For this week, I couldn't choose between a pair of items about science as exploration of the unknown, so I didn't. First, an essay on the value of pushing past the boundaries of what is known, even when mistakes are made. I'd probably make that point even stronger than the essay did. Negative results are valuable in science, a reality that isn't always appreciated in a culture where winning and losing is the lens through which we view every endeavor. Even when Eddington and Hoyle were wrong, they were giving us language … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Name that Everything!