Gentle Readers, Dr. J. stumbled across this over at the Geeks are Sexy blogsite. For those of our readers who have been following the Higgs Boson story (for which not a lot has been going on since the recent ‘discovery’ … Continue reading →
Operative BC writes in regarding Dr. J. playing fast and loose with fluid dynamics in his recent post on clogged arteries in Nashville: Dear Dr. J., In your post you reference Poiseulle and state that halving the diameter of something … Continue reading →
Professional nice guy EC writes in: Your Czarness: As I recall their used to be a third and common form of bond: the metallic bond, in which the nuclei shared an electron cloud. Wikipedia seems to remember it also. Have … Continue reading →
In addition to the legion of letters for The Czar, today’s mailbag brings us a letter from Operative Æ, who you may recall wrote that he wrote in about a month ago regarding Dr. J’s first medical update, stating that … Continue reading →
Unfortunately, back in the early 1970s (maybe earlier), the hippies got into physics, and started throwing all sorts of eastern mysticism around and paved the way for nonsensical New Age sciences. One of the worst abuses was Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, … Continue reading →
Dr. (KN)J provides the Czar a refreshing look as to how science really works. Or should work. He provides an actual scientific paper, which you can read by clicking here. It’s a PDF, so you may need to save the … Continue reading →
You know, we rarely talk about our Spaceflight Practical Jokes Department, which is too bad because they’re doing some really cool stuff over there. Funny—dreadfully funny stuff, but still cool. And Nightfly (who doesn’t wear nearly as weird a costume … Continue reading →
You remember how the media had to change their collective pants when scientists reported that neutrinos appear to have moved a short distance at velocities faster than the speed of light? The media went nuts, stating that Einstein was wrong … Continue reading →
Boy, the press drives one mad. Bonkers, even. Especially the complete fantastic extrapolations when it comes to science. They have happened here too many times to list, even, but there is yet another new one today. Scientists at CERN have … Continue reading →
The wily nzc writes in to pick sides on the Fermilab vs. Large Hadron Collider race to find the Higgs boson. He adds: I will pour out a forty for them if the LHC gets it first. best, nzc Can’t … Continue reading →
Wow, we have the smartest readers in the world. Thank goodness you readers wind up writing half the stuff on here. Check this bad boy out from NR: Dread Czar, Nice post on the Higgs – much better than most … Continue reading →
All right, enough. The media is already all over the road like a drunk driver with this Higgs Boson particle. Proof of parallel universes? Time travel? The God Particle? Give us a break. Actually, here is a hint. If the … Continue reading →
Before your local newspaper screws this up, the Czar thought he should try to explain a curious news item going around the scientific circles. The story is that famous physicist Roger Penrose has described evidence that supports a controversial theory … Continue reading →
Царь наш, of course the North Koreans didn’t figure out nuclear fusion this week. Kim Jong-Il discovered fusion as a child of four and never again did physics, lest lesser scientists be intimidated by his world-conquering genius which additionally explains … Continue reading →
And the answer is: “None, none… more black.” Just thought we’d get in the Spinal Tap gag before the rush. Pictured: Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest, er, Nigel Tufnel. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. … Continue reading →
Your Volgi of course knows more than he tells. The atomic number of Gorgomonium is 112, with an atomic weight of 277. Add the two together to get 389 (March, 1989, was when GorTechie was sent from the year 5891 … Continue reading →
Meet Number One-Twelve. Via Buttle. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →GENEVA (AP) — A senior Vatican delegation visited the world’s biggest nuclear physics laboratory, proclaiming that true faith has no problems with science. … “The Church never fears the truth of science, because we are convinced that all truth comes … Continue reading →
Union workers follow union rules in loading cargo onto a Japan Air 747, picture right. Our resident tech guy GorT says it is generally not recommended to jam large, metal foreign objects into a jet intake. Union officials respond that … Continue reading →
