News of our latest result is starting to appear in the media. Engadget has the funniest version so far. For a more serious article, you can view the Nature news story.
Terry Eagleton adds his voice to the science and religion dialog
May 4, 2009 11:15:am 0 Comments EditI’d like to say, “congrats” to the writers of BSG for actually using an explanation which is scientifically correct. In episode 15, Anders says that the Final 5 traveled to Kobol by “relativistic but sub-luminal speeds”. Thereby allowing them to age much less than those in stationary frames around them. Yay special relativity!
Chad Orzel provides a link to some expert commentary on radiation levels from counter tops (you shouldn’t be too surprised to find out that there is nothing to worry about). Chad also takes the interesting position that perhaps the NYTimes should engage in doing science. After all, it would not be too difficult to carry a Geiger counter into a few homes and measure the radiation levels.
An article in Physics Today led me to a neat page on NASA’s website about various theories of lift. It shows how many of the explanations common to popular literature are incorrect through a serious of java applets that let you see what is actually going on. Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool.