Looking for reasons why the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the world in science education? Look here. This is what happens when you elect representatives who think stupidity and willful ignorance are virtues.
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Observation of Long-Range, Near-Side Angular Correlations in Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC
Some results from the Large Hadron Collider… CMS observes a potentially new and interesting effect The CMS Collaboration at CERN released today a paper entitled “Observation of Long-Range Near-Side Angular Correlations in Proton-Proton Collisions” that details signs of a new phenomenon in proton interactions. A study of “high multiplicity” collisions, where a hundred or more … Continue reading “Observation of Long-Range, Near-Side Angular Correlations in Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC”
Hydrodynamic interactions and diffusion of bovine serum albumin
Testing String Theory
Researchers Discover How to Conduct First Test of ‘Untestable’ String Theory ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2010) — Researchers describe how to carry out the first experimental test of string theory in a paper published September 2 in Physical Review Letters. String theory was originally developed to describe the fundamental particles and forces that make up our … Continue reading “Testing String Theory”
Brilliant Marketing
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, September 3, 2010)
(more…)3. STEPHEN HAWKING: HIS BRILLIANT THEORY OF HOW TO MARKET A BOOK.
Send copies to all the pompous nincompoops it will offend. That’s it! They will sell it for you. BBC News today published their reactions to Hawking’s new book in which he says that science can explain the origin of the universe without invoking God. This is “naturalism,” the dominant philosophy of science in the 21st century. It restates the first law of science discovered by Thales of Miletus in 585 BC: for every observable effect, there is a physical cause. I don’t have Hawking’s book, so I don’t know exactly how he said it, but I would have preferred to say: “invoking God would not help me to explain the origin of the universe. Hawking explains that the existence of gravity means the universe created itself from nothing. The first offended pompous nincompoop was Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks in the Times: “What would we do for entertainment without scientists telling us with breathless excitement that God did not create the universe as if they were the first to discover this astonishing proposition.” Yes, and did you learn anything?
More Stupidity
(via Fundies Say the Darndest Things!) …inventors and doctors and engineers don’t typically even bother learning relativity. Should I repeat that? Complain to engineering departments and medical schools if you think that should change. Nothing useful has even been designed or built using relativity. If you want to look and look and look for a … Continue reading “More Stupidity”
It’s a perfectly cromulent word
(via crooked indifference) Gauge/gravity duality and meta-stable dynamical supersymmetry breaking embiggen – It’s a perfectly cromulent word. A noble spirit embiggins the smallest man. — Jebidiah Springfield
Higgs Boson Found?
Apparently not: Higgs boson discovery rumours false, say Tevatron scientists A spokesman for the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory told the Telegraph: “The rumour of evidence for the Higgs boson is just that: a rumour, with no factual basis. Oh well…