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Is it hot in here? Or is that just me?
I'm a fairly regular listener of The Meateater Podcast; it's entertaining, informative, and Steven Rinella...
But You Said There Would Be No Math! (Version 3.14159…)
The calculation of the number pi has been pursued for thousands of years, using both geometric and infinite...
What’s a little dust between friends?
Music to read to. One of the interesting aspects of science is how some things one might consider mundane can...
Covid-19: Rely on Data?
Question: Is the deontological or consequentialist lens the correct one to view the Covid-19 mitigation...
SimYoulation
Are we living in a simulation? I was listening to a Dan Bongino podcast entitled, Ep. 1909 Are We...
Deep Time: a primer on Western geology
Ophiolite (ophiolite complex) A sequence of rock types, consisting of deep-sea sediments lying above basaltic...
This Week’s Signs of the Apocalypse
Lots of odd stories popped up this week that I alluded to in the Mexican links a few days ago with the...
Tales of the Belt part 20 Devils bargain
Devil’s bargain Somewhere in the Virgo cluster, the Tuyani moved in on a pre-space humanoid...
Is the Universe Getting Bigerer? Maybe Not. The Conclusion.
In Part 1, the measurement of cosmological distances using standard candles was introduced. In Part 2 a...