Revolutionaries


Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (1871 – 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who discovered the structure of the atom, revolutionizing our understanding of the very small.

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Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

[491 | 2284 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-20

Claims of cell phones causing brain cancer are becoming common. An examination of the basic properties of electromagnetic radiation and suntanning shows that this cannot be true.


What is a Scientific Theory?

[12 | 1469 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-20

We examine what a scientific theory is and how it differs from the usual English meaning of the word.


The Laws of Physics

[-14 | 855 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-20

What Laws of Physics are and why we should pay attention to them.


Practice with the Laws of Physics

[49 | 748 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-20

Gain some practice with the Laws of Physics by applying them to some puzzles and movie plots.


Cellphone Update

[-26 | 738 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-23

Cellphones are causing more and more cancer!


Cell Phone Fraud Exposed

[15 | 731 | 0 | 1]   2008-09-01

The journal Science is reporting that two studies claiming that radiation from cell phones can cause DNA damage are fraudulent.

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