String Theory and the Crisis in Theoretical Physics
november 2007 by maciej
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
Beyond Einstein IV: Showdown in Chicago
april 2007 by maciej
report on a meeting to make very difficult hard-science funding choices due to stupid NASA budget priorities
nasa
budget
astrophysics
cosmology
science
space
april 2007 by maciej
Jack Parsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
january 2007 by maciej
rocket scientist and wacky occultist
rocket
science
magick
scientology
cult
crank
nasa
january 2007 by maciej
Circadiana
november 2006 by maciej
circadian rhythms science blog
blog
science
bio
sleep
interesting
november 2006 by maciej
A Plea to Save New Scientist | The n-Category Café
october 2006 by maciej
complaints that New Scientist is allowing junk science to slip by
crit
science
magazine
rant
physics
october 2006 by maciej
The Discovery of Rapid Climate Change
march 2006 by maciej
excellent article about the changing assumptions of climatologists on the time scale of large climactic changes
weather
climate
history
science
march 2006 by maciej
Argentina pressing scientists not to cooperate on fisheries research with Falklands
march 2006 by maciej
fire all of them into the sun
argentina
falklands
idiot
fish
marine
science
uk
march 2006 by maciej
Russians plan to drill through into Lake Vostok
march 2006 by maciej
spat over whether the russians will contaminate the lake, which has been sealed off for 10 million years and might have strange life in it
exobiology
antarctica
drilling
russia
eco
science
geo
cool
fossil
march 2006 by maciej
Images from the First International Polar Year (1882)
february 2006 by maciej
neat archival stuff from an early effort at concerted polar exploration
igy
polar
climate
hist
science
cartography
geo
brr
arctic
february 2006 by maciej
Bone Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
february 2006 by maciej
entertaining rivalry in early American paleontology
dinosaur
paleo
history
science
us
february 2006 by maciej
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Did quark matter strike Earth?
august 2005 by maciej
intriguing speculation that weird superdense matter hit the earth in 1993, inferred from seismic data
physics
geo
science
space
august 2005 by maciej
ORBIT: KAY GRIGGS
august 2005 by maciej
wonderfully dense page of conspiracies, dark mysteries and rainbow animated horizontal rule GIFs
crank
politics
science
ha
august 2005 by maciej
Open Letter to the Kansas Board of Education
august 2005 by maciej
cute dig at intelligent design by adherents of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Come for the prose, stay for the graph
jeebus
evolution
ha
religion
science
august 2005 by maciej
Konrad Bloch - Nobel Lecture
august 2005 by maciej
Background on the groundbreaking synthesis of cholesterol, one of the most elegant achievements of organic synthesis. These people are rock stars
cool
chem
orgo
science
hist
august 2005 by maciej
Theory of Operation of the Quarter Shrinker
august 2005 by maciej
badass machine that uses exploding solenoids and transient huge currents to squash coins radially
electricity
science
physics
cool
august 2005 by maciej
The Sagnac Effect (measuring absolute rotation by the difference in time light takes to complete a closed loop in opposing directions)
july 2005 by maciej
includes a good discussion and rebuttal of the misuse of the Sagnac effect in supposed refutations of special relativity
science
physics
math
crank
july 2005 by maciej
The 1, 2, 3's of Biosafety Levels
april 2005 by maciej
Description of biosafety levels 1-3
bio
science
april 2005 by maciej
The Origin of the Moon
february 2005 by maciej
Nice detailed page on the composition of the moon, and a synopsis of various theories of how it formed
science
astronomy
chem
geo
february 2005 by maciej
The New York Times > Science > Women in Physics Match Men in Success
february 2005 by maciej
data on attrition and promotion rates for women in physics departments -- but are they hot?
science
soc
february 2005 by maciej
STAR WARS: Death Stars
february 2005 by maciej
funny hyperpedantic discussion of the physics behind the death star's planet-destroying beam
science
physics
ha
february 2005 by maciej
Reinventing Physics: the Search for the Real Frontier
february 2005 by maciej
Philosophical examination of what is driving basic science
science
physics
essay
february 2005 by maciej
Earthquake Lights, Alaska Science Forum
january 2005 by maciej
intriguing paragraph on earthquake-related auroral phenomena
science
weather
geology
january 2005 by maciej
mega-tsunami paper citation
december 2004 by maciej
Analysis of the likelihood of a NYC-obliterating megatsunami
disaster
science
december 2004 by maciej
Yushchenko's acne points to dioxin poisoning
december 2004 by maciej
Guesswork about what happened to so radically change Yushchenko's appearance
politics
russia
science
ukraine
december 2004 by maciej
Einstein-Hopf process, zero point fields
november 2004 by maciej
Particles accelerated by quantum fluctuation when in extremely hard vacuum (i.e., intergalactic space). Can't figure out how much of a crank this guy is
astronomy
cosmology
crank
physics
science
november 2004 by maciej
Team Says Humans Lived In North America Earlier (washingtonpost.com)
november 2004 by maciej
Extremely weak sounding claims of 50K year old human presence. "Then, the researchers found pieces of charcoal nearby in what could have been an ancient hearth" etc.
arch
bio
science
november 2004 by maciej
Even Couch Potatoes May Have Been Born to Run, Scientists Say
november 2004 by maciej
the strong buttocks of Homo
anatomy
evolution
science
november 2004 by maciej
Primer on tides in the earth-moon system
november 2004 by maciej
handy explanation of tidal forces, explains why moon will eventually disintegrate
geo
science
november 2004 by maciej
USGS Quick Guide to Lava Flows
november 2004 by maciej
Describes various kinds of lava formations and how they originate
geo
science
november 2004 by maciej
The McCulloch Effect - An On-line Science Exhibit
november 2004 by maciej
hacking your visual cortex
brain
cool
science
visual
november 2004 by maciej
Improbable Research -- What's New
september 2004 by maciej
Journal of Irreproducible Results in newest incarnation
ha
science
september 2004 by maciej
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