As an 11-year-old boy, Alan Alda was mesmerized studying a candle flame. Finally, after hours of watching it flicker and dance, a question began to creep up from the back of his mind: What is this thing we call a flame? We can see the light it gives off, we can feel the heat, but what is it? In an attempt to find an answer to his question, young Alan Alda asked one of his teachers: What is a flame? And the teacher replied, “A flame is oxidation.” … Read more
The rain held up last Sunday just enough to let visitors to the World Science Festival’s Ultimate Science Street Fair dance, exercise, and shoot some hoops, all while learning about science. Here are some pictures from the day: … Read more
The World Science Festival is winding down here in New York City. The first event I attended was “Afterglow: Dispatches from the Birth of the Universe”. I wanted to go to this event for two reasons. First, I had always heard about how we were able to detect radiation from the Big Bang, essentially proving the Big Bang theory as describing the origins of the universe, but I couldn’t quite wrap my head around how that was possible. Second, the venue was really close to my apartment. Read more
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