Posts Tagged as ‘Science’

October 4, 2008

Science Reports Invisibility Cloak Within Reach (But Not Within Sight, Duh)

A while back the journals Science and Nature co-reported that the Invisibility Cloak is within reach, according to — oh, 657 articles at last count.   You can read the actual article here if you’re so inclined.
And reading this, I realized it was time to pay tribute to my Uncle George Sutton.
Back to Uncle George in [...]

June 8, 2008

Science: Hot? Or Not? The case for PR

I was browsing Friendfeed when I came across an incisive little post, “Does Science Need a Celebrity Makeover?”

Of course, there’s a dark side to it — or at least a stupid side. That would be when celebrities spout pseudo-science and their utterances transform myths to reality by virtue of being repeated endlessly via the [...]