Category Archives: Science

Science Sunday: The Dual Slit Experiment

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Disclaimer: As always, keep in mind that I’m not a scientist, I’m a layman. The following is what I understand to be the current scientific understanding, but if you are a scientist and you see something wrong, please correct me. … Continue reading →

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Science Sunday: Annual Isaac Asimov Debate: Faster than Light?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Here’s an awesome video of a debate between 5 physicists and an engineer on the subject of whether neutrinos travel faster than light. It’s pretty long, and it takes a few minutes to get past the introduction into actual debate, … Continue reading →

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Science Sunday: For the Love of Physics – Walter Lewin

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

This is a great video of Professor Walter Lewin’s last lecture at MIT. He has a knack for explaining and demonstrating physics in a fun and interesting way. He’s a rather eccentric old guy. The video is about an hour … Continue reading →

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Science Sunday: ViHart explains why plants have Fibonacci spirals with her usual creative flair.

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

ViHart is known for explaining math and science in a really creative and interesting way. She just finished her 3 part series on Fibonacci spirals and why so many plants use them. Watch the series below and then do yourself … Continue reading →

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Science Sunday: A newer model for describing black holes.

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

I’m going to feature another explanation by my favorite r/AskScience poster, RobotRollCall. Like I’ve explained before, she has such a great gift of being able to explain very difficult concepts in interesting and (relatively) easy ways. However, she’s been missing … Continue reading →

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Track the Mars Lander Curiosity at NASA JPL’s website

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

You can track Curiosity’s journey to mars with daily updates on the website [HERE] Very interesting stuff!

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Science Sunday: What is gravity?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

This week on Science Sunday, my tribute to my favorite r/AskScience contributor, RobotRollCall, continues. Last week I posted a forum post where she explained why faster than light travel is impossible, and in fact the phrase “faster than light” is … Continue reading →

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Science Sunday: “Faster than light” is impossible and meaningless.

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

I’ve mentioned RobotRollCall on this blog before. She’s a user on the Ask Science section of Reddit. No one knows anything about her except that she’s a scientist, and she has a knack for explaining interesting concepts in an intuitive … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Carl Sagan!

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Today is Carl Sagan Day. It would be his 77th birthday. In celebration of my favorite popularizer of science (with Neil Degresse Tyson coming in very close second of course), here’s an incredible and inspirational YouTube series called The Sagan … Continue reading →

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Science Sunday: Everything Part 4 – Errata and Miscellany

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

I had fun researching and writing my ‘Everything’ series. If you haven’t read it, click the following links to check it out. Everything Part 1 – In the Beginning… Everything Part 2 – The Cosmos Everything Part 3 – Life … Continue reading →

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