This from the Wall Street Journal:
NASA now begrudgingly confirms that the hottest year on record in the continental 48 was not 1998, as previously believed, but 1934, and that six of the 10 hottest years since 1880 antedate 1954. Data from 3,000 scientific robots in the world’s oceans show there has been slight cooling in […]

See how far we’ve come and how blessed we are here. It is fun to see the data punch cards; I learned FORTRAN programming with them in college many years ago. They were a challenge. One line of programming per card and they must be in the correct order or there was no hope of […]

I’ve never seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off but I’ve been an admirer of Ben Stein for many years. “Ben Stein’s Diary” is published regularly in The American Spectator. His overriding theme is one of gratefulness to God for liberty and family.
Now, Ben is kicking the beehive with his movie which will be in theaters this […]

I’ve done a bit of research. You know the kind, literature reviews, data gathering and the tedious writing and editing process. It’s not glamorous. But things are looking up for some of those who are academic and studying the right stuff. Here’s a quick look at five amazing research facilities.

The Discovery Channel is a great place to go for beautifully produced interactive online resources for science topics like volcanoes and weapons and much more. Discovery’s cable shows are also online at this site including our house’s fave, Mythbusters.
Essay Writing Center has guidelines for, well, essay writing. You’ll find the Basics, Writing Guides, and every […]

Who knew there was so much Periodic Table stuff. A shower curtain? Yep, it’s available from Amazon. Phillip Torrone has an ongoing list of things Periodic Table-related. A periodic table of comic books?
UPDATE: Barb the Evil Genius reminded me of the way cool poster at United Nuclear. Thanks, Barb!

This Wired Science video reminisces about the good old days when a kids chemistry set could make some noise and smoke and had an element of danger. Those days are gone with the era of hyper-safety and lawsuits. Chemistry sets today are downright boring, like watching a crystal grow. So, if you want some excitement […]

Maps of War is a handy site that collects, well, maps. Not basic maps but the best of interactive maps on the web from a variety of sources such as MSNBC, BBC, Los Angeles Times and others. Example maps are History of Religion, WW1 The Western Front, WWII in Europe and many others. Very […]

Discover Magazine has announced the winner of their video contest, String Theory in Two Minutes or Less. String theory is sometimes called the ‘Theory of everything,’ a way to mathematically describe everything in the universe. I’ve been seeing several projects or contests like this that require entrants to ‘teach us about blank in two […]

Our son is working on an introduction to chemistry and he’s having lots of fun learning about the periodic table of the elements. There seems to be an endless number of periodic tables on the web. But, here is a list of the best chemistry resources I’ve collected on the web, both scholarly and silly:

Chemicool […]