What to Watch in the Sky This Week: Beauty in Motion
Why does the sight of the Moon draw our gaze and silence our voices? What is it about the planets, those exceptionally bright points of light that wander among the stars, that we instinctively find so...
View ArticleThree Crescents and a Ring
Hi all! I said that posts would be sparse for a couple of weeks, but I didn’t realize quite how sparse! But I’m gradually getting back on-line here. Right now, what’s occupying my attention for the...
View ArticleTransit Day
I hope you’re all ready for today’s transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. You certainly can’t have missed that it’s happening, given the media hype. (Look at the website...
View ArticlePhysics and Curiosity on Mars
The promised follow-up article on the workshop last week in Waterloo, Canada will have to wait til Monday; I had too many scientific activities and chores to take care of today, and I want to make sure...
View ArticleTesting, Testing: 12/12/12 12:12:12
This is a modified version of last year’s 11/11/11 article, in case you missed it. Today is a special day — at least if you are fond of the number 12, and especially so if you’re willing to buy in to...
View ArticleSome Pre-Holiday International Congratulations
I’m still kind of exhausted from the effort (see yesterday’s post) of completing our survey of some of the many unexpected ways that the newly discovered Higgs particle might decay. But I would be...
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