The ‘Black Swan’ Sinking Of The Bayesian
The storm-related sinking off the coast of Sicily of the superyacht the Bayesian has been called a “black swan” event. Why, given that oceanic storms are so common?
Rain Making In Dubai. Was A Devastating Flood Caused By Cloud Seeding?
Nearly a year’s worth of rain fell during a single 24-hour period. Twenty-one people died, and rain-makers caught early blame. But were they indeed at fault?
Book Review — Adam Forrest Kay’s ‘Escape From Shadow Physics’
Built on cogent explanations of Newtonian and quantum physics and on factual stories about key scientists, this book makes delightfully solid sense of quantum theory.
Book Review — Bill Streever’s ‘A Sea Full Of Turtles’
Streever’s A Sea Full of Turtles: The Case for Optimism in an Epoch of Extinction mixes travel narrative with science reporting on the threat of sea turtle extinction.
Book Review — Aarathi Prasad’s ‘Silk: A World History’
What are the future uses for silk, this material that humans have coveted for many thousands of years? Geneticist Aarathi Prasad examines silk's potential and its past.