Category Archives: Non-climate science

Beyond the Blue Bin

Posted on April 26, 2013 by valence

  MR. MCGUIRE:  I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. BENJAMIN:  Yes, sir. MR. MCGUIRE:  Are you listening? BENJAMIN:  Yes, I am. MR. MCGUIRE:  Plastics. BENJAMIN:  Exactly how do you mean? -The Graduate   With … Continue reading →

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3D printing and the future of STUFF

Posted on April 18, 2013 by mrchumpy

No doubt you’ve heard of this thing called ”3D printing”…it’s been a hot topic recently in tech and manufacturing circles and Obama even talked it up during his State of the Union address. But chances are there’s a lot more you don’t know, … Continue reading →

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Kendrick Perkins is the belief

Posted on April 10, 2013 by mrchumpy

In February 2011, the Boston Celtics were riding high. They had the best record in the Eastern conference going in to the All-Star break and were already thinking ahead to the playoffs. Then came the call: their center, Kendrick Perkins, was being … Continue reading →

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Stocks likely to crater from here

Posted on March 28, 2013 by mrchumpy

While this site focuses primarily on climate change, the problem is so interwoven with the machinery of the global economy that I end up absorbing a lot of economic information as a byproduct. Lately this financial chatter has been particularly hair-raising, and … Continue reading →

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Asteroid roundup

Posted on March 8, 2013 by mrchumpy

Last month the world was captivated by eye-popping footage of the Chelyabinsk meteor as it streaked across the sky in Russia’s Ural region. Humanity was lucky that the meteor detonated high above the earth’s surface, as the explosion was 30 … Continue reading →

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Supercapacitors will change the world

Posted on February 26, 2013 by mrchumpy

Being interested in climate change necessarily means being interested in technology…after all, it’s the high-tech world of renewable energy that will drive our transition away from fossil fuels. So I was very excited this week to learn about a breakthrough in energy storage … Continue reading →

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Loosening the bolts

Posted on December 18, 2012 by mrchumpy

The Limits To Growth makes it pretty clear that resource shortages are going to be the driving force behind this century’s economic collapse and massive reduction in human population.  In today’s world of abundance, however, that’s a hard concept to … Continue reading →

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Does the Universe have a purpose?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by mrchumpy
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Gravity probe B confirms: Einstein is a pimp

Posted on October 5, 2012 by mrchumpy

If you’ve seen an episode of Star Trek or picked up a science book in the last 30 years, you’ve probably heard about space time.  Einstein came up with this theory when he realized that Newtonian physics (the physical laws … Continue reading →

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