Ransom’s articles (and videos) on Science & Society Relativity below... Particle physics below... Radiation below... © Ransom Stephens, 2012. Like a dragonfly - darting from task to task and mastering every one. Made with Xara Radiation "Ten health risks to address before tossing out your cell phone," Examiner.com, June 7, 2011. • Despite the fact there is neither a hypothetical mechanism for radiowaves or microwaves to disrupt DNA and cause cancer... "Cell phone radiation activates your brain, but does it cause cancer?" Examiner.com, March 6, 2011. "What full body scanner radiation means to you," Examiner.com, November 20, 2010. • Yes, the new equipment at airport security can see what you look like naked, sort of. It can’t see your tattoos but it can see your piercings. . . "The radiation you should worry about and the radiation you can fugetabout," Examiner.com, July 29, 2010. "Cell phone radiation and SAR," Examiner.com, June 27, 2010. • If you buy a cell phone with the lowest Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) you’re getting two things: a cell phone with low range and an illusion of safety. "The unrecognized genius of Emmy Noether," Examiner.com, March 22, 2011. • You've heard of Albert Einstein but have you heard of Emmy Noether?Emmy Noether made perhaps the most important discovery in the encyclopedia of human understanding. . . "Fermilab contributes another piece to the matter-antimatter puzzle," Examiner.com, June 3, 2010. • Antimatter, made famous in the movie “Angels and Demons” as well as in the warp drive of Star Trek’s Enterprise, is conceptually simple. “Proton Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider - What’s in it for You?,” openDemocracy, March 2010. • The most expensive and advanced scientific instrument in human history is aiming to revolutionise our understanding of the universe. The Higgs Boson and Particle Physics for lay-people Science & religion "Metaphysics, meta-momentum and meta everything else," Examiner.com, August 27, 2010. • Physics is the study of the physical world. Metaphysics is the study of everything else. "The scientific method, steps of faith not leaps," Examiner.com, June 8, 2010. "Science vs religion (pt 2) the creation of science," Examiner.com, May 28, 2010. "Science vs religion and the nature of truth," Examiner.com, May 26, 2010. • Truth is the objective realization of an inarguable facet of reality. It is the bedrock of the interaction between science and society in both the raw, cosmological, physical sense as well as the green, squishy, muddy, biological sense. "Can quantum physics explain the bleep?" Examiner.com, April 10, 2010. • Whenever justification is desired for supposed mystical or paranormal phenomena, the phrase “quantum physics” is trotted out. Relativity "Faster than light? Has relativity been violated?" Hubpages.com, 2011. • Faster than light travel was announced on 23-Sept-2011, this is what happened, who did it, and what to expect next. "How Einstein discovered relativity," Hubpages.com, 2011. •  Did Einstein discover relativity all by himself? Or did problems in the old theory lead him to it? “Does time stop at the speed of light?” a Youtube video, Ask Dr. Ransom #15. Life with technology "Why is it so annoying when (other) people talk on cell phones," Examiner.com, June 10, 2011 • When we overhear people speaking on cell phones two things annoy us. One is obvious and correctable, the other is an interesting statement on the human condition. "Humans vs machine on Jeopardy! what's the question?" Examiner.com, February 12, 2011. • Watch the video. "How much safer is it to fly than drive? Really..." Examiner.com, January 22, 2011. • “The most dangerous part of your journey is the drive to the airport” has become a cliche. How true is it? "Microsoft's Kinect: Disruptive technology changes the game," Examiner.com, November 10, 2010. "The true value of oil and the insanity of burning it," Examiner.com, May 5, 2010. "Intuition (Pt 1): Intuition vs thought," Hubpages.com, 2011. • Intuition is a trained process that relies on our incredible ability to detect patterns, even where patterns don't exist. "Intuition (Pt 2): Where intuition comes from," Hubpages.com, 2011. • The pattern recognizing ability of the human brain is so amazing that with just five types of input - sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch - we develop immediate learned responses even, sometimes, where none exist. "Intuition (Pt 3): Who wins, your guts or your brains?" Hubpages.com, 2011. • "Should I bolt every time I get that feeling in my gut when I meet someone new? Well, I've been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I've come to the conclusion that my guts have sh** for brains." - Nick Hornby, from his novel, High Fidelity. "Intuition (Pt 4): Is intuition a paranormal, psychic event?" Hubpages.com, 2011. • If we stick with the scientific method, even examine how Einstein derived relativity, we probe whether supernatural explanations are necessary to understand extremely complex forms of intuition. Intuition Life on earth "Earth Day at the dawn of creation," Examiner.com April 22, 2010. • Some 4.54 billion years ago there was a twinkling in the sky "Earth Day at the dawn of life," Examiner.com, April 22, 2011. • Situated just the right distance from just the right star with a chemical composition rich in water, carbon and oxygen, and a magnetic field to shield her from showers of charged particles. "Winter Solstice 2010: light on the year's longest night," Examiner.com, December 20, 2010. "Goat rock beach: magic where the river meets the sea," Examiner.com, July 9, 2010. • If there is a place on earth where you can find magic, it is here. "Celebrate International Nurses Day by thanking the angel nearest you," Examiner.com, May 12, 2010. • Odds are that the first person to look in your eyes was a nurse. The odds are even better that the last person you see will be a nurse. "Is socialism or fascism the greater danger to the United States' democracy?" Examiner.com, October 22, 2010. • Or is it plutocracy? In the tradition of the natural sciences, political science is predicated on clear definitions. In the practice of politics, on the other hand. . . "A science-based litmus test for the Supreme Court," Examiner.com, April 16, 2010. "Getting lucky," Examiner.com, September 23, 2010. • Luck. Fortune. Serendipity. We define luck as the occurrence of a more desirable outcome of an event over which we have no control. . . "Inarguable facts in the global warming/climate change debate," Examiner.com, May 18, 2010. • Clarifying some simple science, including the heat capacity of carbon dioxide. . . Science and Society (and politics and stuff like global warming/climate change and plutocracy) Life with Technology below... Science & religion below... Science & society below... Life on earth below... Intuition below...