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Flying around the world isn't correctly Euclidean
The Abel Prize – the “Nobel prize of mathematics” – was awarded this year to a man who proved that the shortest distance between two points isn’t always a straight line. … more →
The Big Bang to Now
Flying around the world isn't correctly Euclidean
wrote 8 months ago: The Abel Prize – the “Nobel prize of mathematics” – was awarded this year to … more →
Finger-counting
wrote 9 months ago: When I was a child in school, we were taught that using our fingers to figure out the answer to an a … more →
We can relax: the world will still be there
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wrote 9 months ago: Two independent teams of scientists – one in Japan, the other in Tokyo – have just annou … more →
The disappearance of "dirty"
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wrote 10 months ago: Mark Pagel, a professor at the University of Reading in southern England, thinks that if we could fi … more →
Rhythms of life
wrote 10 months ago: Body clocks are the biological rhythms that make us feel, at different times, tired, hungry, energet … more →
Darwin's birthday
wrote 11 months ago: Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago, and published On the Origin of Species 150 years ago this yea … more →
Is there life after death?
wrote 1 year ago: This holiday season, this celebration of birth and renewal, seems a fitting time to look at the vari … more →
What is the mind?
wrote 1 year ago: Every once in a while, when I am overwhelmed with just how gob-smackingly beautiful humans can be an … more →
What is the God Particle?
wrote 1 year ago: Scientists who recently switched on the multi-billion dollar Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are looking … more →
Into the heart of the Big Bang
wrote 1 year ago: Most of us don’t understand the Big Bang. Even if we accept that scientists says it is possib … more →
Can we afford to wait until we're certain?
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wrote 1 year ago: J.H. recently added a comment to the November 8th post on this blog “Is Earth Really at Risk? … more →
Can we calculate the probability of God?
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wrote 2 years ago: In a book called “Dangerous Ideas,” an eminent scientist says that the probability that … more →
We're each unique
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve stumbled on a series of research summaries lately related to some of the exciting brain r … more →
Dynamic dust
wrote 2 years ago: It seems like another one of those amazing things scientists seem to discover as they tramp about th … more →
An ancient skull suggests a new theory of human origins
wrote 2 years ago: Many people think science is about facts that can be proved, and that don’t change. But what … more →
Buddha vs Marx
wrote 2 years ago: The Chinese Communists have issued an order to Tibet’s living Buddhas that they must obtain go … more →
The baby Minke whale: free at last
wrote 2 years ago: A cheer went up yesterday in the BBC news room when the report came in that the baby Minke whale tra … more →
Love thy neighbour: altruistic animals
wrote 2 years ago: It is not unusual to read a story about humans rescueing animals. It might be the whale caught goin … more →
Big brains, bird brains, and the complexities of smart
wrote 2 years ago: Many people, including scientists, assume that bigger brains are possessed by species that are more … more →
