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Christmassy Planetary Mnemonic
XKCD has kindly provided a new mnemonic device for remembering the names and order of the eight planets in our solar system, and it has a Christmas theme to it. Click through to read several other...
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Is Jesus Satan?
Now that I have your attention, I should presumably next reassure you by saying “NO!”But hopefully you are still asking yourself why on earth anyone would ask the question in the first place.The reason...
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The Billiard Ball Universe is Supposed to be a Metaphor
Someone needs to tell the cartoonist about quantum mechanics…and that the universe is much bigger than a single solar system.
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The Meatball Argument
The above image, which a friend shared on Facebook, provides a nice humorous illustration of the way that one can start from one’s beliefs and find confirmation in illogical places. Whatever your views...
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Interstellar
I had been eager to see Interstellar for some time, and finally managed to see it in the IMAX theater at the Indiana State Museum on the last day that it was showing there. Spoilers ahead!The film is...
View ArticleThe Songs of Distant Earth Day
Click here to view the embedded video.I thought I would wish everyone a happy Earth Day. The music in the video above is by Mike Oldfield, whose album The Songs of Distant Earth is taken from a novel...
View ArticleChristmassy Planetary Mnemonic
XKCD has kindly provided a new mnemonic device for remembering the names and order of the eight planets in our solar system, and it has a Christmas theme to it. Click through to read several other...
View ArticleIs Jesus Satan?
Now that I have your attention, I should presumably next reassure you by saying “NO!” But hopefully you are still asking yourself why on earth anyone would ask the question in the first place. The...
View ArticleThe Billiard Ball Universe is Supposed to be a Metaphor
Someone needs to tell the cartoonist about quantum mechanics…and that the universe is much bigger than a single solar system.
View ArticleThe Meatball Argument
The above image, which a friend shared on Facebook, provides a nice humorous illustration of the way that one can start from one’s beliefs and find confirmation in illogical places. Whatever your views...
View ArticleRIP John Glenn
I just heard the news that astronaut John Glenn has passed away. I will always consider it a great honor that something I wrote appeared alongside an interview with Glenn in a volume exploring the...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: 7 Earth-Sized Planets in Trappist-1 System, 3 in Habitable Zone!
NASA just announced that, using the Spitzer Telescope, they have detected a total of seven earth-like planets orbiting the star Trappist-1, and three of them lie in the habitable zone in which liquid...
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