Modern Science

I just ran across the following list of skills that comprise critical thinking. * Evaluate and interpret the meaning of the textual mat...

The link is a reposting of a Physics Today article about applying Title IX criteria to college and university science departments.

The second video in my series for my online course.

I'm working on creating an online course that is the equivalent of my face-to-face intro astronomy course. Think of it as an "astr...

Have I mentioned I love order of magnitude estimates? How Fermi could estimate things! Like the well-known Olympic ten rings, And the one-hu...

When I teach the metric system, I try to help my students get a feel for metric units so they can do what I call a "sanity check" ...

Look for Mercury tonight in the West after sunset. Jupiter will appear moderately bright and very close to the horizon. Venus will be brig...