Taking a Look into The Void
Monday August 27, 2012
In 2007, physicist and author Frank Close compiled together a slender volume with an ambitious goal: to succinctly explain the scientific thinking behind the concept of "nothingness," the vacuum of ... Read More
Magnetic Fun with Magician's Kitchen Board Game
Sunday August 26, 2012
Games don't have to have a scientific theme to have scientific lessons, as I recently discovered when I played the fantasy-themed board game Magician's Kitchen. In this game, you play ... Read More
Beyond the Higgs: Supersymmetry
Sunday August 12, 2012
As more evidence comes out showing that the Large Hadron Collider has located the Higgs boson (or some general Higgs-like particle), the next few years will focus largely on sifting ... Read More