Category Archives: Science

Moving and Sitting Aren’t Opposites After All

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Chris Zach

I’m happy to see people are doing these studies, but I wasn’t hoping for these results. It turns out that exercising does not make up for the deleterious affects on heart health due to inactivity. In a study published in … Continue reading →

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Six Minutes of Flashing Life

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Chris Zach

You know the cliche, often cited when one has a near-death experinece: “I saw my life flash before my eyes.” Well, when you skydive from 22.7 miles above the earth, it turns out you have time for 6 minutes of … Continue reading →

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Goonies Science

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Chris Zach

Didn’t I see something like this in Goonies? Oh wait, that was slick shoes. Well, I think the concepts are related. Apparently DARPA is funding research to develop a synthetic “black ice” that can be deployed to keep the enemy … Continue reading →

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What do CCS and blood have in common?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Chris Zach

Whenever I start to feel like the challenge of preventing climate change might just be insurmountable — this happens often as I read reports at work on the scale of carbon reduction needed — it’s a welcome news to hear … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Scope

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Chris Zach

As an energy analyst, I often see in my own work the drastic effect of scope on analysis results. For example, take a simple-sounding question like, “How much energy is required to produce a ton of iron?” This is a … Continue reading →

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Cap and Trade for Less

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Chris Zach

Good news for the future of cap and trade — and our climate — from a couple researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) probably won’t cost as much as previously thought, which will keep … Continue reading →

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