Faye Flam
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Lecture Thursday on Jefferson’s Science
Anyone who has visited Monticello knows Thomas Jefferson was keen on collecting objects of scientific interest. But what were Jefferson ...
12 years ago
Nobel for Higgs Idea: Why it Matters and What, if Anything, it Has to Do with God.
Higgs the cat is enjoying a catnip cigar in celebration the 2013 Nobel Prize just awarded to Peter Higgs and Francois Englert for the the ...
12 years ago
Government shutdown derails scientific research
Most research projects require some continuity – stopping some experiments mid-stream could render weeks, months or years of work usele ...
12 years ago
New climate report: Interpreting 95 percent odds of human-generated global warming
A major new scientific report on global warming was released today, and the news is still bad. Still bad doesn’t make for flashy he ...
12 years ago
AIDS Denialism Talk and Other Upcoming Events
I’ve written on climate change denial and evolution denial, but I’m less familiar with AIDS denial. That will change after th ...
12 years ago