Spaghetti & Crab

A few nights ago, I attempted to image the Spaghetti Nebula – a supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus. It is so faint that I […]

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Sudden Death

I know that it has a particular meaning in football games, but that isn’t quite what I have in mind here. My friends and colleagues […]

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This Year in COVID

As 2021 winds down, we should look back at this pandemic year that caused an even greater number of deaths than 2020. This week, BCM’s […]

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The Point System

This is a thought experiment rather than the result of a well-designed study. Keep that in mind. Nonetheless, I have always found such experiments a […]

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Matrix Resurrections

No-spoiler review. The Architect is gone – replaced by The Analyst played by Neil Patrick Harris. The Merovingian is back, but he looks a bit […]

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Fitness

Earlier during the COVID apocalypse, I posted an essay about pandemics and viral evolution. In it, I identified some of the key characteristics of fitness […]

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A Tree Ate My Comet

It’s the kind of excuse teachers have heard many times from young children whose homework was reportedly eaten by the family pet. Our son’s childhood […]

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Blog Holiday

I’m taking a holiday from the blog today. I hope you can take a break too. See you tomorrow in the blogosphere.

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Yin-Yang

In ancient Chinese philosophy and later, in modern physics, Yin-Yang is the notion that duality is part of the fabric of reality – light and […]

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Tonight in Food Porn

Dinner tonight was a meal of new items and leftovers. The new items were an artichoke and four sea scallops. The leftovers were the bacon-wrapped […]

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