by Pamela | Nov 16, 2007 | Astrophysics
Sometimes, in science, English is abused in ways that make one giggle while learning. Earlier today I read an abstract that was so fascinatingly unnatural that I had to read the article. “Once a parity is introduced in unparticle physics, under which unparticle...
by Pamela | Nov 9, 2007 | Personal
If it’s Thursday, there is a Carnival of Space somewhere. Today, it is sailing with Emily Lakdawalla on the Planetary Society Blog. Check it out here.
by Pamela | Nov 7, 2007 | Podcasting, Projects, Teaching, Technology
Some of the coolest moments in teaching only occur when your students realize they can safely ask anything. On random days, at random times, (during some unpredictable moment) one student will suddenly raise their hand and ask a question along the lines of “What...
by Pamela | Nov 4, 2007 | Astronomy, Technology
Long day. Tired day. Great ending. Jordan Raddick is currently talking about using the internet to advance science. He is addressing how we are moving into a new paradigm for doing science as our data is reaching the point of petabyte data sets. The old paradigm has...
by Pamela | Nov 2, 2007 | Astronomy, Meetups, Personal, Travel
1 good dinner + 1 good martini + 1 calmed brain = ready to blog less panicy Dennis di Cicco is giving a talk on the history the building we are all sitting in. This is actually way more exciting than one might expect. Dennis is an editor at Sky & Telescope...