A tweet directed me to an interesting article on world population. The author, Jonathan Good, asks the percentage of people who have ever lived that are alive today and then estimates the answer. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. Why am I saying that the Fox News’ graph requires a zero baseline but the Huff ...

Come to lab (hopefully not late). Most likely listen to a boring (but short) lecture that seems similar to stuff that was also covered in lecture class – but it’s still confusing. Look at some new ...

The first large-scale, physics-based space weather prediction model is transitioning from research into operation. Scientists affiliated with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for ...

The department of physics has introduced a new approach to teaching 100-level physics classes that encourages students to work together in groups to solve problems in class. The method known as ...