Random Thoughts

In August of 2010, the nebula known as Ira's Ghost was photographed by the Hubble Telescope within the constellation Taurus. First discovered in 1983, it is a "reflection nebula" lit by an external light source rather than an "emission ...

Blog Post - Bobby Knight - Oct 26 2011 - 10:03am

Career Paths as Wacky Loops

Here's a little history, since some of my students are starting to look me up on the web. It's also a story about how life is so weird that, if you wrote about it in a movie, the audience would say 'no way'. Ready for some acronym sou ...

Blog Post - Project Calliope - Oct 28 2011 - 7:18pm

Superluminal Tachyons- Post Archive

The following entries are an exchange between myself and Helen Barratt regarding superluminal neutrinos and related topics. I have removed them to this archive for anyone that wants to peruse the posts, and to eliminate the distraction from the original a ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Nov 10 2011 - 8:03am

Personal Matters

Due to the need of optimize my time, in the last couple of years my blogging has evolved to a rather monochromatic kind-physics, physics, physics. But it needs not be so: once in a while, there has to be a post here on personal matters. So here you get to ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Nov 2 2011 - 11:00am

And I keep on writing....

I feel the stress creeping in around me as the other postdocs near my desk seem to be frantically writing this and that to get somewhere, to get something. We are all writing papers, grants, reports or even presentations-- to prove our science is worthy. ...

Blog Post - Lori Bystrom - Nov 4 2011 - 9:45am

Squids Are More Legit Writers Than I Am

What are the quintessential tools of the writer's trade? Why, a pen and ink, of course. Now, what modern writer in this day and age uses pen and ink? None. We all use keyboards and screens. Where's the romance? The tradition? The glory? It's ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Nov 4 2011 - 6:33pm

Chess News

Chess is a lifetime passion, there's no doubt about that. In twentyseven years of practice I have often found myself temporarily losing contact with my chess club, with tournaments, and online blitz games, only to return to the game with a renovated i ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Nov 6 2011 - 8:08am

The Say Of The Week

"If we were not ignorant there would be no probability, there could only be certainty. But our ignorance cannot be absolute, for then there would be no longer any probability at all. Thus the problems of probability may be classed according to the gr ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Nov 10 2011 - 9:13am

PETA Declares War On Your Nintendo

So People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals doesn't like Super Mario. Really, I don't either. Wasn't he the bad guy in Donkey Kong? Donkey Kong was the name of the game, after all, and the big primate only steals Pauline because Mario ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 15 2011 - 9:35pm

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Launches

Bethesda Softworks' "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" has enjoyed an enthusiastic reception by gamers across the globe. After shipping seven million units of Skyrim for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, Skyrim's launch units are expected ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 16 2011 - 7:26pm