For days now, scientists and science blogs tell us not to worry about Japan’s nuclear reactors. Nothing can happen; no radiation will be released, all is fine. We are treated to false experts even, to one-sided rants of somebody who studied risk management in corporations, published originally on a business friendly website.

This is a very short note, just to help me get a feel for how this editor works.

What's so spooky about action at a distance?

Entanglement of separated electrons seems no more odd to me than a parameterized hyperboloid of two sheets  .  Change the parameter and the curvature and other properties change identically in the two sheets. 

What is a BLEVE?

A BLEVE is a Boiling-Liquid Expanding-Vapor Explosion.

It is fairly common knowledge that removing the radiator cap of a vehicle with a hot engine will cause the ejection of boiling water.



What do the Ansei-Nankai and Ansei-Tokai earthquakes of 1854 have in common with the 1944-1946 Tononkai and Nankai earthquakes in Japan?   They each suffered massive aftershocks shortly thereafter.    The Ansei-Nankai and Ansei-Tokai earthquakes were 8.4 magnitude and only 31 hours apart.  Worse, the aftershocks were nearly as bad.

And the same scenario could apply this time, says UC Davis seismologist John Rundle, and Tokyo is at the most risk.  Friday's magnitude 9.0 temblor has been followed by hundreds of