Random Thoughts

Banning Coffee Didn't Make The French Less French

Legislation to restrict guns is a lot like legislation to restrict abortion- it's a tough sell at the federal level because of that pesky Constitution so it requires a friendly court and and a lot of lawyers. States, of course, can do it more easily. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 5 2015 - 12:10am

Statistical Averaging Of Entertainment Magazines Picks The Oscar Winner

I believe in the wisdom of crowds. If I take one PhD in science and ask them to guess the number of pennies in a jar, it's not going to be close, but if I ask 1,000 regular people to guess, the mean average of their answers is going to be eerily accur ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 20 2015 - 3:27pm

How To Transition From Scientist To Science Writer

Are you a science undergraduate or graduate student (or even a post-doc) who has discovered you love science but aren't crazy about the idea of doing research in a narrow field?  Science is a big place and there are lots of other ways to be in the wor ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 7 2013 - 4:30am

More Natural Foolishness

I've determined that I won't write blogs about dumb science unless I encounter at least three in a row.  I probably won't actually adhere to that, but it seemed like a convenient excuse to write this piece. For the record, the first two were ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Mar 18 2013 - 6:49pm

The Feynman Point And Pilish Poetry

When I was a kid, I would happily play around with both words and numbers – I still do. Both have their aesthetic appeal. Whether it is constructing and deconstructing mathematical puzzles or cryptic crosswords, they appear as small artefacts that reveal a ...

Article - Richard Mankiewicz - Nov 8 2013 - 9:12am

Technical Communication- Twitter Account Is Back

To those who follow my twitter account: my account was hacked over a week ago, and only today could I get it back to work (the twitter support team is not-hehm- a prize-winning one). So while I am busy deleting the >200 tweets that were (I believe autom ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 2 2013 - 8:55am

Apres un long silence

Apres un long silence Apres un long silence, dont je ne chercherai pas a m'excuser, j'ai le plaisir de vous communiquer... After a long silence, for which I will not try to apologize, I am pleased to inform you... On the Electricity excited by t ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 21 2013 - 7:49am

FBI Releases Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Pix- Website Crashes

FBI Releases Images of Two Suspects The FBI today released images of two males suspected of planting the Boston Marathon bombs. Shortly afterwards the FBI website crashed, no doubt due to demand for these images. As a public service I am posting the image ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 18 2013 - 5:54pm

Why Science Needs Pete Williams

Why Science Needs Pete Williams Way To Go Pete! Pete "I dont want to be trending" Williams is currently trending worldwide on Twitter despite having tweeted very few times. The reason? He has proven to be very accurate in his reports on the Bost ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 21 2013 - 8:07am

Content Is King

Content Is King Whether writing or making videos, create content that will appeal to your chosen demographic and then make it fun.  Even better: present it in Dave's unique non-scripted overly enthusiastic style! David L. Jones- inventor of the beesd ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 27 2013 - 5:19pm