The wonderful video below reminds me of a good story about a microwave oven. Two microwave ovens, actually. But watch the video first, before I tell it. Don't worry, I'll wait. Wasn't that awesome? Especially the metal stuff. I used to have a girlfriend
I learned something very cool yesterday. Of course, I'm a science geek, but I still thinks it's cool enough to share. I'm in Los Angeles this week, doing what I hope will be ongoing programming work for a new client. The client is a
Rabbits, I would like to sit you down and have a very serious discussion with you. I understand that the way you zigzag as you flee is an effective way to evade most predators, and has served you well for millions of years. But when your zigzag pattern is no
Back in June, during the week I attended the Starry Heaven workshop in Flagstaff, organizer extraordinaire Sarah K. Castle put together a little panel discussion on the interactions between science fiction and actual science. Titled "Science + Fantasy = Science Fiction," the panel brought seven scientists and writers together to
On Thursday, June 24, Bill will participate in a panel discussion on the interactions between science fiction and actual science.
On Tuesday I plan to sit down and watch The Oprah Winfrey Show for the first time, ever. I've seen bits and pieces before, but this will be the first time I watch the whole thing in a premeditated fashion. Hey, I want to hear Roger Ebert'
We're used to thinking of the movement of an object as homogeneous and instantaneous. In other words, for example, when I give a push to the fat end of my pool cue, the felted end moves at the same time to strike the cue ball. But I have
Meanwhile, back in Chicago, we're going to Schuba's tonight for this week's Field Museum Café Science lecture, on ancient climate change. The speaker is the brother of one of █████'s coworkers. Science and beer, what could be better?
Speaking of animals, there's a cool article in today's New York Times about camouflage in cephalopods.
The headline of this Malaysian Sun story is rather optimistic, but the discovery of the most Earthlike extrasolar planet yet is definitely exciting. A nice perspective on extrasolar planets is offered in this 2004 New York Times essay by Dennis Overbye, written on the occasion of the discovery of what
Hey, kids! Wondering why you should bother studying science and math? So you can work out the formula to describe the perfect bacon butty! N = C + {fb(cm) ÷ fb(tc)} + fb(Ts) + fc ÷ ta Duh. Tomorrow we'll derive a formula to determine how many
A relatively new science fiction podcast named "Retrieval Detachment" (part of the Radio Caravan podcast syndicate) features entertaining discussions of the concepts behind selected SF stories. This week they focus on my story "Observations from the City of Angels" and discuss the implications of full-sensory blogging:
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