Archive of Writings
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1 Void a 2nd Universe Makes?
Ok, so New Scientist is just not making my brain happy this week. I decided to forage around their website to see what was there (one of their editors, Maggie McKee, is a friendly soul I worked with at Astronomy and I wanted to see what's she's up to now a days)....
I see you, now you must die
The title is a summary of how a New Scientist article seems to interpret the fate of the universe. Basically, the article states that because we view the universe, we may be causing the collapse of wave functions that would otherwise be happily balanced between not...
Carnival of Space
It's a holiday extravaganza! A Carnival of Space! All for your Thanksgiving weekend enjoyment! Ok, maybe its just a regular Carnival of Space, but it's still pretty cool, and you can find it over on Phil's Bad Astronomy Blog. Enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving
This blog started to slowly blossom into existence (admittedly on another URL) about this time last year. It was a staggered start, and I didn't really start to pay regular attention to it until January. Still, a year into this personal experiment in public writing I...
Another Close Binary, Another Big Planet
At this point we've found planets in a enough places that I shouldn't still be surprised when a neat new world is found in a neat new place. Nevertheless, I found myself awed by a new discovery of a new planet with a 3.69 year period orbiting in a close binary. This...
Psychiatry by Adjective?
Some areas of astronomy are way more competitive than others. Variable stars, the sub-field of astronomy I'm most comfortable in, is a very friendly group. There is amiable collaboration between professional and amateur astronomers, and I've never met a variable star...
Making Research
One of the joys, frustrations, most loved, and most hated parts of being a professor is attempting to do research. I say attempting because sometimes the data just doesn't want to produce anything useful. There are good times. For instance, in about three months this...
Sunday evening muse seeking
I have to admit that I’ve been struggling to write for the past week. I had some family stuff come up with my extended family and it triggered a frustrating case of writer's block. At the end of each day, I’ve looked at my computer, contemplated that I...
All your darkmatter are belong to unparticles
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...
Carnival of Space
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.