Lapham's Quarterly has published a long essay, Secular Revival by Warren Breckman, editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas. The article starts by looking at the dream of the scientific…

Will You Give Sheepswool Sheep? I'm no Dr. Seuss, or even Zseuss.  But encouraged by Becky's enjoyment of my Grasshopper Green, here's another few words.  I hope that, perhaps, my words may…

Forgive me if this has been covered already, but I am curious about the use of computers in Science I have to add a quick sentence here just to prevent the questions overlaying the initial graphic I…

Ars Technica notes that famed anti-PowerPoint communications guru Edward Tufte is getting some sort of job consulting for the Obama Administration. In passing, they point to one of Tufte's online…

We have the Rust Belt and Bible Belt and Sun Belt and Dairy Belt and Corn Belt and all sorts of other belts in the US, but this is the first I've heard of the Beer Belt. Or, more appropriately, the…

Grasshopper Green Grasshopper green,Grasshopper green,Hippity hoppity munching machine -Are you enjoying your tasty leaf snack?Thanks for the visit -  Be sure to come back. To display image…

As a new kid on the block, I'd like to introduce myself via this inaugural piece. It follows a few posts I've made in Rycharde Manne's and Eric Diaz's columns recently The title of my piece is The…

A Woeful Lack Of Candour In a recent article I wrote: Godfrey Bloom MEP bemoans the fact that: "There appears to be a woeful lack of candour and commonsense in modern day politicians." Godfrey Bloom…

The Smithsonian Magazine (one of the highest quality science magazines out there) has some great pictures of various hominins by sculptor John Gurche. Go take a look at the past 4 million years of…

This science cryptic crossword has been sitting on my computer for far too long and was yearning to see the light of day. It is in the tradition of cryptic crosswords but with a science edge to it.…

The CDF collaboration, which runs one of the two proton-antiproton collider experiments at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory since the early eighties, has published hundreds of scienticif…

There are 5 specific groups working on biofuel and all with different meanings and purposes and ends. First group is people like me who started working on biofuel when Professor Melvin Calvin found…

Do scientists hate scientists who talk to the public? From an old piece by Jared Diamond: Later that day, during a group discussion about the importance of communicating science to the public, I…

All At Sea Over Iceberg Science At the opening of the 20th century, British maritime safety was a matter for the Board Of Trade.  This was the era of cork lifejackets.  The consensus of…

Professor Dr. Ashwani Kumar Professor of Botany Hon Director, Life Sciences Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Center, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004. Phone 00 91…

Biofuel is not ‘worse than regular petrol or diesel’ provided a three tier model is adopted and forests are not cleared to raise biofuel “Tropical deforestation contributes around 20% of global…

Biofuel  is not ‘worse than regular petrol or diesel’ provided a three tier model is adopted and forests are not cleared to raise biofuel   “Tropical deforestation contributes around 20% of…

Old World Order Overthrown : Newsflash THE THYMES July 1st, 1776 News has just reached the shores of our Britannic Majesty's Kingdom - that certain seditious rebels have defeated His Majesty's…

A Humorous Poem Remembered This poem delighted me as a child.  I still enjoy it. I hope you may enjoy it also. Sir Smashem Uppe Good afternoon, Sir Smashem Uppe,We're having tea, do take a cup…

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