Regular CV readers already know of John McCain's past griping about planetariums. Well, apparently that planetarium is really stuck in his craw, because he brought it up again in the most recent debate: (Obama) voted for nearly a billion dollars in p...

Northern New Mexico is an absolutely fabulous place to live. But, on occasion, I wish I had a teleporter handy. One of those occasions would be when the “Swell of the Century” hits the Hawaiian Islands, as it did last week. It turned out to be more...

Last week I Twittered/Facebooked some provocative results from a poll of philosophers. In particular, this little tidbit: Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death? Accept or lean toward: survival 337 / 931 (36.1%) Other 304 / 931...

Here are the opening sentences of Chapter Five of my book: When most people hear “scientist,” they think “Einstein.” Albert Einstein is an iconic figure; not many theoretical physicists attain a level of celebrity where their likeness appears...

We occasionally joke about the looming robot menace, but seriously. Discoblog has picked out the Niftiest Robots of 2009, but “Scariest” would have been an equally appropriate appellation. Yes, there is a robot that crawls around inside your colon,...

All the physics blogosphere is abuzz about rumors that the CDMS experiment might have collected evidence for the direct detection of dark matter, and is going to announce their results on December 18. The original source was Resonaances, where you can...