How Science Works: As told by the Higgs boson
I was super excited to read the announcement by CERN today that the ATLAS and CMS experiments have yielded enough evidence for them to claim the discovery of the Higgs […]
Category Archives: Science
Evolution, a Definition
That is all. (Thanks to the I fucking love science group on Facebook for this one)
Demystifying the Coelacanth
A few days ago, Robin Stobbs (a frequent commenter on this blog) sent me an email in which he addresses some common misconceptions about the coelacanth. The coelacanth has been nicknamed the […]
News24 midget advert not science
Anyone who knows me will be aware of my long-standing gripe with the Science & Technology department at News24. They seem to have low editorial standards to start with, but […]
GPS error might scupper FTL neutrinos
An announcement late last night (South African time) stated that a fault in one of the GPSs used in the OPERA experiment, that measured bursts of neutrinos travelling slightly faster […]
