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God particle discovery is a win for science over superstition
By Rick Wingrove, Published: July 11 The author is a contributor to The Washington Post’s local faith leader network. A lot of people don’t know that many of the great discoveries in particle physics are largely exercises in statistical analysis. Flipping a coin a dozen times will provide a very limited understanding of probability. A […]
Breath-taking climate denial nonsense, this time aimed at NASA
Quote I’ve been getting lots of email and other notes about a group of 49 people — including some ex-astronauts — who have written a public letter to NASA complaining about the space agency’s stance that global warming exists and is caused by humans. You can guess how I feel about it. But to be […]