Rocket salad, enantiomers, and nomenclature

Rocket salad, enantiomers, and nomenclature

Yet another article in the Telegraph: this time Supermarket rocket salad healthier than homegrown. featuring the vegetable kingdom this time: Changes in rocket salad phytochemicals within the…
Wonky Rockets? Wonky Theory!

Wonky Rockets? Wonky Theory!

Wonky Rockets? Wonky Theory! The British tabloids Express, Metro, Daily Star, Sun and others seem to think that some or all of the rockets displayed in North Korea recently are bogus.  The "…
Do We Really Want a Technological Explosion?

Do We Really Want a Technological Explosion?

Often the term technology explosion is used to indicate the rapid growth of technology in areas such as information technology or biotechnology. Usually, the assumption is that innovation creates…
Muck and Medicine

Muck and Medicine

An article in The Federalist: The Darwinism That Fuels Atheism Actually Favors Religiosity   contains a section based on a 2016 report Innate Immunity and Asthma Risk in Amish and Hutterite Farm…
On Neutrino CP-Violation Idea

On Neutrino CP-Violation Idea

On Neutrino CP-Violation Idea Primarysuggestive qualitative ideas are especially important in basic frontierphysics. As examples, Einstein’s thought experiment on space-time connection inspecial…
Russia: A Broken Mirror of the U.S.A.?

Russia: A Broken Mirror of the U.S.A.?

A while back I wrote about the program I was involved with in the conversion of uranium in Russian warheads into fuel for use in the U.S. That nuclear fuel is still being used in many U.S. reactors…
Neutrino Telescopes, Day 2

Neutrino Telescopes, Day 2

This is to mention several interesting articles summarizing the presentations given today at the Neutrino Telescopes conference in Venice:- Gravitational Waves: a New Era in Astrophysics Has…
What If … Catalyzed Fusion was Easy?

What If … Catalyzed Fusion was Easy?

How would one detail in the past affect how technology and science evolved? The a recent blog I highlighted the unique role of fossil fuels in a transition from one energy sustainable society to…
The Amery Zig-Zags

The Amery Zig-Zags

The Amery Zig-Zags Cracks in the Amery Ice Shelf show a prominent zig-zag form.  This is a type of crack which forms in a laminated material which is deformed under pressure.   As the…