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I’m Reminded of Dr. Smith…

The marathon training continues – for Jodi, of course. I’m just along for the ride. Today, Jodi had her 16 mile run. I biked along with her again, refilling water when necessary. The first thing that happened on her run today was that her water bottle, apparently ripe with soap […]

I’m Reminded of Dr. Smith…

The Idiot’s Guide to Solid Gold Rold

May of you are likely frequent visitors to “solidgoldrold.com”:http://solidgoldrold.com, a website for sexy people meant to enliven and enrich the lives of those who are not sexy. I thought it might be useful to provide a “between the lines” guide (AKA “idiot’s guide”) for the introduction on the webpage. greetings […]

The Idiot’s Guide to Solid Gold Rold

Semi-Great Effort

I’ve had the pleasure and the pain of being a BaBar reviewer for the past year on an analysis of the rare process b->sγ. This analysis has been in preparation for years, and believe it or not the analysts (and the review committee) worked on this thing pretty much continuously […]

Semi-Great Effort

18 miles of biking pleasure…

Jodi’s marathon training continues. She cranked it up to 15 miles today. We got up later than we wanted – closer to 06:30 – but made it to the Sawyer Trail by 7. Jodi’s been doing roughly 10-minute miles, though she shaved a total of 3 minutes off her entire […]

18 miles of biking pleasure…

Presidents Say the Darndest Things

Earlier this week, President Bush apparently weighed in on the whole “teaching of non-science in the science classroom” debate. As “reported by the New York Times”:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/03/politics/03bush.html?hp&ex=1123041600&en=c1600f3f547f7dc7&ei=5094&partner=homepage, in a meeting with Texas reporters the President expressed that he felt both sides should be taught. I’m gonna have to “side with Bob […]

Presidents Say the Darndest Things

A Grateful Laboratory

This week was a very exciting week, both for the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (“SLAC”:http://www.slac.stanford.edu), where I do my research, and for me personally. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, a member of the U.S. Cabinet and head of the U.S. Department of Energy, visited SLAC to learn more about the […]

A Grateful Laboratory

It takes a political scientist…

Jodi and I hit Borders Bookstore and Cafe last night. It’s one of those regular consumer things we do: go to a bookstore, browse, buy things we shouldn’t buy, and drink some caffeinated beverages and talk. We were scanning the new arrivals last night, when I noticed that Senator Rick […]

It takes a political scientist…

Frist Changes Stance on Federally Funded Stem Cell Research

“Here’s a man who really knows science and who really knows government,” Specter said. “So it is a very, very profound change. It’s an earthquake.” That’s a quote from Sen. Arlen Specter, concerning the shift in position on Federally funded stem cell research made by Senate majority leader, Sen. Bill […]

Frist Changes Stance on Federally Funded Stem Cell Research

Seeing what is not visible

What a week. Busy, busy, busy! Let’s start at the beginning. BaBar is engrossed in its fifth run, which we aptly denote “Run 5”. A lot of things changed in the accelerator and detector when we shutdown for the 2004 upgrade last fall. It’s critical, given such changes, to validate […]

Seeing what is not visible

Washington Times Op-Ed on Barton/Boehlert and Climate Science

There’s been a lot of hubbub lately about the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s nascent investigation into a very particular set of climate science. This science, conducted by Dr. Michael Mann and two colleagues (who have also been requested to present documents for this investigation), demonstrates that that average global […]

Washington Times Op-Ed on Barton/Boehlert and Climate Science

Boehlert to Barton: “Your inquiry seeks to erase that line between science and politics.”

I here reproduce the excerpt of Rep. Sherwood Boehlert’s (R-NY) letter to Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) regarding Barton’s initiation of a political inquiry into a scientific study of climate change. This excerpt is taken from “AIP FYI #112”:http://www.aip.org/fyi/2005/112.html. From the FYI: In response to these letters, House Science Committee Chairman […]

Boehlert to Barton: “Your inquiry seeks to erase that line …

Google Scholar

It’s about time. Applying “Google’s”:http://www.google.com search technology to the world of scholarly information has been a long time coming. I’ve use Google to search “The Arxiv”:http://www.arxiv.org (pronounced “Archive”), but now a ton of other information from beyond physics is available through http://scholar.google.com. I’ll be adding this to my usual tools, […]

Google Scholar

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    October 18, 2025
    Good morning and happy autumn, #Sudbury!#SilentSaturday #nature #rainbow
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    October 18, 2025
    Want to learn more about why we do science deep underground? Check out my keynote lecture from the 2025 Stellafane Convention, “Astronomy Without Light”:https://youtu.be/wBdbYmXwjFs?si=JoWBV_PT1fNkhDPi#astronomy […]

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