Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: More than a million gallons of oil are being sucked up every day from the Gulf oil spill, but a lot of that will have to be burned for days to come.
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Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Professor Richard Muller, author of the new textbook “Physics and Technology for Future Presidents,” says Barack Obama could learn a lesson from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: The launch deals being announced in the wake of SpaceX’s successful Falcon 9 launch could mark a dramatic turn in the rocket business.
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Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Nobel-winning physicist Charles Townes, the man who set the stage for the laser revolution a half-century ago, looks back (and looks forward) at the age of 94.
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Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: It’s no spoiler to say that the “Lost” finale included a heavy dose of the afterlife, which didn’t sit too well with science-minded types.
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That’s how Albert Einstein, in his characteristically poetic way, asked whether our universe is the only possible universe. The reference to God is easily misread, as Einstein’s question wasn’t theological. Instead, Einstein wanted to know ...
Characters on Star Trek suffer frequent misadventures on the holodeck, a room that creates advanced holograms indistinguishable from reality. But now theoretical physicists such as Brian Greene, host of the recent PBS special The Fabric of the Cosmos, are starting to wonder if every object in the universe isn't some sort of hologram. Greene talks physics and science fiction in this week's episode of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast. Hear...
Icarus at the Edge of Time is the story of a courageous boy who challenges the awesome might of a black hole. This stunning, full-orchestral work with animated film and live narrator brings a powerful modern twist to a classic myth, taking audiences of all ...
WYNNEWOOD – Like the vibrating filaments of string theory or our expanding universe, Brian Greene stretched the minds of the Friends’ Central community during a series of intimate classroom discussions in the afternoon and a packed-house ...
My fellow panelists were Michael Tuts, professor of physics at Columbia and the U.S. ATLAS Operations Program Manager at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN Laboratory, Geneva; Brian Greene, professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia and ...