Is it science?

I’m listening to the latest Point of Inquiry podcast and the interviewee is Natalie Angier on her latest book, The Canon A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science. She’s talking about a number of very fundamental ideas to science that everyone should know as well as some recent really cool science that has come [...]

The Universe’s Baby Picture

A new simulation on the formation of the universe has been released (as reported by Discovery News) that now includes the effects produced by super massive blackholes. Here’s a snapshot from that simulation

Now that’s just cool. Click on the image to read the article.

Why I love Snopes.com

I think this is appropriate for a 4th of July week.
Snopes.com has taken on a recently written about an email circulated (or recirculated since I get this email about this time of year every year) during this week. Many of us have received the “The Price They Paid” email detailing what ultimately happened with the 56 [...]