I think it’s relatively obvious that this isn’t the kind of thing that public representatives should carelessly spout off. However, what it really comes down to is this: If someone wants to start an uncontrolled fission reaction in a major US city, and the required materials are the size and weight of an [...]

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My coauthor from other papers (I’m not on this one) just published a paper in Circulation Research with my advisor and other collaborators. As you can see on the linked page (at least until the next issue is out), the article made the cover! The last link should be good regardless of which [...]

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I’m still in Mandeville (see the map link!). I finished the roll of film that was in the SLR camera, and popped it out. Much to my chagrin, it was professional-grade black-and-white. What that means is, barring possession of a lab and developing skills, it costs about $17 to develop the roll. That’s [...]

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T-60 Hours and counting… (’til I get on the first plane of the trip to Niger). Lots of packing and finding of items. Strike that, reverse it. I’m still not sure where my old pair of nylon hiking pants are. I used them in March. I’m going to have to double my efforts searching [...]

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Google has launched the new Google Moon. If you zoom in all of the way, a startling feature of the moon is revealed!

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