“More science, less fiction” is the message from the scientific community to Hollywood, even as the sci-fi film Avatar continues to rake in cash at the box office. Physics professor Sidney Perkowitz took to the stage at last week’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to encourage more science in movies, but also [...]
Daily archives for February 23rd, 2010
Scientists To Hollywood: More Science...
“More science, less fiction” is the message from the scientific community to Hollywood, even as the sci-fi film Avatar continues to rake in cash at the box office. Physics professor Sidney Perkowitz took to the stage at last week’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to encourage more science in movies, but also [...]
This Is Spectacular: A Closer Look At...
It is one the most spectacular images that I have seen in a long time. Google Earth has just released hi-res images of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group–which sounds like a mouthful but is probably the most awesome place ever.
This is where old decommissioned aircraft from the US military go to die. It’s an en [...]
Hate Someone’s Tweet? Now, You ...
There have been many days when we have worried why we need to be constantly updated via Twitter of people’s terribly uninteresting lives.
It’s either “Wow, what a great day,” or a link to some goobaliciously nonsensical crap that they find interesting.
Dude, take a hint! We don’t want yet another update of your & [...]
Attention: Google Is Not Making You S...
In 2008, writer Nicholas Carr worried in The Atlantic that the search engine Google and the easy availability of information on the internet is making our brains lazy–and rendering humans stupid. He wrote that the net was destroying his capacity for concentration and contemplation, adding, “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I [...]