When finding nothing is something
In science, coming up with the answer is often the easy part.
Sometimes the answer is no
explanation
The past in my pocket
Thruppence and history
Paying with physical money, especially pocket change, is going away. That will make future historians’ work harder.
The importance of being there
Human limitations
The Sun, clouds and people
Levels of predictability
The recent solar eclipse demonstrates much more than astronomy. (Image: one page of Guy Ottwell’s The Under-Standing of Eclipses, available here)
School subjects
The purpose of classes
School is a different environment from the rest of life. This is not always a good thing.
The Crescent Sun
Enjoying a partial eclipse
We didn’t make it to the path of totality last week. But we found that a partial eclipse can be just as enjoyable, for unexpected reasons.
Local color
An exercise with the company title
We present some results from our investigation into color photography.
The photographer, the painter and the scientist
Realism and creativity
Art and science are tied to reality in different ways, as are artists and scientists.
Disaster this time?
Threatening technology
New technology has been forecast to bring social disaster several times in the past. We seem to have avoided it; but that doesn’t mean we always will.