythbusters, Pilots, & Dragons, Oh My!
Sometimes even a skeptic like me feels like the universe is trying to tell him something. Today, it was telling me to write about electromagnetism. The subject has come up no fewer than 3 different...
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Colbert Quantum Levitates Ice Cream
Last week, comedian Stephen Colbert became (so far as I know) the first comedian to quantum levitate ... well, pretty much anything! On the November 9 episode of his hit satirical political Comedy...
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Big Bang Theory as Science Recruiting Tool?
There's been a recent upward trend in the number of British students taking physics classes in high school and university. Some attribute the trend to the popular science documentaries hosted by Brian...
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Speed of Light Update
It's been a couple of months since the news came out that the OPERA experiment at CERN got results which indicated that some neutrinos were moving faster than the speed of light....Read Full Post
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Comic Books and Science
Most people don't think of comic books as a way to learn about science, but sometimes even unorthodox sources can provide great insights. Some of them are formal reference books, like those in the...
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Book Review: Fool Me Twice
Politicians often make decisions that have an impact on science, but because they usually lack basic scientific literacy, they really don't have an understanding of the scope involved in these...
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The Physics of Christmas
As a science geek, once of the coolest gifts I ever received was a copy of The Physics of Christmas, given to me by my grandmother only a few years before her death. In addition to some discussion of...
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Fabric of the Cosmos Available on DVD
Physicist and popular author Brian Greene hosted a series of four documentaries as part of the American public television station PBS' NOVA science series. The documentary, Fabric of the Cosmos,...
View Article5 Great Science Book Gift Ideas
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned one of my favorite science-related Christmas gifts, the copy of The Physics of Christmas which I received as a teenager from my grandmother. If you're still in the...
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More Big Bang Theory Science!
First, I have posted an article about the most recent season 5 episode, "The Speckerman Recurrence," which features Sheldon watching the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics awards streaming live online. This...
View ArticleBiggest Physics Stories of 2011
Two physics stories in 2012 easily eclipsed all the others, making headlines all over the place. Here are the two stories that caused the entire physics world to sit up and take notice:...Read Full Post
View ArticleTeaching Scientific Values
I've been thinking a lot about scientific values lately, since watching a talk by neurologist Sam Harris, where he is speaking on whether science can say anything about morality. I won't speak to his...
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January 2012 Physics Books
Every month, I get physics books from all over the place. I only get an opportunity to review a fraction of these books, though I feel bad about each one that I have to pass up. Plus, it's kind of hard...
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Relativity Manga Madness!
It's really amazing to think about what you can get into a comic book, especially if your goal is to teach about scientific concepts. I've highlighted some of the gems that have come my way over in our...
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