I felt it was about time for another installment of a new favorite series here at Sci-ence.org. The laser is a wondrous thing, and scientists who play with them have bestowed upon me material for years to come. Let’s take a look at what they’re doing this time. Seeing Sound: This is a fascinating use. The folks [...]
A massive comic today. This was one of those things that started as a twitter joke and began expanding and expanding until it was 3AM and I had to say, “Alright, that’s enough of that.” So before you write to tell me which laser studies I missed (please do, actually, just in case), just know [...]
I don’t usually comment on climate change issues. Though don’t worry, it’s not out of being on the side of the “skeptics” or “deniers.” It’s just an issue I don’t follow as closely as others, and as such I haven’t had time to really sit down and research it. But there are some things in the [...]
I always knew I wanted a kickass female sidekick for time traveler Vikram Quine, and it came down to spunky, nuclear physicist Lise Meitner or steampunk goddess Ada Lovelace. Oh I know, Ada would be amazing (think of all the gears!). Don’t worry, I’ll work her in there somewhere. What sealed the deal was that [...]
Stop. STOP. Before you go defending your hometown as having the “best pizza on the east coast” (Looking at you, Pepe’s. You couldn’t even bother to be open when I last visited. Dead to me.), know that all of your claims to the contrary—every last one of them—are hearsay, conjecture, and anecdotal at best. I’m [...]
It’s no secret. The reason I love the Portal games so much is because I feel a kinship with their brand of science fiction, or what I like to call “goofy science“. To elaborate: it’s the way they glorify the concept of science, but turn it on its head to create an entertaining caricature of [...]