It's depressingly typical of my life that we would get BoingBoing-ed on a weekend when I'm visiting the in-laws...
I've gotten a bunch of responses to my earlier request for "Great Experiments" in other areas of science, and I thought I'd collect the links in one post (many of them show up as TrackBacks to the original post, but some don't):
- RPM's list of Best Biology Experiments/Discoveries on Evolgen.
- Razib at Gene Expression offers another set of biology discoveries.
- Dave and Greta Munger agree on a single great cognitive science experiment (with nifty graphics!)
- Tara at Aetiology lists great moments in microbiology and infectious disease research.
- And Afarensis offers two posts covering different classes of great developments in anthropology.
(If I've missed any, or other posts have been made since I last checked, let me know, and I'll update the list...)
Thanks to all the bloggers who responded. It's flattering to have such an off-hand request taken seriously. (Requests for things I ought to post are, of course, welcome in return...) There's lots of interesting material in those posts, and they'll provide plenty of reading the next time I'm looking for cat-vacuuming activities.
As for the Great Experiments in Physics post that kicked this off, I've collected a good number of comments, and plan to do some short(ish) posts explaining the most popular choices, once I'm back home with access to a browser that isn't IE, and a keyboard that doesn't suck.
Comments
So it's not just me who makes that typo with Greta's name. I do think it's appropriate, though!
Posted by: Dave Munger | January 22, 2006 9:56 AM
So it's not just me who makes that typo ["Great"] with Greta's name.
God damn it, but I hate that keyboard...
Typo fixed. My apologies.
Posted by: Chad Orzel | January 23, 2006 7:47 AM
I'm using this thread as a substitute for an Open Thread, because if these guys turn out to be right, then it could be a truly great experiment:
Scalar-tensor-vector gravity theory potentially explains the deviation in Pioneer 10's trajectory, and dispenses with Dark Matter.
The Slashdot article summary is useless, but there's some very cogent and informative comments below.
Posted by: Skwid | January 25, 2006 2:17 PM
A good general rule is that if you see something about science on Slashdot, you should trust it about as far as you can throw it.
Posted by: Aaron Bergman | January 25, 2006 3:21 PM
I use Slashdot for two things: News aggregation and Entertainment. The /. editors and I have a congruous enough idea of what's cool and interesting that I'm fine letting them find a portion of my news, and if what they find is useless and/or misinformed, then the comments bashing the story are almost inevitably entertaining. To me, at least.
Posted by: Skwid | January 25, 2006 4:12 PM