COVID continues to be a wake-up call for better alignment between scientific consensus and public policy – the need to address the gap between science & society. COVID vaccination outcomes, for example, require engagement in a wider social discussion. Facts […]

Here's more on that famous Feynman quote (as noted above on 4-23-2019), which deGrasse Tyson and Shatner may be paying homage to in the title of their latest show. There's no definitive source for when & where Feynman made this […]

Here's how Paul Sutter characterizes so-called quantum particles: • Space.com > "There's an infinite amount of energy locked in the vacuum of space-time. Could we ever use it?" by Paul Sutter (June 9, 2025) – Unfortunately, any work you do […]

So, with all that romance about FTL, let's not forget the very human nature of such an endeavor. Out in the void, a pause at a peak of eternal light. • Midstream Musings > "the gods need not take our […]

Here's a useful summary of imaginative ways to achieve FTL travel (or not) – ways to craft accessible cosmic stories with reasonable timeframes. • Space.com > "13 faster-than-light travel methods from sci-fi that leave Einstein's theory of relativity in their […]

AI Overview [summarize the key points of Carlo Rovelli's book Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution] In Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution, Carlo Rovelli argues that quantum mechanics can be understood as a theory describing how objects […]

Also from my to-do list for commentary … an interview. Here's an article (below) about Gerard 't Hooft's dissatisfaction with quantum mechanics. (Is this the same as quantum physics?) Not a hint of visualization. 't Hooft seeks to explain quantum […]

Well, on my to-do list for commentary, there're a few more articles by well-known physicists. Here's a recent one by Brian Cox (below). PROLOGUE Before my take on Cox's presentation (below), here's my take on quantum physics. Here's a quick […]

(Image credit: NASA via collectSPACE.com) The Mars way or the Artemis path forward – a lunar gateway? Might other nations take the "slower" (less risky) path? As if I'd anticipated the follow-on to my last comment: • Wired > "Moon or […]

Yeah, about those "new and beautiful horizons." As if you're Queen Isabella financing Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the New World, thinking about the future of civilization? That awesomeness. Manifest pomp. There's no fooling Mother Nature (orbital physics). Is Mission […]