WINDSHIELDS IN NASCAR
AS WE’VE seen recently, NASCAR collisions result in debris flying everywhere. Wheel tethers and other safety hardware can do only so much. Even minor on-track debris can cause windshield damage. … Continue reading
SOLAR FLARES
AS IF we haven’t already had enough celestial excitement with asteroids, comets and meteorites (www.wp.me/p2ETap-SU). Add solar flares, and consider what happened when Earth experienced its most recent major one … Continue reading
RED WINE
HERE’S TO your health! After many years of supposition and more than a decade of investigation, the nutritional efficacy of red wine is even more certain. No less than Science, … Continue reading
COMPUTING WITH QUANTA
LET’S TANTALIZE ourselves with a peek into the bizarre world of quantum physics, where an entirely new kind of computer offers capabilities unbelievably beyond those of today’s most sophisticated digital … Continue reading
DOING THE MÖBIUS STRIP
NOT LONG ago at this site, we had pole dancing (www.wp.me/p2ETap-SH), so why not a Möbius strip? German mathematician August Möbius discovered the mathematical oddities of his eponymous surface in … Continue reading
HELIUM AND DONALD DUCK
THIS HELIUM shortage is getting serious. A local supermarket had a “Temporarily Out Of Helium” sign—and you know what that means: Those of us with no particular vocalization talents won’t … Continue reading
COSMIC EVENTS
YESTERDAY, SATURDAY, March 9, 2013, had yet another asteroid flyby, this one called 2013 ET, the size of a football-field. On February 15, we had one of record-breaking closeness—only to … Continue reading
FUZZY QUADROS
A FRIEND passed along an amazing video of two flying robots balancing a rod—and tossing it back and forth! “Could this be a hoax?” my friend asked. Amazing though it … Continue reading
LE MÉTRO
THE PARIS Métro is one of the oldest—and most grand—of the world’s subterranean transportation systems. Its construction encountered ancient catacombs and other caverns even more unexpected. Its stations are exemplary … Continue reading
THIS RECTANGLE IS GOLDEN
WHICH RECTANGLE do you think is aesthetically more pleasing? Most people believe it’s the one on the left. The rectangle on the left is an example of the “golden rectangle,” … Continue reading
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