As you may know, Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth” has been nominated for an Oscar. If you want to hear more from the man himself (see also his remarks in the previous post), here’s an interview with him on NPR’s Fresh Air. It first aired last year, but it is very current. It’s so good to hear a politician speak so intelligently on these matters.
You know, the last few weeks […] Click to continue reading this post
Calling all scientists and engineers. You’ll get a $25 million prize from Virgin’s Richard Branson if you find a way to extract greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Get to work!
Continuing his admirable campaign to do more useful things with his money instead of engaging in the (let’s face it) mostly silly stunts that used to characterize news stories about him, Richard Branson announced his new prize today in London (in the company of Al Gore). People are indeed working on this sort of thing, in case you’re wondering (see a post I did earlier, for example).
No, this is not a replacement for increasing our efforts to change our habits […] Click to continue reading this post
Yes, it does matter. And it does matter:
(Simulated ILC collision by Norman Graf, showing production and decay products of the Z particles that areso important in electroweak physics.)
The high energy physics community is excited abut the Large Hadron Collider’s […] Click to continue reading this post
Sorry, but it is just funny to me. There’s a history here, which adds to the humour. Start with the description by captain Todd Rogers: “Vera walked down the aisle and used the pad of papers she was holding in her hands to kind of — the term I use … Click to continue reading this post
