Videos — March 28, 2011 Who’s Funnier: Women or Men? Robert Mankoff Copy a link to the article entitled Share Who’s Funnier: Women or Men? on Facebook Share Who’s Funnier: Women or Men? on Twitter Share Who’s Funnier: Women or Men? on LinkedIn Men and women tend to use humor differently, says the New Yorker cartoonist.
Starts With A Bang Ask Ethan: What are white holes, and do they really exist? In General Relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?
Life Strange life forms create an “alien” ecosystem in an abandoned uranium mine Slimy biofilms made up of bacterial and eukaryotic life forms have taken over an abandoned, flooded uranium mine in Germany.
Hard Science Earth has an eerie “sodium glow,” and astronomers use it to image stars Air currents in our atmosphere limit the resolving power of giant telescopes, but computers and artificial stars can sharpen the blur.
High Culture Why are flood myths so common in stories from ancient cultures around the world? Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
Guest Thinkers Yes, Prof. Cronon, Let’s Talk About ALEC Getting over half a million hits on your very first post is every blogger’s dream. That’s what happened to Prof. William Cronon, a distinguished professor of American history at the […]