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A Week in Soudan

I’ve been pretty nuts in the past two months. With the load of work spiking very suddenly in April in May, combined with working late and long hours, I felt pretty overwhelmed. This happens from time to time; it’s never pretty, and it takes its toll. However, I knew that […]

A Week in Soudan

Dark Matter do-si-do

Last week, I had the great pleasure of attending “The Hunt for Dark Matter”, a symposium at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Dark matter hunters, and even a skeptic or two, converged from across the world at Fermilab to discuss the current state-of-the-art in detection, the hopes for future experiments, and […]

Dark Matter do-si-do

Less Math, More Civics

Tonight on “Humankind”, David Freudberg inteviewed Helen Thomas, the feisty and sharp White House reporter. At one point, expressing her frustration with the state of willingness of the American People, said that she wished that less math was being taught in school, in favor of more civics and history. This […]

Less Math, More Civics

Working too hard?

It’s summer conference season again. For a lot of us on BaBar, that means a lot of sacrifice. The data keeps coming, and lots of results come with it. A consequence of the “distracting” events in Europe is that fewer people seem to be feeling more of the load than […]

Working too hard?

What Ronald Reagan Did

The Republican Presidential Candidates debated a few nights ago. They all invoked the name of Reagan, referring to the “Reagan Principle” or to his vision of government. In a time when the issue of climate change is so critical, I would warn these candidates to remember that it was Reagan […]

What Ronald Reagan Did

Spiderman and Physics

Jodi and I went to see “Spiderman 3” tonight. What really struck me about the movie is the level to which physics sneaks into the film. Quite apart from the fact that Spiderman largely respects the laws of gravity (he uses falling and redirection of momentum to move about, and […]

Spiderman and Physics

What to blog about?

A scientist is a pie (no, wait – this is going someplace). Like a pie, a scientist’s job is to be eaten. Different people want different sized slices. Some people want you to spend your time on a research project. Other people want you to spend your time on service […]

What to blog about?

Late Night at the Lab (YAWN)

It’s Friday night, and I’m at the lab. I feel like a real scientist again! What keeps me here on a Friday night? Well, there are several factors in this one. The first is that Jodi is at a detector workshop at Berkeley, and I’m supposed to pick her up […]

Late Night at the Lab (YAWN)

Cool it? Who started the shouting first?

Tonight, on the Lehrer News Hour, Bjorn Lomberg was interviewed about climate change. Mr. Lomberg accepts climate change, but doesn’t buy the argument that we have to reverse it. He thinks we should also be trying to adapt to it. Of course, from a purely evolutionary viewpoint he is right. […]

Cool it? Who started the shouting first?

Farewell, Yeltsin

His actions marked the transition from the Soviet Union to the more uncertain Russian Federation. His life was marked by triumph and scandal. His death has been solemn, at least as reported in the West. Today, President Boris Yeltsin was laid to rest, his body open for viewing at the […]

Farewell, Yeltsin

Racing to the Galapagos

When Charles Darwin was a young man, he made a 5 year journey as ship’s Naturalist on the Beagle. During that journey, ideas that he had read about in books – biological and geological evolution – came to life. An earthquake on the western coast of South America, which raised […]

Racing to the Galapagos

Jodi’s Photos from Ireland (Oct. 2006)

After months of putting it off, Jodi finally posted her extensive photo album from her and her sister’s trip to Ireland last October: http://jodi.cooleysekula.net/photos/ireland/ What an absolutely beautiful and diverse land. Powered by ScribeFire.

Jodi’s Photos from Ireland (Oct. 2006)

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