There’s been so much lying, scare-mongering and general propaganda surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic that it’s very hard to get to the truth – or, rather, it’s been hard until recently. Inevitably, lies are exposed and liars are found out. That’s happening in an ever-growing cascade right now. In this post, I’m going to put… Continue reading The COVID-19 lies are falling apart before our eyes
Tag: Science
The 9/11 conspiracy theorists are at it again
I’ve been angered and sickened to see so many 9/11 conspiracy theorists poking their heads out of the woodwork with last weekend’s 20th anniversary of the tragedy. No matter how many scientific, evidence-based, practical explanations are offered, they still insist on their nonsensical speculation that the World Trade Center towers were brought down by… Continue reading The 9/11 conspiracy theorists are at it again
Examining Stone Age art using Stone Age lighting
I was intrigued to read how Stone Age art – paintings on the walls of caves – took on an entirely new perspective when viewed using the sources of light that would have been available to the artists, rather than modern lighting. In the wide chambers and narrow passageways of Isuntza I Cave in… Continue reading Examining Stone Age art using Stone Age lighting
Saturday not-Snippet: The Day After Trinity
This morning, instead of a book excerpt, I’d like to mark yesterday’s anniversary of the beginning of the nuclear weapons age by introducing you to a 1980 documentary film, “The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb“. At the time of its making, there were several of the original atomic scientists… Continue reading Saturday not-Snippet: The Day After Trinity
Lightweight night vision for everyone?
Effective night vision technology, cheap enough to be widely adopted, has long been a Holy Grail for many sectors of the economy. The military has always been at the forefront of demand, of course, but it would be a boon to many other areas too, such as: Security – police and security guards would… Continue reading Lightweight night vision for everyone?
Essential Texas bad weather gear – forget the umbrella, wear medieval plate armor!
Or, at least, wear a hard hat. I was astonished to learn of a new record set in April near Hondo, Texas. Thing is, that probably wasn’t the largest hailstone to come out of that storm. Accuweather reports: Another hailstone the NOAA described as “gargantuan” was discovered the same day south of U.S. Highway… Continue reading Essential Texas bad weather gear – forget the umbrella, wear medieval plate armor!
Doofus Of The Day #1,082
Today’s award goes to the Astronomy Department of Cornell University in New York. Physicists at MIT and SUNY Stony Brook recently announced findings that the total surface area of two black holes was maintained after the two entities merged. While this research was a welcome confirmation of both Stephen Hawking’s work and the theory… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #1,082
Heh
Yesterday’s XKCD cartoon made me laugh. Click the image to be taken to a larger version at its Web page (and don’t forget to move your cursor over the image there to see the mouseover text). I suspect a lot of contact between civilizations has been along those lines, on Earth as much as… Continue reading Heh
Saturday Snippet: Surfboarding down to Mars
John Varley is a well-known science fiction author, with many books to his credit. I like the way he uses his imagination to conjure up scenarios for his novels. In “Red Lightning“, second in the four-volume “The Thunder and Lightning” series, he has his teenaged protagonist surfing the atmosphere of Mars (such as it… Continue reading Saturday Snippet: Surfboarding down to Mars
We may be standing on part of another planet
I was a bit mind-boggled to read this article. Scientists seeking to explain a series of seemingly inexplicable formations deep within the Earth’s surface may have found an explanation: They came from outer space. Researchers with Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration said in a recently published paper that the “continent-sized… Continue reading We may be standing on part of another planet