Science & Society

Teleportation Using Einsten-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement

Okay, my last blog was a list of Spam haikus. I offer this post as self-flagellation before the scientific community at large. Traditionally, the crux of teleportation has been its seeming contradiction of the Uncertainty Principle, which states that you c ...

Article - Garth Sundem - May 4 2009 - 10:40am

Very Cool Parasitic Behaviors

Many parasites depend on their host’s behavior in order to successfully reproduce. Instead of leaving this behavior to chance, some parasites actively manipulate their hosts to produce the desired behavior. For example, after infecting a rat, the taxoplasm ...

Article - Garth Sundem - May 28 2009 - 6:04am

30 Days Of Evolution Blogging: Who Is Writing "The DaVinci Code" About Biology?

I should be able to get this Hollywood movie made in two paragraphs.   ***** A likable rogue-ish historian (Hank Campbell, only in tweed, we might describe him, Harrison Ford being a little long in the tooth for action films these days) is poring over anti ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 3 2009 - 1:40pm

UFO-logy: Four Confirmed* Sightings

Chicago O’Hare Incident ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jun 4 2009 - 6:05am

Pokerbots: Terminate To Win

The premise behind the pokerbot is simple: there are many, many bad players in online, low-limit poker games, and thus by playing a tight, mistake-free strategy, you will win over time. Unfortunately, because the worst players are in low-limit games and be ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jun 11 2009 - 6:04am

Special Relativity Makes My Brain Hurt

Newton’s apple fell from the tree and after thumping the scientist on the head, fell benignly to the ground. If the same apple fell toward Einstein (and happened to have a little added atomic oomph), it could, according to special relativity, become infini ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jun 28 2009 - 11:51pm

Bar Bets You Can Win (Installment I)

House of Straw Use six straws to create the classic house shape (a rectangular body with two straws forming the roof, all laying flat on the table). Bet that you can make four equal triangles by moving only three straws. Try it! To all but the most creati ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jul 3 2009 - 6:00am

Bar Bets You Can Win (Installment II)

True Math Genius This trick will bring a smile to the face of even the most hardened math geek. First, lay matches on a table to form the equation I + II + III = IIII (crossed matches make the plus signs and parallel matches make the equals sign). Challen ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jul 5 2009 - 12:18pm

Amaze Your Friends! 3 Cool Multiplication Tricks You Can Do In Your Head

Even though you're already the mathematical Wizard of Oz, you can still benefit from the Wow factor of hoisting a new curtain of number tricks to impress your friends and intimidate your enemies. Here, dear geek, are three nifty mind widgets to make m ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jul 9 2009 - 11:02am

Moral Lessons Brought To You By The Monsters Of The Odyssey

Calypso The lonely nymph who waylays Odysseus for eight years on her island of Ogygia. Though the beautiful Calypso offers ease and even immortality, she is in fact selfish, caring only to alleviate her own loneliness. Watch out for self-serving kindness. ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jul 16 2009 - 6:42pm