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You might think that modern sculpture is a complete waste of time, but what does that make avant-garde haute couture?Posted on May 14, 2008 9:51 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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NYC Trip: American Museum of Natural History
I have fond memories of the AMNH from when I was a little kid, but was disappointed by yesterday's visit.Posted on May 14, 2008 7:54 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Interdisciplinarity
Timothy Burke has some interesting thoughts about the College of the Atlantic, which represents a real effort to build interdisciplinarity on an institutional level. "Interdisciplinary" is the buzzword of the moment in large swathes of academia, and the College of...Posted on May 9, 2008 11:39 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Novels of Science
Writing in Scientific American, Mark Alpert argues that we need more novels about science: A good work of fiction can convey the smells of a laboratory, the colors of a dissected heart, the anxieties of a chemist and the joys...Posted on May 7, 2008 10:46 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Put Down the Laser Pointer
For all the ranting people do about the evils of PowerPoint, it seems to me that people are missing the one bit of technology that is most responsible for incomprehensible presentations in science: the laser pointer. Having watched a bunch...Posted on May 7, 2008 8:49 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
On the Bitterness of Academics
Jake Young points to a Bloggingheads conversation between Dan Drezner and Megan McArdle about, among other things, whether academics are bitter and why. This mostly comes out of a post Megan wrote (link is a leap of faith-- the site...Posted on May 5, 2008 10:08 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dorky Poll: Non-Abelian Sciences
Chemical Physics or Physical Chemistry? And what's the difference, anyway?Posted on May 2, 2008 8:49 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sigma Xi Film Festival: Short Films About Water
Sigma Xi is running a competition for three-minute student films about water, with a $1,000 prize.Posted on May 1, 2008 2:30 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Familiarity and Lies-to-Children
Schoolhouse rock, framing, and thrilling tales of physics pedagogy, all in one convenient post...Posted on May 1, 2008 9:40 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Scientists Don't Have to Do Everything Themselves
The Mad Biologist is mad at Chris Mooney, but his anger is misplaced.Posted on April 30, 2008 10:38 AM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A Flock of Dodos
Randy Olson's movie A Flock of Dodos comes up again and again in the course of arguments about public communication of science, but I had never gotten around to seeing it. I finally put it on the Netflix queue, and...Posted on April 30, 2008 8:26 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Physics to Finance
Notes from a frank and detailed talk by an alumnus who went to Wall Street.Posted on April 29, 2008 9:54 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Athletics and Alumni
Inside Higher Ed reports on a new study of the connection between college athletics and alumni giving, with some interesting findings: First, they find that male alumni who played on teams while they were undergraduates are more likely to donate...Posted on April 29, 2008 9:14 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Matter and Interactions by Chabay and Sherwood
Today's episode of "Thrilling Tales of Physics Pedagogy" is brought to you through a comment by CCPhysicst who picks up on the implications of last week's schedule post: You are ripping right along in that course. You do E and...Posted on April 28, 2008 10:38 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Beer is Not Uncultured
Every Friday (more or less) there's a "Faculty Social Hour" on campus. They have cheese and crackers, a fairly random assortment of beer, and a couple of bottles of wine, and various faculty come by to wind down a bit...Posted on April 26, 2008 3:32 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Abstraction, Compartmentalization, and Education
Given the amount of time I've spent writing about academic issues this week, it's only fitting that the science story getting the most play is about math education. Ed Yong provides a detailed explanation, and Kenneth Chang summarizes the work...Posted on April 25, 2008 9:04 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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