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The Origin of Quantum Mechanics

Minute Physics offers a series of bite-size educational videos that make you smarterer, like this one on Quantum Mechanics… This mind food is not to be confused with the following feast for your eyes...

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…And Another Thing: What Does Alpha Centauri’s Rocky Planet Mean For Deep...

I was very pleased to learn that yet another extrasolar planet has been discovered, this time closer to Earth than ever before. It turns out that Alpha Centauri, our closest neighboring star system,...

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[GUEST POST] Ramez Naam on The Science of “Nexus”

Ramez Naam is a professional technologist, and was involved in the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook. He was the CEO of Apex Nanotechnologies, a company involved in developing...

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[GUEST POST] “Christmas on Mars” by Diane Turnshek

Diane Turnshek is an astronomer whose short fiction has been published in Analog Magazine and elsewhere. She teaches astronomy and experimental physics lab at Carnegie Mellon University and at the...

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Science Made Simple: A Cute Animation Explaining the Higgs Boson

Sceince doesn’t have to be difficult to understand, as this serene video demonstrates. The video creator, James Sutton, describes his video: Animation for a hypothetical organisation, particles, that...

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Sherlock, Science and Ratiocination

The Mythgard Institute, home to learning courses geared towards genre fans, introduces a new course for the Fall 2013 session: Sherlock, Science and Ratiocination with Dr. Amy H. Sturgis. Here’s the...

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BOOK REVIEW: Crux by Ramez Naam

REVIEW SUMMARY: Frighteningly plausible cyberpunk. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Following the events of the first book, Kaden Lane is on the run with bounty hunters in hot pursuit. Sam, having gone...

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INTERVIEW: Toh EnJoe, Author of Self-Reference ENGINE

Toh EnJoe is the award-winning author of a number of short stories, and now a short story collection/not-quite novel Self-Reference ENGINE. This collection, translated from the original Japanese by...

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[GUEST POST] Jamie Metzl on Human Genetic Enhancement

Jamie Metzl is the author of the genetics thriller Genesis Code and Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security of the Atlantic Council. Twitter: @JamieMetzl Would I Genetically Enhance My Own...

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