The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture (ISAMA) has published HYPERSEEING regularly since fall 2006. HYPERSEEING offers a lively mix of articles, news, reviews of books…

Predictable Barriers Precluding Any Consideration of Transversable Black Holes Through Outer Space Item #1 in the 3 Part Series: Black Holes Through Outer Space  By  Marshall Barnes,…

Understanding Climate : #1 - Components Of Climate The difference between weather and climate Weather is what you see every day: whatever the sky is doing, that is your local weather.  Sun, rain…

The Real Scuttlebutt On Sailing Slang There are plenty of sites around the web which will give you the origins and meanings of nautical slang.  Mostly the wrong ones.  Etymology is a…

This is a question on the Philosophy of Science examination paper for the BPhil at Oxford, as set last year. "Does the success of a scientific theory justify belief in the entities that the theory…

Just a reminder, the deadline to enter our spring University Science Writing Competition is tomorrow, March 15th at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.  (and thanks to daylight savings time, you just lost…

It (catching a ball) was easy, I was 35 or so and for the first time  in my life caught a ball! To be able to do this I had to learn how to think  with both OPTIC and Brain Generated…

It's that time again for a look at how dumb the public is about science. One in ten children thought the telephone was invented by the Queen, with Darwin coming in second place. One in twenty thought…

The Earth’s System 2010-02-21   Park Jae-Won       Over 2000 years ago, humans thought ‘What is our world created of?’ The answer was the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and…

Consensus Science In a democracy you can vote without needing to give reasons. In science you have to give reasons or you aren't allowed to vote. Let me explain that.Suppose that I discover by…

Hi, my name is Tree (strange name but it grows on yah, please don't cut me down.)This is my blog on scientificblogging.com where the title for the index page is: Scientific Blogging | The world's…

"Renewable fuels got a "bit ahead of themselves in the public eye in 2008 when gasoline was over $4 a gallon and the race to biofuels was on," said Chris Kraft, president of Nashville, Tenn.-based…

What Is Science? Some time ago I was visiting a college in Pakistan.  I thought I was just there as an observer.  My mistake.  I was introduced to a physics class with final words that…

Spring ForwardSpring forward.Seize the daylight hour.We have but too few summers.All mortals must fall backin our autumn years. .Picture via Wikimedia, public domain, courtesy of P. Ingerson I wouldn…

Don't Say Cheese Following a thorough scientific assessment of the risks involved in an experiment in the effects of gravity on round cheeses, a 200 year long experiment has been brought to a…

We tend to think of firewalls as either trying to keep people outside from getting in, or to keep those inside from looking out. The Chinese have firewalls around government websites to protect them…

Two songs and videos about science for children, written and performed by They Might Be Giants. The almost anthemic "Science is Real" and a stroll through the periodic table in "Meet the Elements".…

They Might Be Giants serve up another slice of power pop for kids with "I am a Paleontologist". One of the better videos in their science series.

I came across this video for "This Too Shall Pass" by OK Go, and was absolutely amazed at the amount of creative genius packed into this four-minute piece of eye candy. You have to admire the…

How to explain resonance to a non-scientist? A few years back I heard a guest speaker on BBC Radio 4 trying to explain the resonance effects of pulsed microwave radiation on the brain in contrast to…