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Aaron Bergman review of "Not Even Wrong"
String theorist takes issue with Peter Woit's book
string  physics  cult  sci 
march 2008 by maciej
String Theory and the Crisis in Theoretical Physics
Woit paper on the state of high-energy physics today and reflections on how it will have to be done in the next few decades
science  physics  woit 
november 2007 by maciej
Dead water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
weird nautical phenomenon that occurs when fresh water lies atop salt water without mixing. Ships act wonky
arctic  nansen  marine  physics  hydro 
october 2007 by maciej
Dealing with meniscuses
the Zen art of climbing frictionless mountains
insect  water  physics  img  cool 
june 2007 by maciej
Zeno and the Paradox of Motion
excellent essay on Zeno's paradoxes and special relativity. The entire book is amazing.
relativity  etext  zeno  philosophy  physics  motion 
may 2007 by maciej
Microwave Chemistry
How microwave ovens really work, with full detail
zap  cooking  physics  thermoregulation 
may 2007 by maciej
New Evidence for the 'Solar Oxygen Crisis'
sun has unexpectedly low abundance of oxygen. as if we needed another reason for the solar lander
sun  astro  physics 
may 2007 by maciej
Gravity Research Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Middlebury has one of these puppies. "It is to remind students of the blessings forthcoming when a semi-insulator is discovered in order to harness gravity as a free power and reduce airplane accidents."
ha  crank  whoring  college  middlebury  physics  gravity 
april 2007 by maciej
Lens an Astrophysicist!
demo of gravitational lensing using point masses in front of giant images of astrophysical luminaries
ha  cool  gravity  demo  physics  lensing  einstein  grocklebar 
march 2007 by maciej
Superfluidity and quantized vortices
spin a superfluid and (surprise, surprise) it does something weird
quantum  superfluid  helium  cryo  physics 
march 2007 by maciej
FermiNews - December 2003
"Engineer Eric Bong installed the undulator"
slac  fermi  xray  electron  physics 
march 2007 by maciej
HIGH PRESSURE CRYONICS
"The problem of removing a human brain from the skull while keeping it viable could be difficult, but doing-so quickly at low temperature might eliminate the need for constant perfusion."
cryonics  physics  bio  chem  pressure  crank 
march 2007 by maciej
Boltzmann's Anthropic Brain | Cosmic Variance
great discussion of the anthropic principle and rare exposition of the idea that the second law of thermodynamics is statistical, not absolute. Also, BRAINS
boltzmann  entropy  cosmology  anthropic  principle  cognition  physics  time  hmm 
march 2007 by maciej
depleted uranium hexafluoride videos
full-on geekout on storage and corrosion properties of (D)UF6, the most common byproduct of uranium enrichment
uranium  nukes  chem  physics  video  geekout  obsess  corrosion  risk  gas 
january 2007 by maciej
The n-Category Café
neat new math/physics/philosophy blog by John Baez and friends
philo  math  blog  physics 
october 2006 by maciej
A Plea to Save New Scientist | The n-Category Café
complaints that New Scientist is allowing junk science to slip by
crit  science  magazine  rant  physics 
october 2006 by maciej
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