Category Archives: Science

Plague Year: Riveting Novel About Nanotechnology Gone Awry

Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Plague Year is Jeff Carlson’s riveting novel about a nanotech machine plague that breaks out in Northern California, and ultimately kills nearly five billion people. The hook: the machine plague has a hypobaric trigger that renders the plague inert at elevations over 10,000 feet. While I normally do … Continue reading →

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Thirty Chernobyls: Why Space Weather Matters

Posted on Friday, July 8, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Last month, Popular Science published an article suggesting more ways civilization could end in a vicious maelstrom of chaos and mass starvation. The scenario goes something like this:

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Cyber War: Why “Click and Kill” Is the Next Threat to Modern Civilization

Posted on Friday, July 1, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do about It is Richard A. Clarke’s and Robert A. Knake’s all-encompassing tome on current and future cyber security threats. The authors wrote the book in a clear and concise manner so that anyone … Continue reading →

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The Filter Bubble: A Great Book That Exposes an Emerging Trend

Posted on Monday, June 20, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.” — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You is Eli Pariser’s fascinating account … Continue reading →

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Who Won the Republican Primary Debate?

Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Because I live on the West Coast and I work modern American hours, I missed the Republican Primary debate by about two hours. I mean, who the heck other than government employees gets home from work before 5 pm? So … Continue reading →

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More Nerd Humor from Climate Scientists

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The above video is a humorous little ditty (warning: some profanity) about climate change that I discovered via Joel Makower’s Twitter feed. In my opinion, the nerds in this video push the evidence for the anthropogenic causes of climate change a bit … Continue reading →

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Reining in the Red Queen: Winning Wars with Science

Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

The most recent issue of The Economist included a tantalizing article about the behavior of complex systems. The system in question was the interaction between coalition forces and insurgents in Afghanistan. According to Professor Neil Johnson, the relationship between the coalition … Continue reading →

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