For this series of posts, I'm going to take you on a ride through the bewildering jungle that is quantum measurement. I've no idea ...

This is the second part of the "Whose entropy is it anyway?" series. Part 1: "Boltzmann, Shannon, and Gibbs" is here . ...

Note: this post was slated to appear on May 31, 2014, but events outside of my control (such as grant submission deadlines, and parties at m...

If the title of this blog post made you click on it, I owe you an apology. All others, that is, those who got here via perfectly legitimate...

Cloning isn't so much in the news anymore these days, as the novelty of Dolly has worn off and cloning of farm animals and pets has ...