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• November 20, 2009

• Thus Spake Zuska

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  Death of a Bridge When my mother was a little girl, my grandfather would drive her - almost all the way - to the dentist in Point Marion, PA. They would stop and park on the Greene County side of this bridge, and walk...

• Collective Imagination

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  Is My Robot Happy To See Me? ScienceDaily (2009-10-19) -- Scientists tested our ability to interpret a robot's "emotion" by reading its expression to see if there were any differences between the ages. They found that older adults showed some unexpected differences in the way they read...

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  Latin Cicada (Cicada Love) I love cicadas, and this video about a cicada who learns the "wrong" song is just so sweet! The star of this video was introduced to salsa music while still in his egg, but he still manages to find true love.

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  Love Story About the true love of two apple worms becoming separated during harvest times, but like my love story, this one has a happy ending

• The Primate Diaries

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  The Primate Diaries on Facebook Now At 400! You just crossed the 400 mark at The Primate Diaries facebook fan page. If you're on facebook and follow this blog you should stop in and say hello. Comments here are always appreciated but if you would like to share...

• November 19, 2009

• Collective Imagination

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  IBM takes moves toward thinking machines But not human thinking machines ......

• Pharyngula

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  A contemptible pseudoscientific scam Grrr. I was sent a link to these lying, sleazebag scammers at mygeneprofile.com, and it's the kind of thing that pisses me off. What you'll find there is a long video where the lowlife in a suit talks about how...

• DrugMonkey

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  The #retweetFAIL The smart bet is that this complete and utter screwup is driven entirely by some scheme to monetize rather than by what they think users actually want.

• Collective Imagination

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  Listen, Watch, Read: Computers Search for Meaning ScienceDaily (2009-11-16) -- Researchers have created the first integrated semantic search platform that integrates text, video and audio. The system can 'watch' films, 'listen' to audio and 'read' text to find relevant responses to semantic search terms. At last, computers...

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  ScienceOnline2010 - introducing the participants Continuing with the series (I get more and more feedback that people love this) introducing, a few at a time, the participants of the ScienceOnline2010 conference. You can also look at the Program so see who is doing what. Anil...

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  President Obama's Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner Imagine the crisis that occurred when President Obama's teleprompter unexpectedly stopped functioning during a family dinner

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  Ladybug Lurve A love story, starring those sweet little ladybugs. But this love story has a hidden message under all the gooey kisses.

• November 18, 2009

• The Quantum Pontiff

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  Science Fiction Prototyping Last Friday I went to at talk by Brian David Johnson from Intel. That sentence sounds like any other that an academic could write--always with the going to seminars we acahacks are. That is until you hear that Brian David...

• Collective Imagination

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  Thinking Big (KQED artificial intelligence video staring Arnold) Though computers have gotten faster, smaller and more versatile, it's still a big challenge to get them to demonstrate intelligent behaviors. Will machines like robots ever match -- or perhaps even exceed -- the capabilities of the human brain? QUEST...

• Confessions of a Science Librarian

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  Librarians and social media engagement Or, Twitter & blogs as ways of knowing, Part 2. A month or so ago, I poked a little gentle fun at social media extremists, basically exploring the idea that engaging online is the be-all and end-all of the library...

• The Scientific Indian

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  Pranav Mistry's SixthSense at TEDIndia. Astonishing vision and execution....

• Collective Imagination

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  Personal Identification Technology for Sperm and Eggs This is interesting: New Technology Reduces Risk Of IVF Laboratory Mistakes By Electronically Identifying Sperm, Eggs And Other Materials For Each Patient Unique software increases safety and security of infertility treatment by accurately tracking every step of the process....

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  DNA-matching based dating service A couple of genetic testing companies are promising to match couples based on the DNA testing, touting the benefits of biological compatibility. The companies claim that a better biological match will mean better sex, less cheating, longer-lasting love and perhaps...

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  The Bee Prisoner Now this is a very cute video. It follows the story of a honeybee that flies into a house and becomes a prisoner inside. A fly discovers the trapped bee on the opposite side of the window glass and then the unexpected happens.

• November 17, 2009

• Greg Laden's Blog

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  Mastering IPTables: The Movie First, blotto one light bulb to appease the gods: Then......

• Pharyngula

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  This is satire, right? Please tell me it's a joke. It's an announcement for a new video game, and the website is totally deadpan. I can't find the company "Prayer Works Interactive" on the web, which gives me some hope that this isn't real....

• Good Math, Bad Math

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  Types in Haskell: Types are Propositions, Programs are Proofs (This is a revised repost of an earlier part of my Haskell tutorial.) Haskell is a strongly typed language. In fact, the type system in Haskell is both stricter and more expressive than any type system I've seen for...

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  Students 'teach' robots to play ball Sixth-grader Diana Wu adjusted the angle of the NXT robot before launching it to hit a red ball onto a cardboard ski-ball course Sunday during a robotics skills demonstration. Fifth- and sixth-grade students from Pleasant Valley School District's elementary buildings...

• A Blog Around The Clock

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  Introducing the (rigorously peer-reviewed, of course) PLoS store! If you ever saw me at a conference, you probably asked me for one of the famous PLoS t-shirts. Or you did not even have to ask - I just gave you one. Or perhaps you won one of our...

• Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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  The Ants and the Sugar Cubes I love this video, but then again, how can anyone not love ants? They are so fascinating,

Hurricanes

As the 2009 hurricane season picks up speed after a remarkably mild beginning, we look to the ScienceBlogs archives for the science behind the storms.

The Island of DoubtJuly 25, 2006

The real story of the hurricanes

Neuron Culture September 11, 2008

Hurricanes & Climate Change: A Round-Up Says Maybe More, Definitely Hotter

Corpus Callosum September 12, 2008

What Ike Really Means; Introducing Integrated Kinetic Energy