August 17, 20200Comments

What's discrete math? Here's the course that could help launch your computer science career.

For anyone with designs on understanding or even getting hired in a computer science field, instruction like the Discrete Mathematics Course offers a building block skill set...

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August 1, 20200Comments

Cosplay at a 1966 Science Fiction Convention

What’s not to love about this gallery of images from the 1966 World Science Fiction Convention in Cleveland, OH? The cameras may have acquired color and the cosplay may...

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July 16, 20200Comments

White House decries science

When it comes to packing kids into underfunded classrooms with at-risk teachers White House spokesfraud Kayleigh McEnany says: “The science should not stand in the way...

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July 2, 20200Comments

This Republican strategist says "members of the Church of Secular Science" wear masks to prove superiority

A few Republicans are starting to think that the germ theory of disease might have some merit to it, according to this Washington Post article. But GOP strategist Alex...

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June 18, 20200Comments

How to safely topple a statue using science

During the anti-racist uprising, protestors in the US and England have been toppling statues of historical figures connected to slavery, colonialism, and oppression. (Above,...

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June 3, 20200Comments

James N. Miller quits Defense Science Board, citing Defense Secretary Mark Esper's "blatant violations" of oath to "support and defend the Constitution"

The Washington Post reports that “James N. Miller, undersecretary of defense for policy from 2012 to 2014, provided The Washington Post with a copy of his resignation...

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May 5, 20200Comments

The Science Behind Our Perception Of Time & How To Make It Pass Faster

Yet another reason to stick with a daily routine.

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May 1, 20200Comments

Science fiction author Marc Laidlaw is reading his work on YouTube

On his blog, Cory Doctorow alerted me to the news that science fiction author Marc Laidlaw has started a YouTube channel and is re-reading his short fiction. He does an...

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April 21, 20200Comments

It took science 2,000 years to find the clitoris (and it's 10x bigger than most people think)

In the 1990s, Australian urologist Helen O’Connell performed the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on aroused women’s clitorises. She found that the...

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April 21, 20200Comments

The Mind Thing, by Fredric Brown: excellent pulp-era science fiction

When I was in junior high school, I joined the Science Fiction Book Club. One of the books I got from the club was an anthology that included several stories by Fredric Brown...

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