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"Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. Physics, politics, pop culture, and occasional conversations with his dog.
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"Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." (anonymous student evaluation comment)
Emmy is a German Shepherd mix, and the Queen of Niskayuna. She likes treats, walks, chasing bunnies, and quantum physics.

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The Corporate Masters have decreed a new question Ask a ScienceBlogger question, and this one's right up my alley: What do you see as science fiction's role in promoting science, if any? If you look over in the left sidebar,...
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The Corporate Masters have posted a new Ask a ScienceBlogger question: The question (submitted by a reader) is this: There are many, many academic bloggers out there feverishly blogging about their areas of interest. Still, there are many, many more...
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What is in the air we breathe? What is it's chemical composition?
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I'm not sure that I have a story that really fits the curent Ask a ScienceBlogger, but the question does call to mind an incident from my junior year in college.
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My voting this year is entirely determined by a simple algorithm.
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If you correctly predict the name of at least one of the winning physicists, I'll post an article on a topic of your choosing...
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To what extent do I worry about AIDS, 25 years after its identification?
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Some movies that handle science well.
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This week's Ask a ScienceBlogger question breaks a three-week string of topics I have no real opinion on: If you could have practiced science in any time and any place throughout history, which would it be, and why? I have...
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This week, Seed asks: On July 5, 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first successfully cloned mammal. Ten years on, has cloning developed the way you expected it to? Answer behind the cut:...
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