Monthly Archives: May 2008

The Space Shuttle Discovery is set to launch on Saturday afternoon about 2 PM PDT. It will be delivering the Japanese Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station, the largest of the space station modules to be taken to orbit. … Continue reading →

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be Richard P. Feynman

Scientific American currently has an interesting article, Does Time Run Backward in Other Univeres, written by Sean M. Carroll: The universe does not look right. That may seem like a strange thing to say, given that cosmologists have very little … Continue reading →

You say you are a nameless man. You are not to your wife and to your child. You will not long remain so to your immediate colleagues if you can answer their simple questions when they come into your office. … Continue reading →

Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood a single word. Niels Bohr Science News reports on an odd experiement: There’s no way around it: The nature of light seems different depending on how it’s observed. Light … Continue reading →

The Phoenix space probe has successfully touched down on Mars in the Martian Arctic. Touchdown occured at 4:53 PM PDT.

Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. Gregory Benford, known as Benford’s law of controversy

Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. Gregory Benford, known as Benford’s law of controversy

Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available. Gregory Benford, known as Benford’s law of controversy

Sometimes I get upset enough to write a letter to the Los Angeles Times. I’ve been subscribing to it for over thirty years now and most of the letters I write get published; they seem to like my style (actually, … Continue reading →