Tag Archives: Science

Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy has a fascinating article in the New York Post about the impending end of the space shuttle program. It’s fashionable to say the Shuttle program was a failure — too expensive, too limited. But progress … Continue reading →

Mathematicians want to dethrone pi. I hate this idea. First they took Pluto, and now they want pi? What’s next? Some half-baked notion that humans and apes come from common ancestors? Suck it, Science!

This is amazing: a shuttle launch recorded by a camera mounted to the shuttle’s solid-fuel rocket booster. The camera records the entirety of the rocket booster’s voyage, from launch to separation to splashdown. If I’m not mistaken, when the ship … Continue reading →

xkcd today: I love this. It’s a perfect rejoinder to something I invariably hear every single time another “Women’s History Month” or “Black History Month” rolls around — the complaint that “Gee, we should get to have a white history … Continue reading →

Science just continues to astound: If you grew up thinking there were nine planets and were shocked when Pluto was demoted five years ago, get ready for another surprise. There may be nine after all, and Jupiter may not be … Continue reading →

This is really cool: what other planets would look like in our sky if they orbited Earth at the same distance as the Moon. (Set aside the notion that Jupiter could ever orbit Earth, as opposed to the other way … Continue reading →

Bill O’Reilly talked to an atheist, and came up with this gem of an argument: O’REILLY: I’ll tell you why [religion’s] not a scam, in my opinion: tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can’t explain that. … Continue reading →

1 climate, originally uploaded by tallguydraws. This is very well done; follow that link to see the entire thing. I find this sort of thing very useful, especially during the winter months when I start to hear all kinds of … Continue reading →

On October 23, 4004 BC, God decided that there needed to be a Universe, so he made one: this one! Yay, God! Yay, Universe! Yay, Bishop Ussher for figuring this out! (Orrrrr, one could take the messy view espoused by … Continue reading →