SCIENCE GOES DEUTSCHE POP
AN UNUSUAL EXPERIMENT was performed at a trio of pop concerts in Leipzig, Germany, on August 22, 2020. Tim Bendzko and his band performed at a 12,000-seat arena, but unlike … Continue reading
FURTHER THOUGHTS ON SCIENCE
SCIENTISTS AND OTHER commentators of science are often very articulate—and entertaining. I’ve been collecting such tidbits on this from one place and another for a while. As a followup to … Continue reading
A GIFT FROM THE COSMOS
EVERY YEAR, TENS of thousands of meteorites survive trips through our atmosphere to reach Earth. But the one that struck in the Costa Rican rainforest last year was really special: … Continue reading
HOW COME MY RAZOR GETS DULL?
SURELY STEEL IS stronger than hair, right? Indeed, it’s fifty times stronger. Then how come razors don’t stay sharp forever? What with one thing and another, this may seem inconsequential. … Continue reading
THREE SCIENTISTS WALK INTO A BAR….
SOME PEOPLE THINK that scientists are inarticulate. Counterexamples are abundant, and I might wonder who are the inarticulate among us. Here’s scientific wisdom, wit, satire, and social commentary from three … Continue reading
BILL MACLEAN WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS SCIENCE ARTICLE PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE GLEANED details of the anole lizards of the Caribbean, as discussed in Elizabeth Pennisi’s report “Meet Lizard Man, a Reptile-Loving Biologist Tackling Some of the Biggest Questions in … Continue reading
BILL MACLEAN WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS SCIENCE ARTICLE PART 1
THE ANOLIS LIZARD is a timid little rascal known to hide behind picture frames and cavort with a spinning LP record. The male will occasionally show off his expanding dewlap. … Continue reading
CELEBRATING DIGITAL LIBRARIES
THE WORLD’S OLDEST digital library, Project Gutenberg, was founded in 1971. We’re not far from celebrating the half-century anniversary of this ambitious effort to make the world’s literature accessible online. … Continue reading
TO THE HARE, WITH LOVE
THE JULY 2, 2020, ISSUE of London Review of Books offers Katherine Rundell’s ”Consider the Hare.” This essay is something of a love letter to Lepus europaeus: “In their long-limbed … Continue reading
SCHOOL DAZE?
THERE ARE PLENTY of reasons for kids to resume conventional schooling. There are plenty of reasons that this may not yet be the time. Here are tidbits gleaned from Science, … Continue reading
