lot of attention has been paid to this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan. Much discussion has been had in the aftermath of this decision–Does he deserve it? To what extent can we...
Weird. A word that has stuck with us for many centuries, growing first from the Old English wyrd, as in fate. Decades pass, suddenly Shakespeare uses it to describe a trio of witches in Macbeth, and henceforth it is...
In physics and mathematics, even the most experienced academic is going to have trouble successfully picturing higher dimensions. But if you are a budding scientist or mathematician, they are unavoidable. Humans live in...
What started out as a series of tutoring videos for his relatives, came Sal Khan’s immensely successful – in both popularity, and results – tutoring website, Khan Academy. Not to mention that it is...
Very often I hear that phrase from my peers when I mention what I’m studying (physics), and it breaks my heart. Far too often I hear, “I wish I was good at math/science/etc.,” as if it’s...
“Black holes do NOT exist and Big Bang Theory is wrong, claims scientist,” is the title of a DailyMail article about two papers (found here and here) recently published by Laura Mersini-Houghton regarding...
