The Ides of Science VI: The Face on Mars and a UFO Super Highway
This is really a tale of human instincts and image processing, but to set it up let us consider two …
The Ides of Science V: Was Jesus a Capricorn?
No, this is not a blog about religion or about the religiosity or historicity of Jesus. It’s a blog about …
The Ides of Science IV: The Life Problem
Let’s talk about the concept of life. How do you tell the difference between something that is alive and something …
The Ides of Science III: Logical Fallacies
In 1981 the Australian current affairs program “60 minutes”’ aired an interview between Australian reporter George Negus and then British …
The Ides of Science II: The Building Blocks of Science – Syllogistic Logic
We have probably heard those jokes that are framed around the simple logical arguments. One of my favorites is from …
The Ides of Science I: A Word on Peer Review
Throughout my career as research scientist I read hundreds of scientific journal articles. They all had been through the peer-review …
Solar Probe Plus to be Named the Parker Solar Probe
Howard Tutoring Blog – Supplemental – The Parker Solar Probe NASA has announced that it is changing the name of …
Welcome to The Ides of Science
Greetings, and welcome to the new “Ides of Science” blog. This will be published on the 15th of each month and …