During the school year time is scarce. It has to be hunted for and captured like an elusive animal. However, despite this crisis of time, I still managed to go to a three hour lecture given by astronaut John M. Grunsfeld at a local hotel. It was worth every second. Grunsfeld and his team had [...]

Today I noticed the release of a new mini-documentary on Hulu, narrated by none other than Liam Neeson. Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity is a great little movie that provides a good basic introduction to black holes so the non-astrophysicist can understand the core concepts. I was happy to see that the producers [...]

You may have seen the Linear Accelerator at Stanford University. If you have then you know how amazing it is, stretching nearly a mile long it is remarkable that it was build by a school. Now, a structure built by CERN will dwarf Stanford and all other atom smashers around the world. The LHC (Large [...]

“When it comes, will you please let your readers know what practical applications in everyday life the Geiger Counter will have? I have heard of it for years and thought it was good mainly for finding metals under the soil.”- Anonymous BW Science Labs Reader. My Geiger Counter did arrive, but the only reason I [...]

My Geiger counter should have arrived on Friday, however the ebay seller’s “relative got sick”. Ah well, at least it will come some time (hopefully this week).