The Age of Reason BeginsThe title of this week’s post is ironic, because with all the events of the last few months I often suspect that the Age of Reason is…6d ago6d ago
Women in the IPMB100Last week I presented the IPMB100, a list of the one hundred people who most influenced Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology. In…May 9May 9
Krugman on ScienceI’ve been complaining about the Republican War on Science for months now. But I’m a scientist, so maybe I’m biased. Here is what Paul…May 2May 2
IPMB100I’m a regular reader of TIME magazine. Every year they publish an issue devoted to the TIME100: the hundred most influential people of that…May 2May 2
Where Have You Gone, Physicist Bob Park? Our Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You. Woo, Woo, Woo.Bob Park died five years ago this week. He had been in poor health since suffering a stroke in 2013. Park was a physicist and the director…Apr 25Apr 25
Lab LeakThe White House recently revised the covid.gov website into propaganda supporting the “lab leak” hypothesis for the source of Covid-19. I…Apr 19A response icon1Apr 19A response icon1
NIH Has Become Vichy FranceAccording to Science magazine, “After freezing all grants to Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now…Apr 18Apr 18
Asimov’s CorollaryRegular readers of this blog know that I am a huge fan of Isaac Asimov. I decided on a career in science in large part from reading…Apr 18Apr 18
Oops!Finding a mistake in something you wrote is always annoying. When revising the chapter on Atoms and Light for the sixth edition of…Apr 11Apr 11
Tomie De PaolaChildren’s book author Tomie De Paola died five years ago last Sunday. I fondly recall reading De Paola’s books to my daughters Stephanie…Apr 4Apr 4