Time According to Muons and Mayflies

Time According to Muons and Mayflies

By Frank and Clare Gouldstone We were talking this morning about universal constants and speculating on whether they could be a function of how Humans sense the world. For example, suppose that (and we believe this is not the case, but let’s imagine) the speed of light was a function of how the Human eye sees. So then time, for […]

Is the Song Thrush a Physicist?

Is the Song Thrush a Physicist?

The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird has been calling me back to write. The last male of the species was last heard singing in 1987 with no female left to hear him. His song can be heard here.  I fear that his song and tragedy go unheard – that we don’t learn the lessons, not just of a species, but an entire […]