…have seams. An interesting look at how different cultures deal with naming colors.
Category Archives: General Science
Brooklyn Hipsters
What’s All The Fuss About?
Here’s a pretty good story on the Higgs discovery. I have to say, I’m not sure to five sigma that I exist, so the result seems pretty solid.
Want To Win A Thousand Pounds Sterling?
Explain why warm water freezes faster than cold.
Scientific Literacy
How much do we need?
I always get frustrated when people think that science is about knowing scientific “facts,” and not about the process.
The Venus Transit
Here’s a live webcast from Fraser Cain, Phil Plait, et al.
The Transit Of Venus
How to watch it this afternoon.
You know, if we were a true spacefaring civilization, we’d move the planet to get it in the same orbital plane as earth so we could do this every few months instead of once a century or so.
Best Eclipse Photo I’ve Seen
Poor Brontosaurus
The most popular and well-known dinosaur never existed.
Water Depths
A great infographic from xkcd.