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Nota Bene #119: Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet

“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “He was a famous figure in Georgian times and he … Continue reading →

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Nota Bene #120: Crazy Ivan

“If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s earth.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “I concentrated on fish, the Dutch …...

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Nota Bene #121: Birds of an Ancient Feather

“Television is an invention whereby you can be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your house.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! …...

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Crab Nebula gamma emissions and the Large Hadron Collider

According to the BBC, astronomers observing the pulsar at the core of the Crab Nebula have observed gamma rays with energies far in excess of what current stellar models expect. The BBC wrote [Dr....

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Nota Bene #123: Behold the Chickenosaurus

“There ought to be limits to freedom.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “Combine them all in one power-packed meal to gain superpowers!” … “This thing that’s...

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'God particle' refudiates religious right

By Robert Becker Is “Higgs boson” a creative particle or energy field? Can we thus infer an “anti-God particle,” as anti-matter opposes matter, or dark energy battles gravity? Any covenant with...

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And now, for a moment of quantum journalism: Professor Snarky Pants offers a...

by Tom Yulsman Concerning this morning’s New York Times article on CERN’s Higgs boson announcement: The newly discovered particle may be the Higgs boson. It looks for all the world like the Higgs...

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Venus’ surface temperature series updated

In early May, 2011 I posted a five-part series about the surface temperature of Venus. In it I demonstrated that the Venus’ surface temperature – hot enough to melt lead – was not a result of internal...

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In an alternate universe, life sucks for Manchester United but is AWESOME for me

Speculative journalism and Quantum Mechanics provide us all with a vision for a better life. The other day I was lamenting to one of my online sports groups that the place would be a lot more fun if we...

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Tom Harris distorts the maturity of global warming science and imagines...

Tom Harris' recent commentaries distort the maturity of the science underlying industrial climate disruption and conflate the real expertise of climate scientists with the imagined expertise of most...

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