In which I kind-of defend the choice of The Martian for the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy. *** It’s no secret that The Martian — Ridley Scott’s film adaptation of the brilliant and […]
At this point I’m basically getting such a steady stream of crazy, courtesy of one particular reader, that I’ve decided to rename the Monday Crazy posts after her. So here’s your Monday Sweigart. *** David […]
There’s a lot to get to this week, from a successful SpaceX launch to (maybe) seeing gravitational waves to photographing single proteins, so let’s get going while the going’s good. JASON-3 NASA’s JASON-3 ocean-studying satellite […]
Basically 99% of being a woman consists of “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” choices. If you have sex, you’re a slut. If you don’t, you’re a prude. If you don’t want kids […]
You know you must be reaching “peak insane diet” when magazines like Cosmopolitan are calling your diet out for being nuts. And that’s exactly what happened on Monday when Yvette D’Entremont posted a piece called “All […]
As many of you know, I’m an avid proponent of non-scientists engaging with science. Sometimes that means engaging directly with scientific research and sometimes it means asking experts for help when you don’t understand. A […]
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here […]
On Tuesday of last week in San Luis Obispo, California, a Cal Poly student apparently calling himself a performance artist “in the spirit of Shia LaBoeuf” got on a bus, announced he was a performance […]
The Consumer Electronics Show has been dominating the news this week, so most of what I’m covering this week is neat gizmos and gadgets, plus a cool bit of news about the periodic table. Check […]
High on my list of “words and phrases that I hate” are the use of the word “pussy” to mean weak, and any permutation of the phrase “You (insert verb here) like a girl.” Both […]