I was recently in a conversation with someone who suggested that this winter’s heavy snows in the eastern U.S. had “proved Al Gore wrong” or words to that effect. The person who said this isn’t especially interested in science but … Continue reading
Hawking, probably the most famous physicist since Einstein, offers an entertaining non-technical survey of cosmology and related areas of theoretical physics, a lot of it based on his own research. The book is over a decade old, but that’s recent … Continue reading
Here’s an excellent video that crams a huge amount of information about life expectancy into less than seven minutes. The speaker is Dr. Aaron Carroll, a pediatrician who also writes extensively about healthcare and related matters (here, and here, for … Continue reading
In a post here a bit over a year ago (link) I pointed out that a short video on the otherwise excellent Minute Physics YouTube channel managed to confuse pink (basically red plus white light) with magenta (white minus the … Continue reading
What we have here is a very short cooking show featuring someone trying out the genius idea of making deep frying gnocchi. Gnocchi (singular gnocco) are Italian dumplings, often filled with potato or cheese, and generally quite tasty. Making them … Continue reading
In the clip below, courtesy of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver takes on prescription drug marketing in a clip that will leave you terrified, enraged, and laughing all at the same time. At a bit over 17 minutes, it’s … Continue reading
A poll released January 29 by the Pew Research Center (link) points out interesting differences and similarities between scientists and the general public in the U.S. on a variety of subjects of broad interest. Scientists polled were selected from the … Continue reading
Stewart (together with his staff of writers and researchers, of course) is a national treasure. The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive Meanwhile, the website Talking Points Memo reports (link) that … Continue reading
Richard A Muller PhD is a physicist who has long expressed skepticism about the global mean temperature records used by groups such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to measure historical global warming. While not himself a climate … Continue reading
British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who has also written books critical of religion, reads some of the charming emails he has received from offended believers. Be aware that many of these letters are from apparent professing Christians who haven’t quite … Continue reading