'Science' Category
We’re Still Here
There was quite a bit of consternation about whether you would still exist to read this now.
In case you are in fact reading this particular message, that meant the Large Hadron Collider in Europe has not created little black holes that will swallow the Earth. The particles are being smashed in an effort to recreate [...]Awake and Aware
I haven’t been sharing the ups and downs of my cousin Billy, not because there haven’t been, but because they haven’t been earthshaking in either direction. However, the overall trend seemed to be headed downhill.
Until this morning.
This is from my cousin Dave:
While sitting in Bill’s room blabbering and telling jokes I noticed Bill looking [...]Look For the Twist
Steve Harden was one of my best friends in high school and college. We were in many of the same science and math classes, although he had a very strong artistic streak. When it came time to get serious about actually graduating, Steve declared a double-major in Chemistry and Art.
One of my other [...]Steer by the Stars
“All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars.”
- Rush, “The Pass,” Presto (1989)
There’s a reason why sailors used the stars as their guide. Because of the immense distances between stars, they have no apparent “parallax” for earth-bound observers. Parallax is the measure of perspective change, [...]An Inconvenient Irony
Al Gore is angry at all the attention Paris Hilton is getting. From The Sun:
“The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves what is going on here?”
Sadly, Paris Hilton is a figment of our collective imagination. She is a celebrity without merit. [...]
