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As Darwin watches the preparation of the H.M.S. Beagle, he gets (understandably) excited. It also turns out that Captain FitzRoy was popular with the ladies. Darwin fears that he will get seasick on the...
Three years ago, Martin Gardner‘s good friend, MAA Editorial Director Don Albers, interviewed him at length about his childhood, the roots of his fascination with math, and about his career. Over...
Welcome back! Go to the current contest here >> The entries are really coming in. Thanks to everyone for entering! Also, check out the interview with Gardner that I’ll be posting over the...
What is God’s relation to space and time? Is there a way of reconciling theology and physics? Time is much more mysterious than space. We can move around or stand still at will, but no one can travel...
The European Organization for Nuclear Research [CERN] has their Large Hadron Collider [LHC] up and running. The first test-fire was successful. A lot of fearful people fearing the creation of a super-massive...
In The New Scientist Perspectives Section this month, James Flynn argues for a confrontation of issues surrounding race and IQ. His research into changing IQ scores over the past few decades (the Flynn...
On Mission and Money, Economic Principles had some kind words yesterday. ‘The book appears at a propitious time. Just last week, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Peter Welch (D-Vermont) convened...
After chants of “Drill, baby, drill” at the Republican National Convention, a Democratic Congress has changed their attitudes on offshore drilling. From the New York Times: ‘Even more...
The writer’s life hasn’t changed much. Move to the big city, live in a tiny apartment, and get dragged down by all the distractions and frustrations that accompany this process. When I moved...
For a unique window into what we go through in the publishing industry, even as book review sections and reviewers are slashed left and right, The Guardian’s Book Blog: There are many zany tactics...
Trading a kidney for tickets to see Obama at the DNC. On Craigslist. Good deal? Trustworthy? I’m not sure, but at least they picked a very well rendered, accurate picture of a kidney, courtesy of...
A pregnant daughter, a state trooper firing, and the "bridge to nowhere" which she may or may not have supported (I'm not sure how that one goes). Sarah Palin has shrugged off scandals that would threaten to bring other politicians a lot of grief.
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