| Published: March 8, 2010 – 1:45 pm
Greetings People of Science,
I’ll be in Portland, Oregon this Thursday, March 11 to talk about volcanoes.
Set aside a little time and come on down (or up from the Columbia) to First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Avenue. My talk starts at 7:00 pm.
Like so many of you, I am a big fan of volcanoes, and Read More >
| Published: March 2, 2010 – 10:28 am
On Saturday February 27, The Planetary Society honored Stephen Hawking with the Cosmos Award, named in honor of Carl Sagan. Professor Hawking delivered an insightful talk about balancing robot exploration with human spaceflight. Then our panel took questions from the British audience. We all want to extend our reach to distant destinations, especially Mars. For Read More >
| Published: February 16, 2010 – 4:50 pm
Recently, I got to drive a prototype of the new Chevy Volt, the electric driven, gas tank back-up car. It seems to be fantastic. I drove it around the test track in the rain and in the dark. It’s a kick. It’s got plenty of pickup, very good handling, and an excellent braking system.
It Read More >
| Published: February 12, 2010 – 11:30 am
Greetings scientists,
As I watched your comments about my recent television appearances, I was impressed by everyone’s passion. As a passionate guy myself, I appreciate it.
Here is my concern: a handful of apparently influential politically conservative figures in the media were drawing attention to the recent snows in Washington, D.C. A few asserted that the Read More >
| Published: February 2, 2010 – 2:20 pm
It’s dry in Southern California. Even when it’s raining, it’s a dry Mediterranean or semi-arid climate. So, we do what we can to conserve water. By long tradition, humans in our culture want a front yard. Well, setting up a water-gulping grass lawn is not going to help things around here, and of course, it Read More >
| Published: November 12, 2009 – 10:32 am
Dear readers,
Welcome indeed to my new site. Here you’ll find all that you would want to know about my latest television projects like Stuff Happens and my latest web work, Solving for X. It’s about algebra. What could be more fun? The Science Guy® Show material is still here along with all manner of other musings, including my blog, Twitter, and Facebook postings.
There’s a media area, a place to find press information and where we can see each other next.
I’m excited to have things up and changing again. I hope you are as well.
Click On!
| Published: November 12, 2009 – 10:31 am
About fifteen years ago, I had the honor and pleasure of having lunch with Glenn Seaborg. Unlike many of us, he was awarded a Nobel Prize. He discovered, or created, or contrived the means to prepare the very first piece of Plutonium humans had ever seen. He was of the Nuclear Age, a time when it was imagined that nuclear power would render electricity too cheap to even bother charging customers for. Read More >
| Published: November 12, 2009 – 10:29 am
Among other things, I’m the vice president of a worldwide, medium-sized organization called The Planetary Society. We are launching a series of spacecraft that will be driven through space, not by rocket fuel, but by the pressure of sunlight.
It is surprising at first, at least for most everyone I’ve ever met, that light has momentum. Light has no mass, y’know. Yet it can ever-so-slightly push things. Read More >
| Published: November 10, 2009 – 11:41 am
I happen to live up the street from one Ed Begley Jr. Oh yes, he’s a big time Hollywood actor. I say Hollywood, even though he, like me, lives in the great bit less prestigious Studio City. And oh yes, he’s been a green-living guy for many years. Ah, but I’m right behind him.
Since the early 1990’s, Ed has had solar panels, photovoltaic thin sheets of specially prepared silicon that convert sunlight directly into electricity. Oh yes, Ed’s got a brand new integrated solar heating and solar drinkable hot water system. Oh yes, Ed’s got a garden from which he gets plenty of vegetables. He’s got an on-site composter, too. And oh yes, Ed’s got a drought tolerant, what we like to call “xeriscaped,” yard. In Greek, “xeri” is “dry.” But I too, have all (well almost all) of these things. Ha! Begley; take that! Read More >
