The Problem with Infinity
About a year ago, I started listening to podcasts. (I know, I’m late to the game. Moving on…) While there are so, so many to choose from, I’ve found myself very much gravitated towards BBC …
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Science
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Forty years from one step
Like almost everyone in my generation (who isn’t more than three years older than me) has lived in a world where humans have set foot on the moon. For us, this isn’t just an historical event — it’s a part of our culture. …
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Where Star Trek went wrong
Many years ago, I wrote an article for the University of Waterloo’s student newspaper, The Imprint, where I laid into Star Trek: Generations (page 24) as a not-so-great adaptation of a television show to a movie. To say …
When science goes wrong, redux
This isn’t the first time I’ve ranted about this. It just amazes me when people think there’s value in looking at things we know to be dangerous. In a recent posting on NewScientist.com, scientists report that they think …
When does science go too far?
Physicists in New York working on the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have created what they believe is a minature black hole. For the record, this wee beastie lasted 10 million, billion, billionths of a second. …
Music Trip to Orlando, Visit to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center
A Dream… I sat alone, on an endless beach, the sun setting far away in the horizon. The sky was painted a myriad of hues of orange, red and yellow. The waves washed in slowly, creating the soothing swish that had …