Physics
Cooking Up Plutonium-238
September 5, 2022
September 5, 2022
pSOS+ at Westinghouse Somewhere between 1995 and 2000, I was sent to teach a pSOS+ class to Westinghouse engineers in Savannah, Georgia.
Dark Matter or New Math?
March 30, 2015
March 30, 2015
For the past couple of years, television and popular science articles have been capitalizing this popular theory.
Orion’s Arm Pit
November 2, 2012
November 2, 2012
Why do the Orionids (meteor shower) always come from Orion’s arm pit, and only just before dawn?
The Limits of Manifestation
September 11, 2012
September 11, 2012
Inspired by “Why Does E=mc^2” by Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw, I admit to giving my imagination considerable free rein in this essay.
Curiosity Begins
August 6, 2012
August 6, 2012
Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.
Evil and Suffering
June 4, 2012
June 4, 2012
A parent, watching their child take its first steps, knows it may fall.
Origin of the Universe
June 3, 2012
June 3, 2012
Everything I can see, touch, hear, find in fossils or discern in the extreme reaches of the most distant super galaxies and quasars all tell me that everything changes according to “cause and effect”.
To Boldly Go Where …
May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012
The “limit” of the speed of light is an observational, or relative to something else, limit.