Fine Structure

April 2008 Link Archives

False Vacua

A really fascinating explanation describing vacua and what this kind of thing actually means. Potentially part of a series?

The Onion on Expelled

The Onion AV Club tackles Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed for massive damage.

Weighty Spin

What E = mc2 should mean to the layperson and how spin (no, actual spin) can effect mass.

Symmetry Breaking

Symmetry Magazine (a publication by folks from Fermilab and SLAC) has a new blog with some really great content, especially links to photo essays about various colliders. They previously published some links every once in a while, I'm really glad they decided to make it more frequent.

ESA's Goce Ion Engine

A short BBC article on the ion engine for the ESA's gravity satellite, Goce. Some interesting information both on what Goce's mission is and how the ion engine will be used.

John Wheeler, Dead at 96

A short and epic biography of John Wheeler's time as a physicist from the New York Times.

Zounds! We've Split the Atomic Nucleus

A look back at Rutherford, Cockcroft and Walton's splitting of the atom from WIRED.    

The Truth, Respectfully

A discussion about asking questions during presentations. I don't think I could have said it better myself.

Calorimitry at CERN

Some explanation surrounding the use of calorimeters in detectors at CERN. Part 1 of 2?

The Cost of Not Framing

Chad makes some really good points about the overly-enthusiastic atheists that, to some degree, do more harm than good.