Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, especially in the arts. Paint, sculpt, or build it right and others will try to follow your path. That truth makes Frank Lloyd […]
Search Results
You searched for: Water
The utility at Fukushima (TEPCO) announced that radioactive water was found to be 10 million times normal levels at Unit 2, prompting evacuation of that site and world wide anguish […]
Here is a mystery: where is all the radiation coming from at Fukushima? Since the site is too radioactive to make definitive analyses, physicists and engineers are making educated guesses, […]
No matter how detailed the map, for some it will always be large enough to separate Us from Them
The reactor situation in Japan suffered yet another setback yesterday, with water levels in Unit 2 registering 10 million times normal levels.
Here in Atlanta, the cheating scandal at the Atlanta Public School system has been front page news every day. The new superintendent is cleaning house based on the findings of […]
I got a call from one of my friends the other day. “Hey,” he said, “what is this thing that Herman Cain won recently? I was at a cookout and […]
A fabulous Rheinpanorama from the early days of leisure travel
Japan has had a quite a year within geologic activity – some of it very tragic, some of it less so. Volcanically, both Sakurajima and Kirishima have put on shows […]
As many of you know, today we saw a new eruption at Grímsvötn under Vatnajökull in Iceland – its first eruption since 2004 … and boy, it was a doozy. […]
As The Hangover films make abundantly clear, it’s not easy waking up after a night of wild partying. Folk remedies for hangovers abound, but a recently published study offers a cure with a real scientific basis.
A kind of religion has developed around so-called “natural” foods. Hold on, says modernist chef and inventer Nathan Myhrvold. Do you like muffins? Do you like wine and cheese? If so, read on.
A special task force is about to report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about whether America’s 104 nuclear reactors could handle the challenges that led to partial meltdowns at […]
Water is nearly free in much of the U.S. But is pricing water at a higher rate necessary to maintain and improve an aging, inefficient water system?
▸
2 min
—
with
Let’s get to some updates on volcanic (or possibly not) rumblings around the world: Philippines: PHIVOLCS are watching Taal closely, but at least over the last 24 hours, seismicity at […]
The world is now witnessing a gigantic science experiment, with the Japanese people as guinea pigs. And every hour brings more bad news and complications.
Prognostics is a field within engineering to predict when a system or a component within that system will no longer function as designed or is likely to fail. For example, […]
They live in a parallel society, a world apart, where they obey an alien law and pray to an alien God. Their liberal allies foolishly promote toleration and claim these […]
I am beginning to think the volcanoes plan it this way, but what is up with two of the biggest eruptions of 2011 falling on the weekend? Definitely makes it […]
An update for today (May 22, 2011) on the eruption at Grímsvötn in Iceland: The eruption itself (video) is still ongoing, albeit possibly with a slight decrease in intensity according […]
An M.I.T. study argues that keeping nuclear waste in temporary storage for decades, rather than permanently burying it, would save money and create energy dividends in the long run.
In a recent essay posted online, NASA scientist James Hansen explains what he calls the “Easter Bunny” fantasy that we can adequately address climate change by providing subsidies for renewable […]
The Japanese reactor situation is already the second worst nuclear power plant accident, second only to Chernobyl. The situation changes hourly, but here is what we know so far.
Sorry about the scarcity lately – it was graduation weekend here at Denison, so that always keeps me more than busy. However, now that graduation is done, summer is officially […]
First off, a big thank you to James Reynolds who took questions from my Volcanoes class here at Denison today. It was a great chat with the students! Now, we […]
[UPDATE: And the winner is… Suzie Linch, who submitted Nathan Barber’s blog, The Next Generation of Educational Leadership. Congratulations, Suzie!] Does your local principal or superintendent blog? Do you read the […]
Planetary geologists appear to have found water on Mars near the equator, where the red planet is milder and more hospitable. This may be key to us being able to go there.
Yesterday I mentioned the Auckland Volcanic Field – the cluster of volcanoes underneath New Zealand’s largest city. Although the Auckland Volcanic Field is a region to monitor for activity, it […]