physical science the study of non-living systems
July 19, 2008
A Blog Around The Clock
Periodic Table of Videos Periodic Table of Videos on YouTube: This channel has a video about each element on the periodic table. With help from some clever chemists, I've done all 118, but I'm not stopping here. Now I'm updating and improving all the...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
The Amazing True-Life Adventures of A Peeponaut To boldly go where no peep has gone before .. This special peeponaut has the right fluff!
July 18, 2008
Molecule of the Day
Sulfur Dioxide (Alternative, more toxic refrigerants) As was mentioned in the comments to my entry on a refrigerant Monday, what we use has changed quite a bit over the years. If you don't know how a fridge or AC works (they're the exact same thing), here's...
A Blog Around The Clock
Crackpottery Just an hour or so ago I was in the car, listening to This American Life on NPR, when this story (Act Three) came up on the air: Bob Berenz had a good job as an electrician. But he wanted...
Uncertain Principles
Physics Magazine On a happier note than the previous post, the American Physical Society has launched a new publication, called simply "Physics." The goal is "to highlight exceptional papers within the body of excellent research that the American Physical Society publishes each...
Greg Laden's Blog
LOL Scientist: Georges Lemaitre with a little thingie over the 'i' ... which I won't attempt in Movabletype....
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Video Feature: Nobelist Grünberg at Lindau The 2007 Physics Nobelist interviewed.
The Intersection
To Infinity, And Beyond! It's no secret, I love space. From following the Mars Lander to cosmic collisions, I call it 'my dark side' along with complex adaptive systems theory. And now's our chance to shuttle up to the moon! Well, sort of... NASA...
July 17, 2008
The Quantum Pontiff
Hawking To Fall Into the Blackberry Hole? Rumors have been spreading that Stephen Hawking might be considering moving to the Perimeter Institute. These rumors have been officially denied. The real story here, however is not about Hawking relocating, but whether Stephen Hawking has turned into an experimental...
Greg Laden's Blog
ALERT! Randy Olson on Radio Shortly ALERT! Oh, and Al Gore as well. Details: This will be during the First Hour of Talk of the Nation, which here in the Midwest will start at 1:00, I think. To blurbs: Filmmaker-turned-scientist Randy Olson will be on NPR's Talk of the Nation TODAY shortly...
Green Gabbro
Delicious Internet Noms Links lately: The naming of Make-make, planetary science on the World of Warcraft, and more.
July 16, 2008
Greg Laden's Blog
Sizzle: Racist, Sexist, Anti Gay.... ... Or is it? I just wrote an entire blog post about Sizzle, but accidentally posted it as a comment instead here. I'm actually pointing you to the comment before mine, which in turn inspired mine. Have a look....
Greg Laden's Blog
To the moon! On this day in 1969, three Earthlings were launched into space with the intention of landing on The Moon. From a BBC report of the time: On board are three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. All have already flown in space...
Good Math, Bad Math
Back to Math: Solving Zero-Sum Games When I last wrote about game theory, we were working up to how to find the general solution to an iterated two-player zero-sum game. Since it's been a while, I'll take a moment and refresh your memory a bit....
July 15, 2008
Dynamics of Cats
dog days of blogging is it true that if you cut the physics blogosphere into two pieces, the two parts will both have equal volume after the cut?
July 14, 2008
Molecule of the Day
Iodotrifluoromethane (Safer because it's more reactive?) I really, really love refrigeration. I will go so far as to say that it's the most important invention of the modern era. More than internal combustion, nuclear bombs and power, or electrification, refrigeration defines the US. If you're like...
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Life Science and Physical Science Weekly Channel Highlights In this post: the large versions of the Life Science and Physical Science channel photos, comments from readers, and the best posts of the week.
Deep Sea News
Origin of the Oceans Tonight on the National Geographic Channel at 10pm EST/PST Earth the Biography: Oceans. An episode on Atmospheres is before it at 9pm. "Explore how half of Earth's water originated from the planet's inception and how the other half was deposited...
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Video Feature: Nobelist Michel at Lindau An exclusive ScienceBlogs interview with Hartmut Michel, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1988.
Green Gabbro
Earthquake Prediction Just as Tantalizingly Close as Ever Intriguing observations of earthquake precursors are a dime a dozen, but have yet to amount to a hill of beans.
July 11, 2008
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Video Feature: Nobelist Deisenhofer at Lindau Nobelist Johann Disenhofer on the 3-D structures involved in photosynthesis.
July 10, 2008
The Quantum Pontiff
Ways To Do Fundamental Theoretical Physics There are many paths to take if you are interested in doing fundamental physics research in hopes of discovering the secrets of the universe (awkward phrasing there: this makes the universe is like the Bush administration, I guess?) Here are...
A Blog Around The Clock
Running the green light.... Antony Williams, who I had a great time with over coffee yesterday, alerted me to his blog post about a new chemical with some amazing properties - shining UV light onto the solution turns the liquid green instantaneously, and removal...
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Video Feature: Nobelist Steinberger at Lindau An exclusive ScienceBlogs interview with Jack Steinberger, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1988.
Uncertain Principles
Science Marches On (Magnetic Moments Edition) I'm currently revising the book chapter based on the original "Bunnies Made of Cheese" post, which deals with virtual particles and Quantum Electro-Dynamics. The best proof of the power of QED is the measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of...
“I think a typing pool with an infinite number of monkeys probably offers the best chance of a successful result in theoretical physics. Ross McPherson on Ways To Do Fundamental Theoretical Physics
