My friend and colleague Judit Pungor, a graduate student in Stuart Thompson's lab at Stanford's marine station, drew the most amazing poster of how squids see: It's so adorable, and so educational.…

If you want clicks, then now is the time to write about earthquakes and nuclear disasters. That is why Science 2.0 has now an article telling us how great it is that the quake hit Japan, because…

Because occasionally, it's important to stop and enjoy the flowers.

What I Had For Breakfast - Not Really A short history of blogging In the early days of blogging, a lot of people seemed to feel the need to share boring stuff about what they did all day.  A…

Whichever way you argue one thing is sure - the population is increasing and earth resources water, land, air and atmosphere are finite. They are subjected to manmade activities of deforestation,…

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan was a devastating event and did unknown amounts of damage.    There is risk of fire, water shortages, power outages and radiation leaks,…

Neutrino phyisics may be boring, as Jester claims in a post today at the NEUTEL11 blog, or exciting, as many others are ready to testify. And since Jester talks about exciting new results ready to be…

One feels very sad to see the devastation in Japan and offer deep condolances to the departed sousl and wish all courage to the people there who are fighting the natural calamity. Tsunamia are a…

Japan Quake - Media Up To Mischief Edit - this blog entry is now out of date.  The complaint about 100 versus 1000 is now withdrawn.Please see Japan's Nuclear Emergency - The Straight Goods -…

Over many years, as a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, I have regularly received their magazine, formerly Chemistry in Britain, now Chemistry World.  This often contains…

I define the fringe as anyone trying to make a contribution to a field where they are not employed or do not have a degree in the subject.  I happen to be a fringe physicist because my degrees…

Tokyo: A powerful tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday, sweeping away boats, cars, homes and people as widespread fires burned out of…

In case you were living under the science equivalent of a rock, the Journal of Cosmology published a study by a NASA researcher stating, essentially, that fossilized bacteria had been found on Earth…

The weather is a formidable foe for all, save one - the United States Postal Service. Herodotus' words on the New York General Post Office near Penn Station often stand in as the unofficial USPS…

Illex argentinus, our old friend the Argentine shortfin squid, is not looking so good this year. To recap: the fishery crashed in 2009 and rebounded somewhat in 2010. Now it's down again at the…

Upon expressing the Higgs potential in terms of the field H0, we find The first term in V is a constant energy density which can be interpreted as a contribution to the vacuum energy, Although the…

As a member of the  "Jaws" generation I have mixed feelings about a story I read this morning detailing the plight of the severely endangered great white shark. Oh I'm not talking about the…

This from the BBC: “Germany has been named as the most supportive country for overseas students, in an international league table.” If you are a student looking for international experience, you…

It's Rocket Science, I Tell You! The people of Libya are currently trying to give Gaddafi a rocket. A while back, Gaddafi gave his people a rocket. A british team is currently working on giving the…

Back before I became a ham-licensed PCB-ordering flux-soldering basement-building boutique satellite maker, it all started with an idea-- actually, with a column on my other ID here at Science 2.0.…