Sure enough, the last 2 days of earthquakes at Yellowstone seem to be getting shallower – but do we see any other changes in the caldera? UPDATE: now with error bars!
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Increasing activity at Mayon in the Philippines (UPDATED with video) and Soufriere Hills on Montserrat have prompted evacuations. Also, two new NASA Earth Observatory images of volcanoes in action.
Saudi officials are attributing magma movement at shallow depths for the recent earthquake swarm in the western part of the country. Are we seeing the beginnings of the first volcanic eruption in Saudi Arabia since 1810? UPDATED
“Impossible, you say?” one of the early pages asks rhetorically in Art of McSweeney’s, a study of the art of the quirky periodical McSweeney’s Quarterly. “Nothing is impossible when you […]
“Boredom may be an intrinsic part of life for practically everyone, but it needn’t be destructive. In fact, boredom can be a force for good.” Give kids freedom, says one commenter at The Guardian.
A recent feature piece in The New York Times on the 25th Paris Biennale, currently at the Grand Palais until September 22nd, made the bold statement that “[f]uture historians may […]
A few weeks ago I highlighted this relevant finding from the massive amount of data contained in Pew’s annual State of the Media report. And Chris highlighted the results of […]
This semester at American University, I am teaching an advanced undergraduate/graduate seminar on Political Communication. Needless to say, it’s the right time and the right city to be teaching this […]
The studios of Point of InquiryFor those in the DC area, Wednesday evening I will be speaking at the one year anniversary of the Center for Inquiry’s Public Policy office […]
NOTE: Unfortunately, the article is only free access from most university IP addresses. Please email me at [email protected] and I can send you a copy.I have the following article forthcoming […]
Email list servs and blogs aren’t the only things buzzing about the new documentary ‘Jesus Camp,’ (trailer) which opens in major cities this weekend, including here in D.C. The news […]
A friend of mine, who works in the sustainable food industry, was alarmed by my recent post on overfishing. Not alarmed to learn about the demise of marine ecosystems (she […]
Back in the fall, after hosting a class “blog” debate on the Internet and community, more than a few readers asked me whether I would post the reading list for […]
n It’s déjà vu all over again. Post #163 of this blog (d.d. Aug 5, 2007) dealt with a secretive plan by the European Union to carve up the United […]
“Reality is already outpacing ‘Minority Report,’ the 2002 film that imagined technology in far-off 2054: Pre-crime systems, 3D video and gesture-based computing are already here,” says The New York Times.
In a series of tweets Sunday, Sarah Palin first “invented” the word “refudiate” (while, perhaps, trying to come up with “repudiate”), and then defended her word choice in another tweet […]
The Salton Sea earthquake swarm: likely tectonic, but magma-related seismicity is not that far-fetched.
Economists have long touted the importance of research and development (R&D) – investment in science and technology — in driving economic growth and innovation. If you compare the top 20 […]
Last week I noted that McCain is scoring political body blows with a compelling message on energy and that the Obama campaign has not responded to the massive shifts in […]
How do you influence conservative media outlets to take climate change seriously, re-casting the issue in a light that connects to their conservative audiences? You got it: Framing.It’s a strategy […]
Few people have felt the muzzle of an automatic machine gun in their gut, let alone survived a kidnapping on their birthday. In January 1998, then-federal prosecutor Stanley Alpert was […]
I am back from an excellent science journalism conference in Denmark and will have more to say on the meeting which highlighted several issues that speak directly to challenges faced […]
As insolvable problems go, it’s right up there with attempts to square the circle. Try as you might, it is impossible to render a three-dimensional object (the Earth, say) on […]
The fledgling state managed to elect a Miss Absaroka 1939 before disappearing into the dustbin of history
Novelist Bret Easton Ellis is used to people asking him about the numb, disconnectedness of his characters—and whether that’s a reflection of his own worldview. Not so much, he says: […]
The third in the Volcano Profile series finds us examining one of the most dangerous and famous volcanoes in the world: Italy’s Mt. Vesuvius.
Back in the spring, the Nisbet/Mooney tour visited the New York Academy of Sciences (Audio and Slides). In terms of turn out and post-discussion, it was one of the best […]
On Friday, May 4, I will be back at my doctoral alma mater to give the following presentation sponsored by the Dept. of Communication. Readers at Cornell or in the […]
n n What is it with airlines and maps? Which part of ‘atlas’ don’t they understand? You’d think that, being the business of transportation, they’d get their distances and directions […]