AirAsia 8501 - Both Black Boxes With NTSC Data Analysis Begins SoonIt has now been confirmed officially that the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) has been recovered.  It was delivered to the…

AirAsia QZ8501 - No Explosion Air Asia flight 8501 did not explode: it burst open on impact with the water. Many English language news outlets are reporting that the plane "exploded".  It…

The emerging problem of floating space junk becomes more and more evident and bothersome. Spacecraft and satellites are currently subject to high-speed impacts by more than 19,000 trackable objects…

Air Asia Black Box LocatedDetik News reports that divers operating from the vessel KN Jadayat have located the black box from Air Asia flight 8501. Sunday, 01/11/2015 19:26 pm Divers from KN Jadayat…

Air Asia 8501 - Tail Section Raised The tail section of Air Asia 8501 has now been raised.  Detik News reports that Army Commander General Moeldoko cannot confirm whether the FDR or black box is…

The gas giant Jupiter safeguards many secrets crucial to our understanding of the evolution of our solar system. It could also provide insights on how giant planets form and the role these titans…

Nothing justifies the killing of people for expressing ideas no matter how repugnant one finds them. However, these things don't happen in a vacuum. These things are not simply the fault of the…

The terrorist attack of two days ago in Paris to the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo left most of us hit hard by the blow to freedom of the press and freedom of thought, which are among that core…

Yesterday (8th) I took this photograph of Venus and Mercury from the grounds of Reading University. In the photograph, Mercury is about two moon-breadths down and to the right of Venus. …

Ocean Currents in the South Asian Archipelago The losses of AirAsia QX8501 and Malaysia Airlines MH370 are tragic.  I hope that the relatives may find some comfort in the knowledge that their…

There is no more important universal problem in the Standard Model of elementary particles than the problem of mass and mixing flavor hierarchies. The mainstream theoretical approach for treating it…

Air Asia 8501 - Tail To Be Raised The recently located tail of Air Asia flight 8501 is to be raised according to reports by Detik News. The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (…

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The face of addiction treatment is changing, and not for the better. Betty Ford and Hazelden have long been beacons of hope in the addiction treatment community, two well-known and respected centers…

Air Asia 8501 - Some Factual Information "Based on the available data regarding the location of the lost aircraft, weather is a factor in the triggering of the incident. The most likely weather…

I think it's time for a little snow - C.P.Snow, that is.   Charles Percy Snow was an English physical chemist, novelist and civil servant. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of…

In December 2014, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released its highest-resolution geologic map of Mars. The new geologic and structural map uses the highest-resolution, orbiter-based images…

Nonsensical but oddly beautiful Bing and Google translations from Facebook posts in a variety of languages: 袁嘟嘟第一次以老公的身分參加部門聚會，泡完湯好舒服 Doodle Yuan to her husband's party participated in the sector…

Theories of everything in Physics by their nature need to be theories of almost anything. How can we call a theory which is so hard to test we can't test it, right now, science? George Ellis and Joe…

Cycling for Science #2 - Geology Cycling on tarmac roads in summer is all very well but you can learn a whole lot about geology - and the laws of physics - if you ride off-road.  For example:…