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MORE DISCOVERIES ABOUT STONEHENGE.
MORE DISCOVERIES ABOUT STONEHENGE. I have posted a number of times, including here a few months ago, about Annalisa’s strong belief when we visited Stonehenge in 2003 that there was a lot more to be found underground in that area … Continue reading
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APPARENTLY WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHY THE GIRAFFE GOT ITS LONG NECK.
APPARENTLY WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHY THE GIRAFFE GOT ITS LONG NECK. I like this post from the University of Waikato blog (in New Zealand) because it begins with Kipling and quotes a phrase I remember recurring in the stories: … Continue reading
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HOW DID THE GIRAFFE GET ITS LONG NECK?
HOW DID THE GIRAFFE GET ITS LONG NECK? The question of how the giraffe got its long neck reminds me of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories from when I was very young—how the leopard got its spots and how the … Continue reading
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BILLIONS AND BILLIONS—“WHEN I HEARD THE LEARNED ASTRONOMER….”
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS—“WHEN I HEARD THE LEARNED ASTRONOMER….” This article by Ross Pomeroy on RealClearScience displays an image of the heavens taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The photo shows 10,000 specks of color and light—each of which is a … Continue reading
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“STUDIES SHOW….”—GREEN JELLY BEANS.
“STUDIES SHOW….”—-GREEN JELLY BEANS. I have posted several times, including here, about misuse of statistical significance tests. The basic idea is that if you run 100 experiments, you can expect that you can on average expect 5 of the 100 … Continue reading
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“SO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES TURNS OUT TO BE STATIC.”.
“SO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES TURNS OUT TO BE STATIC.”. Mary Jane observed recently in regard to my first blog post: “So the music of the spheres turns out to be static.”
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THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES.
THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES. I have heard references to “the music of the spheres” ever since I was in college, Although it is familiar, I looked it up in this wikipedia entry to get a precise definition, which is: … Continue reading
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THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND.
THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND. This is the ninth anniversary of the day I began this blog with a post in which I expressed my wonder that background radiation from the Big Bang makes up a lot of the static you … Continue reading
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STUDIES SHOW THAT ALCOHOL REDUCES THE RISK OF DEMENTIA.
STUDIES SHOW THAT ALCOHOL REDUCES THE RISK OF DEMENTIA. I have posted several times about bourbon and single malt scotch. I don’t drink them because of their health benefits but I do take note that Tony Edwards reports in the … Continue reading
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AND A PREDICTION FOR THE WORLD SERIES.
AND A PREDICTION FOR THE WORLD SERIES. It occurs to me that I should try to use some of Professor’s Tetlock’s advice and make a prediction for how Daniel Murphy will do in the World Series. I forecast that Murphy’s … Continue reading
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