Science
A BloomBox For Your Car?
BloomEnergy has been running the media circuit recently with their announcement of a hydrocarbon based fuel cell for electrical power generation. They were on 60 minutes this past weekend, Good Morning America this morning and will probably be on 20/20 later this week. The hype surrounding the box is huge and almost buried in... »
Challenger Disaster vs One-Way Hash Arguments
Recently blogger Julian Sanchez coined the phrase “one-way hash argument” to describe how easy it is to throw up FUD in what passes for public debates these days and how much more difficult it is to combat that FUD with actual facts. Good points to be sure, but I think there’s a solution to... »
The Case for Dark Matter
Unlike our normal articles, this one is not focused on a recent news item. We’re publishing it because it’s an excellent example of the power of graphs to show why something is without resorting to techno-jargon or a lengthy verbal explanation. – Ed. There is so much evidence for dark matter that hardly any... »
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