physics

God does not Play Dice

“I am convinced God does not play dice with the universe.” - Albert Einstein Quantum Mechanics, despite how fancy and scifi-esque it sounds, is...

Stephen Hawking Tribute Comic Review

“Tribute: Stephen Hawking” by Michael Lent and Brian McCarthy with art by Zach Bassett and published by Tidalwave Productions, released 2019.   I confess: I never...
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Yean Lee

Why Does Hot Water Freeze Faster?

PROFESSOR: Hello class! Welcome to “Advanced Application of Math and Logic in Natural Philosophy” class. Look to your left and look to your right....
Gordon Waller

New Houston: We have a problem

  If you are a technology enthusiast, NASA observer or all around space geek, you don’t need me to point out the connection between two...
Katelyn Sturdivant

Supermassive Black Hole Causing a Stir in the Milky Way

Have you ever wondered what goes on in outer space, especially around black holes? I know as a kid, viewing black holes as giant...
Kevin Wolfe

Badass Biology: The Pistol Shrimp

“Wtf, shrimp!!? I make it all the way to this website from who knows what part of the internet, and I see 'Badass Biology'....
Gordon Waller

Water: Prankster of the Natural World Part 2

If you haven't read part 1 (why would you do that?), here is a review of the scenario we are considering in part 2:   Two...
Gordon Waller

Water: prankster of the natural world part 1

If you've ever taken a life sciences course your teacher probably mentioned one of several properties that make water particularly interesting. Water is cohesive...