Yesterday, I seemed to be under a giant cloud, with lots up in the air. A difficult ghostwriting deadline for an article about clouds loomed, but the Tortoise Cat signaled we were overdue for a…

How did the first stars and galaxies form? Are there other planets like Earth? What is the universe made of? These are the fundamental questions that astronomers hope to answer in the next decade…

How did the first stars and galaxies form? Are there other planets like Earth? What is the universe made of? These are the fundamental questions that astronomers hope to answer in the decade with a…

This week a computer science researcher named Vinay Deolalikar claimed to have a proof that P is not equal to NP. Let’s set aside what this means for another day, lest I get distracted.  The…

I almost categorized this under Humor but it's more scary than funny... TPM highlights the Conservapedia argument against the theory of relativity: "The theory of relativity is a mathematical system…

Tom Scott is a geek comedian who has been described as a "sometime internet funny man" by The Register has come to the rescue of science journalism with a list of warnings they can go ahead and…

Over at the NASW.org archives, their cybrarian did a summary of science blog sites.  And in case "Science2.0" isn't hot enough, we find science3point0.com (yes, that's their moniker): Another…

Ever been stuck in an airport? A foreign country? Try being stuck in orbit! Poor Air Force Major Abacha Tunde plus a colleague were trapped on a Soyuz in orbit for over 14 years. Fortunately, thanks…

The second of six parts of my presentation at Inconjunction 2010. I resented on Archaeology and PseudoArchaeology. It was my first live talk, so I was really serious, but the audience was great and I…

The last 10 years or so I have been working on various aspects of the environment. Though my main perspective has been scientific, the political framework set the scene and define the premises for…

Cecilia van der Merwe, South African engineer and brains behind my World Cup Physics of the Vuvuzela article, was on "Let's Talk Geek" and gave us a mention - so in return you have to devote 2 hours…

Idle computers are the astronomers' playground: Three citizen scientists--an American couple and a German--have discovered a new radio pulsar hidden in data gathered by the Arecibo Observatory. This…

Cecilia van der Merwe, South African engineer and brains behind my World Cup Physics of the Vuvuzela article, was on "Let's Talk Geek" and gave us a mention - so in return you have to devote 2 hours…

Idle computers are the astronomers' playground: Three citizen scientists--an American couple and a German--have discovered a new radio pulsar hidden in data gathered by the Arecibo Observatory. This…

Citizen scientists are doing big things in astronomy in 2010.   A few days ago, three amateurs discovered PSR J2007+2722, a neutron star that rotates 41 times per second and a recent Science…

A few months ago, Google opened the Android Market to allow anyone to load software but now studies show that an average of one in every five applications had access to personal information , which…

Weird World Weather There is a lot of happy talk out there that is premised on the belief that you can't tell the public the bad news because it’ll scare them and they'll not do anything, or they…

What do you get when you mash up neuroscience-fiction smash-hit "Inception" with the charming, all ages "Up"?   "Upception", of course.  See the trailer below:

What do you get when you mash up neuroscience-fiction smash-hit "Inception" with the charming, all ages "Up"?   "Upception", of course.  See the trailer below:

What happens on "Futurama" when Professor Farnsworth learns that evolution is under attack in schools?   The science-mobile, that's what.