Tom Sheahen

Tom Sheahen


  • March 6, 2016

    The Discovery of Gravitational Waves

    What they are, how on earth they were detected, and what it all means for the nature of the universe and scientific progress.

  • April 1, 2015

    Spurious correlations

    Almost every day, we learn of some discovery that a disease is “linked with” some behavior or some chemical; or that some national trend is “linked with” another phenomenon.

  • June 27, 2013

    Anatomy of a Controversy

    The course of the 'global warming/climate change' controversy reveals valuable lessons on how seemingly unstoppable agendas can go off the rails.

  • January 14, 2013

    The Real Redistribution of Wealth

    It's not a short-term transaction