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Ed Yong is an award-winning science writer based in London. Not Exactly Rocket Science is his attempt to make the latest scientific discoveries interesting to everyone by beating jargon, confusion and elitism with the stick of good writing. He finds writing about himself in the third person strange and unsettling.
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September 30, 2008
Category: Robots
I am walking strangely. About a week ago, I pulled something to my left ankle, which now hurts during the part of each step just before the foot leaves the ground. As a result, my other muscles are compensating...
Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 29, 2008
Category: Cephalopods
Two strangers are having a normal conversation in the middle of a large crowd. No one else can see them. No one else can listen in. Thanks to advanced gadgetry, they are talking in coded messages that only they...
Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 28, 2008
Category: Animal intelligence
You are on a date and by all accounts, it's going well. Midway through dinner, you excuse yourself and head to the bathroom where, to your chagrin, the mirror reveals that you have a streak of sauce on the...
Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 27, 2008
Category: Technology
In medieval times, crusading Christian knights cut a swathe through the Middle East in an attempt to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims. The Muslims in turn cut through the invaders using a very special type of sword, which quickly...
Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 25, 2008
Category: Psychology
It's not for the joy ofwinning, or for fear of taking risks but fear of losing
Posted by Ed Yong at 2:00 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 24, 2008
Category: Animal defences
One caterpillar creates a silken tent that acts as a sensory organ and has an escape hatch.
Posted by Ed Yong at 10:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 23, 2008
Category: Anthropology
Man-made fires suppress natural ones, increase plant diversity and make hunting and gathering easier; it's a win-win-win.
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:30 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 22, 2008
Category: Personal
Well this is exciting... A year ago, I was asked to contribute to a book that would detail 1000 awesome scientific thinkers, discoveries and events over the last century, to be called the Little Black Book of Science. And after...
Posted by Ed Yong at 11:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
Soooo... I have good news, bad news and good news. The good news (well for me anyway) is that as of Friday I will be away for month of blissful holiday. If you listen closely, you will probably hear the...
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
