Random Thoughts

Moths jam bat sonar

I imagine  moths jamming bats' sonar  looks like one of the two following scenarios: Calvin and Hobbes ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 17 2009 - 9:37am

Tangential Science: It's A Google Economy, Stupid

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 8 2010 - 6:55pm

Free Will And Determinism

In another post the general discussion regarding free will seemed to teeter on the edge of a definition that recognized the significant role that our genes and indoctrination played, while allowing some "wiggle" room for something like free will ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jul 21 2009 - 11:06pm

Economic Theory- Multinational Business

This topic requires many considerations that may be more political than economic, but to try and retain focus, the point is primarily to examine how economic principles (like supply and demand) are dealt with in this arena. There are two ways in which mult ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Jul 21 2009 - 11:03pm

Blogging from Simos Beach

Simos beach is one of the best beaches of Greece, and arguably of the whole European continent. It is located at the southern tip of the small island of Elafonissos, a four-mile-wide rock dangling off the eastern of the three fingers shaping the Peloponnes ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Jul 19 2009 - 2:53pm

Two new scientific journals, Duh! and Huh?, to debut

Or at least, they should, according to WSJ's Melinda Beck. There are more than 5,200 scientific journals, Beck says in Health Blog, so do we need more? Well, two more couldn't hurt. "I think there should be two more scholarly periodicals: I’ ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jul 21 2009 - 11:30am

Economic Theory- The Role of Credit

Let’s examine the demand side of the equation a bit more and explore the impact that credit has on an economy. There is no question that credit can provide a smoother flow of money through an economy to ensure that periodic starts and stops aren’t affected ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jul 21 2009 - 10:53pm

Scientific Blogging In Sacramento Magazine

If you're inclined to follow print media, and live in the Sacramento area, and came down on the side of Sacramento Magazine in the great SacMag/ SacTown (1) War, you might be interested to know they did a profile of us in their July issue. There' ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 22 2009 - 1:07pm

Platonic: Solid

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.-Plato ...

Blog Post - New Moon - Jul 22 2009 - 1:15pm

Tangential Science: Wired Makes A Science Most-Hated List

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny. 1. Pity poor Conde Nast.  Not only are they going to lose $200 million in 2009, meaning Graydon Carter of Vanity Fair may have to limit himself to one personal driver while h ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jul 22 2009 - 4:26pm