I have trouble keeping my mouth shut. At work, with friends, and on social media. A good debate sharpens the mind, and hopefully gives you a new perspective. However, with social media, I’m increasingly frustrated.
Tag: Science
Last week the Netherlands traveled back in time one hour. Of all the mass delusions of humanity, daylight saving time might be one of the weirdest.
In 1934 Karl Popper proposed judging theories not by the ability to prove them, but the ability to disprove them: falsifiability.
Life on Earth is something we take for granted sometimes. But like our planet, there was a time when it simply did not exist. Abiogenesis is the scientific name for the origin of life.
When a star dies, that can be a violent affair. I wrote about the birth of stars and planets before, and about black holes , but not their violent deaths. So today, I’ll discuss supernovae.