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THE HAWKING INDEX.
THE HAWKING INDEX. This article by Joseph Brean in the National Post has a good explanation of how the Hawking Index is calculated. The Index, which was devised by Jordan Ellenberg, a mathematician at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is … Continue reading
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YOU TOO CAN FIND MICROMETEORIC DUST IN THE GUTTERS OF YOUR HOUSE.
YOU TOO CAN FIND MICROMETEORIC DUST IN THE GUTTERS OF YOUR HOUSE. Here is an article on the IFLSCIENCE website which tells you “How To Find Micrometeorites In Your Home”. You too can find dust that existed before the creation … Continue reading
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A NONSCIENTIST FINDS DUST FROM SPACE IN CITY GUTTERS.
A NONSCIENTIST FINDS DUST FROM SPACE IN CITY GUTTERS. I posted here about how the Galaxy Zoo website uses the efforts of thousands of nonscientists to make classifications of galaxies to select galaxies for further study. Now nonscientists are researching … Continue reading
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MICROMETEORIC DUST FROM OUTER SPACE.
MICROMETEORIC DUST FROM OUTER SPACE. I began this blog marveling (here) that traces from the Big Bang caused radio static today on earth. So I marveled to read that micrometeoric dust which was in existence before the formation of the … Continue reading
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PAINTING WITH UNSTABLE PAINT.
PAINTING WITH UNSTABLE PAINT. This article by Barbara Haislip at the Barron’s website deals with the economic problems for art collectors presented by the use by contemporary artists of unstable paint. It is entitled: “How Stable is Your Rothko?” Haislip … Continue reading
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MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER DARK MATTER EXISTS.
MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER DARK MATTER EXISTS. I posted here recently on an article about questions that have been raised as to whether dark matter and dark particles exist. This is a big deal because mainstream researchers believe that the … Continue reading
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IS THERE DARK MATTER?
IS THERE DARK MATTER? Without, of course, understanding the science, I have marveled before, including in the first post on this blog, about how much scientists know about the Big Bang—despite the difficulties in obtaining evidence about events so distant … Continue reading
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PLACEBO BUTTONS.
PLACEBO BUTTONS. I had never heard the phrase “placebo button”” until recently, but I find that it even has its own wikipedia entry. The entry says: “A placebo button is a push-button with apparent functionality that actually has no effect … Continue reading
WHAT IS UNDERGROUND IN A FOREST.
WHAT IS UNDERGROUND IN A FOREST. I wondered how the size of a large tree underground compares to the size of the tree above ground. This article on the Arnold Arboretum website by Thomas O. Perry notes at the outset … Continue reading
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A TREE BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD A BANQUET INSIDE IT.
A TREE BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD A BANQUET INSIDE IT. Thomas Pakenham reviewed THE LONG, LONG LIFE OF TREES by Fiona Stafford in The New York Review of Books (December 8). It is hard to know how long an oak … Continue reading
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