Random Thoughts

Or at least, they should, according to WSJ's Melinda Beck. There are more than 5,200 scientific journals, Beck says in Health Blog, so do we need more? Well, two more couldn't hurt. "I think there…

Simos beach is one of the best beaches of Greece, and arguably of the whole European continent. It is located at the southern tip of the small island of Elafonissos, a four-mile-wide rock dangling…

This topic requires many considerations that may be more political than economic, but to try and retain focus, the point is primarily to examine how economic principles (like supply and demand) are…

In another post the general discussion regarding free will seemed to teeter on the edge of a definition that recognized the significant role that our genes and indoctrination played, while allowing…

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny. Is the flag left behind from Apollo 11 still standing?   In a three-day period  NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (…

I imagine moths jamming bats' sonar looks like one of the two following scenarios: Calvin and Hobbes Spaceballs

In the 1980s, Michael Milken went to jail for selling "junk bonds", which were risky debt.  His crime?  Offering to absorb all of the losses if he could have half the profits.   Some…

Many of you may know who lived at 112 Mercer Street, from 1936 until his death in 1955. The man and I were our for a lovely walk and some delicious frozen yogurt in Princeton Sunday afternoon (just a…

The whole question of imagination in science is often misunderstood by people in other disciplines. They try to test our imagination in the following way. They say, "Here is a picture of some people…

Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, who blog at Discover, have a new book out called Unscientific America.   We got a copy here but I asked them to send it to Dr. Mike White, author of…