June 2021 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Archives
Tags
- Additional Protocol
- Ali Khamenei
- Al Qaeda
- Angela Merkel
- anti-semitism
- Arab Spring
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
- Barack Obama
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Bradley Manning
- Chelsea Manning
- CIA
- David Albright
- Diplomacy
- Donald Trump
- drone war
- Edward Snowden
- Esfahan
- Fordow
- Gaza
- GCHQ
- Geneva talks
- George W. Bush
- Glenn Greenwald
- global warming
- Global War on Terror
- Hassan Rouhani
- Hillary Clinton
- IAEA
- Iran
- Iraq War Logs
- ISIS
- Islam
- Israel
- Julian Assange
- Laura Poitras
- LEU
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- mass surveillance
- medical isotopes
- Middle East
- Mir-Hossein Mousavi
- Mohamed ElBaradei
- Mohammad Khatami
- Muhammad
- Natanz
- Navid Kermani
- NIE
- Nobel Peace Prize
- Norman Finkelstein
- NPT
- NSA
- nuclear program
- P5+1
- Palestine
- Parchin
- Penrose tiling
- Peter J. Lu
- Qatar
- Qom
- Qur'an
- Ramadan
- Saeed Jalili
- Shi'a
- stuxnet
- surveillance state
- swap deal
- Taliban
- Tehran Research Reactor
- total surveillance
- TRR
- uranium enrichment
- WikiLeaks
- Yemen
- Yukiya Amano
Disclaimer
This is a personal weblog. The information in this weblog is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer. I am not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Category Archives: Science
Nature vs. God
When discussing the current Corona virus pandemic with a friend, he mentioned some apocalyptic ideas about God’s wrath. I replied that it is actually Mother Nature who strikes back. Evolution is the concept at work these days. Homo sapiens (I … Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged Corona virus, Ebola, evolution, Gottesbeweis, proof of non-existence, rhinovirus, Sars-CoV-2
Comments Off on Nature vs. God
A Smile of the Beyond
Is this what British guitarist John McLaughlin had in mind on his 1974 album Apocalypse with a reorganized and, then and now, largely disappointing Mahavishnu Orchestra? God as a smiley? What happens inside the black hole? Well, it’s safe to … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Uncategorized
Tagged Albert Einstein, black hole, General Relativity, spacetime
Comments Off on A Smile of the Beyond
NASA’s Hurricane Season 2017
The above video clip, published by NASA in November 2017, covers all hurricanes/tropical storms in the North Atlantic this year. Watch, in particular, Irma which hit Florida but did not devastate Mar a Lago; followed by Maria, devastating Puerto Rico … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Science
Tagged Donald Trump, global warming, hurricane season, Irma, maria, NASA, Ophelia
Leave a comment
Heat Wave in Russia
Checking out daily maximum temperatures in Moscow during the previous two months and comparing them with those last year made clear that they were about 10 centigrades higher. NASA has proof for this guess. The dark red areas were 12 degrees … Continue reading
Research in the Middle East
Earlier this week, New Scientist has reported on a recent discussion paper by Science Metrix, which concludes that Iran is showing the fastest scientific growth of any country in the world, nearly four times faster than the world average. Al Jazeera … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Iran, Islam, Kuwait, Kuwait University, Science
Tagged Gallup report, Science Metrix report, transgenic animals
Leave a comment
