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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
The Daily Show skewers republicans (and one in particular who is unfortunately too representative) about their fantastic misconceptions about science. I also noticed this Washington Post opinion piece today about the Republicans’ War on Science and Reason: The contempt with which the party views reason is staggering. Republicans have become proudly and unquestionably anti-science. (It [...]
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
With the convention over the weekend and wedding planning, some sleeping, I’m behind on these again. Oh, and yesterday’s reading by Steven Drachman was pretty good! I probably won’t get back to being fast and regular blogging until after the wedding, Windycon, and the NSF grant proposal deadline November 15 (and given one of the [...]
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Here’s the flyer for the event: Share/Bookmark
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Friday, October 21st, 2011
I’d intended to blog a bit more this week, including tonight, on original topics. The best laid plans… One of the time sinks is preparing to participate at Milehicon in Denver. I’m giving a talk on “Superhero Science” at noon on Saturday, as well as being on panels involving exoplanets and faster than light travel. [...]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Superconductors still have to be relatively cold, but the toys are awesome, let alone future applications: And here’s a totally cool video illustrating relativistic effects of motion. That is, what would things around you look like as your speed approaches that of light? I described this in my novel Star Dragon, but seeing it is [...]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
I’m passing on some great links from Andrew Fraknoi (who has also edited anthologies of astronomy-oriented science fiction in the past). A few links are not going to have broad appeal outside of teachers, but a few are must reads for anyone into astronomy. I’m particularly enthusiastic about his astrology article below (I was in [...]
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Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Back on schedule, sort of. It has been really busy this month, between the wedding, out of town visitors, some grant deadlines, etc. It will remain busy. So it goes. Let’s start with what seems like a promising resolution of the FTL neutrinos story…there may be a neglected relativistic correction that can account for the [...]
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Friday, October 14th, 2011
A few days ago I finished reading one of the best science fiction novels I can recall reading in years: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I stayed up late reading the book. I got up out of bed reaching for the book. I thought about it while I wasn’t reading. I used my iphone [...]
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011
I kid you not! From Jesusween.com: Every year, the world and its system have a day set aside (October 31st) to celebrate ungodly images and evil characters while Christians all over the world participate, hide or just stay quiet on Halloween day. Being a day that is widely acceptable to solicit and knock on doors, [...]
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
It’s well worth less than two minutes, especially if phrases like “dark energy” and “Hubble Law” induce a little confusion: Share/Bookmark
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
When I was about six or so, I realized that what separated humans from other animals was our intelligence rather than our physical capabilities. Sure, there are other differences, such as the degree of tool use, or the social aspects of our species and how we employ culture and altruism to lead to ever increasing [...]
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Last weekend I went to St. Louis for my 25th high school reunion, and to also visit family, and to introduce my fiancee Jean to everyone. Taking a few days off meant going from in control of things and on top of my schedule to behind and struggling to catch up again. Let’s get a [...]
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