"Wow!" "Look, look here. Is it a dinosaur? A T-Rex? A deer? What is it?" Those who've chased elusive fossils and cracked concretions know these gleeful questions well. The rush and excitement of…

We have an outstanding graphic design intern who just started so we're going to have T-shirts made for each category rather than just the generic one with the logo.   If you have ideas for cool…

The Wii game 'Super Mario Galaxy' is a triumph of inventive game play and a favorite in our family. But oh, the muddled science message is like a bad version of the old "Who's on First" routine. In…

There is no question that humans are unique among living things in possessing a rich communications vehicle like language. However, by itself, this is insufficient to explain why such a thing should…

In this installment I would like to extend the concepts of belief systems into other areas that we are all familiar with but haven’t necessarily explored. The data organization capability of the…

This is a three part series that will explore the nature of belief systems, or worldviews and offer some perspectives on how they are formed and function. Belief systems are fundamental to human…

I am continually amazed and amused by the wonderful metaphors and similes generated by users of the English language. The phrase "Are you talking to me or chewing a brick?" is a 'hard-man' phrase,…

Is Pluto a planet? On Tuesday I talked about how 'Algol' isn't technically an Algol-type star system. This raised the interesting case of "is Pluto a planet". To a large degree, that's a non…

I am disarmed every day by the amount of info my students do not know at this stage of their life cycle.................I am teaching the life cycle of stars for the 4th year (this is my second…

This blog is based on my efforts toward defining a 3-Dimensional Electron that exists in real space that I hope will replace the theoretical "point particle", that has been in existence since the…

"I think, therefore I am." - Descartes. Are you impressed by this deep and meaningful insight into the human condition? Descartes also wrote, in his Discourse: "... philosophy affords the means of…

A new study found that the rate of new cases of diabetes in the UK rose by 74 per cent between 1997 and 2003, and has now overtaken the rate in North America, which has one of the highest incidences…

Whether you are for, against, or apathetic to tobacco, Congress is working to ensure that tobacco and tobacco companies fall under FDA regulation. The bill - under consideration before the powerful…

    George Ellery Hale was an early and important pioneer of Solar Research.  In the early 19th Century, in Pasadena,  coincidently, the present  location of NASA`s…

An Algol type star system is an eclipsing spectroscopic binary consisting of two close, interacting stars. Their X-ray emission is due to slow mass transfer due to Roche lobe overflow. Algol-type…

This first video is where I explain Hilbert Space Tensor Products. I explained Hilbert spaces and operators in a previous video. The sound is not stellar so turn up the volume to the max, and you…

An octopus flooded the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (note the link on the 2nd page to a video showing an octopus climbing through a very small hole- really cool if you haven't seen them in action…

As part of the Eighth BC Paleontological Symposium, May 15-18, 2009, I led a field trip to the Cretaceous-Jurassic exposures near Harrison Lake, British Columbia. The lake and hotsprings…

Three Representatives and one Senator are calling for additional FDA regulatory authority to ensure better oversight of dietary supplements, after a GAO report released today detailed FDA's lack of…