A friend has passed away
Predicting a supernova precursor (on SN2010mc)
A very interesting paper recently appeared in nature. It describes the detection of a precursor eruption of a supernova progenitor more than a month before the supernova explosion itself. It is particularly interesting because this detection was not serendipitous—it was based on my prediction.
Dust Dendrites
My wife and I had our kitchen renovated aaa. Since this involved breaking a few walls (and cutting out a new window), we knew it would raise a lot of dust. Mind you, here in the middle east houses are built from concrete and concrete blocks, not wood. To minimize the dust annoyance (and damage), we decided to quarter off the living room from the kitchen by using large nylon sheets hung from the ceiling to the floor.
Causes of Climate Change - Poll Results
The results can be summarized as follows.
First, the visitors of this site have the following background:
Background | Fraction (Votes) |
---|---|
Layman | 54.9% (232) |
General Scientist | 41.1% (174) |
Climate Scientist | 4.0% (17) |
On IPCCs exaggerated climate sensitivity and the emperor’s new clothes
Why don't I believe the that neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light?
From Masada to the Messinian Salinity Crisis
Masada, the Dead Sea, the Messinian Salinity Crisis and Augustus Ceasar, all in one post.
"There is nothing new under the Sun" an article about 20th century global warming
A visit to Stromboli
The oceans as a calorimeter
I few months ago, I had a paper accepted in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Since its repercussions are particularly interesting for the general public, I decided to write about it. It's called, using the "Oceans as a Calorimeter to quantify the solar radiative forcing".
Touch and go - my worst landing ever
I recently returned from Lijiang (in Yunnan, China). One of my legs was a flight from Chengdu to Beijing, and it is certainly a flight I will never forget.