Betrayal of Scientific Objectivity by the News MediaOn March 11, 2025, Cosmos Magazine published an article by Lauren Fuge about the scientific expedition to retrieve materials from the…21h ago621h ago6
Will Artificial Intelligence Win Over Natural Stupidity?My career in astrophysics started in 1987, when John Bahcall offered me a five-year postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton’s Institute for…2d ago82d ago8
The Dark Age of ScienceNames do not constitute knowledge. However, some scientists enjoy the illusion that they know something about things by giving them names…3d ago153d ago15
Death by a Primordial Black HoleThe early universe could have given birth to primordial black holes. If rare regions had an enhanced mass density such that their…5d ago45d ago4
Is the “Dark Comet” 2005-VL1 the Venera-2 Spacecraft?A few months ago, a new paper was published in Publications of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) regarding a population of near-Earth…Mar 53Mar 53
Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? An Experimental TestIn anticipation for my next public lecture, the organizer requested the title of my lecture. I suggested: “Hunting for Aliens.” The…Mar 437Mar 437
Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the JewsTomorrow, I am scheduled for a public interview with the distinguished science journalist, Joshua Foer, on the topic: “Extraterrestrial…Mar 124Mar 124
Ignoring Reality is a Bad IdeaA recent paper studied the flux of interstellar objects entering the Solar system from the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, located…Feb 287Feb 287
First Life in the CosmosWhen did the first forms of life form in the cosmos? The latest observations by the Webb telescope reveal that the first generation of…Feb 2611Feb 2611
Traveling Through Earth, the Sun or the UniverseLast month, a new Nature paper reported data indicating that the Earth’s inner core is less solid than previously thought. This could have…Feb 258Feb 258