50 Facts About U.S. Nuclear Weapons

Some info from the book Atomic Audit: The Cost and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940.

Toxic Seafood Warning

This isn't good.

AREVA and the Nuclear Renaissance

AREVA's CEO, Anne Lauvergeon, is putting it all on the line to kick-start the global nuclear renaissance for electric power production. The French design and build state-of-the-art nuclear power reactors. These reactors are expensive but they work very well. I wonder if AREVA has considered the options of the pebble bed reactor and/or the thorium reactor. These two nuclear technologies have big advantages in the non-proliferation arena.

Snake Oil?

Scientific evidence for popular health supplements.

Intersting Facts About The Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid may be the most interesting and intriguing object on our planet. Here is a link that covers some fascinating facts.

Back to School at the Kahn Academy

Salman Kahn has made over 1,000 educational videos and posted them on YouTube. The topics are chemistry, physics, biology, math, and even finance. This is a great resource for anyone needing a science tune-up or for a student who needs a different perspective. I'm impressed.

No Stimulus for NASA

It appears that about 23,000 NASA employees will be getting pink slips after the end of the Space Shuttle program later this year. I wonder if the Russians will have a hike in ticket prices for hitching a ride to the International Space Station? If the private sector can't get it done in a short period of time, the US manned space program may not be able to recover for a long time, if ever.