(May 24, 2013) How do you burn ice or make it flammable? Science! When the ice melts, the water reacts with the calcium... More
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Slow Motion Lightning Strike
(May 18, 2013) Lightning physicist Vladislav Mazur and meteorologist Tom Warner watch a video of a lightning strike that has been slowed down... More
How to Stop Global Warming: It’s Now or Never
(January 19, 2013) Driving through Amagansett on a windy morning, I happened to look up and see, just behind the Amagansett Farmers Market,... More
Moth Named After Sag Harbor Man
(July 8, 2012) SAG HARBOR: A number of years ago, taxonomist Hugh McGuinness discovered a new species of moth, which is now named after... More
Higgs Boson: If Einstein Told You What This is About, He’d Have to Use Math
(March 16, 2012) When Albert Einstein spent his summer vacation on the North Fork in 1939, he befriended, among others, David Rothman, the... More
A Chemistry Secret
(June 23, 2011) Read This Only if You Promise Never to Tell Anybody There was an item in the news last week about... More
