Physics
Space.com reports that an unknown force is acting on spacecraft that approach and then recede from earth
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Space.com had a very interesting article posted on Febr. 29th. Basically it reports that JPL scientists have verified that there is some unknown force operating on 5 of 6 spacecraft that have taken paths that approach earth and then recede from earth on a new path.
Basically it comes down to some well-measured but very small [...]
More press coverage on the intesifying “global warming” versus “global cooling” debate
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Even the New York Times is taking note of the recent increase of debate activity between the global warming/anthropogenic and global cooling/solar crowds
Skeptics on Human Climate Impact Seize on Cold Spell
In general the article is pretty good and balanced in terms of reporting the debate. At the end it even points out the danger that [...]
BREAK: Gravity Probe B - update Sept 2007
Monday, February 18th, 2008Another update for Gravity Probe B in preparation for presentation of conclusions in November.
http://einstein.stanford.edu/
String Theory and Gravity at Short Distance
Monday, February 18th, 2008New experiment measures the strength of gravity at very short distances:
Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: String Theory’s Extra Dimensions Must Be Less Than Half the Width of a Human Hair — Tabletop experiment puts new limits on string theory
For those who do not follow such things String Theory has been very popular in the [...]
