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February 28, 2007
Too Skeptical?
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Too skeptical for our own good. That's how someone characterized many scientists and science teaching on BBC Radio 4. I was listening yesterday morning where Lewis Wolpert*, the scientist and another gentlemen - apparently religious, whose name I forgot -...
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February 26, 2007
My Google Searches
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Some personal search statistics from 2006. Almost all of these searches were done when I was not aware of google collecting data on my searches. I am mildly shocked - particularly when considering these numbers only represent a part...
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Piet Hein
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To Martin Gardner "Lines that are parallel meet at Infinity!" Euclid repeatedly, heatedly, urged Until he died. and so reached that vicinity: in it he found that the damned things diverged. *Poem quoted from the book Imaginary...
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February 23, 2007
Inidbloggies 2006 - Results Announced
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Over here. Arunn of Nonoscience takes the second prize in Sci/Tech category. Wonderful. Congrats to all the winners and pariticipants. Cheers, beers, etc. We should hopefully have separate categories for Science and Technology next year. There are lot of excellent...
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Ubuntu updates. "Hello Mom"
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So, you read my story a while back and want to know how are things now. Thanks for asking. Things have gone from 'no more tech support' to 'my mother does her own installation'. She has installed amsn to do...
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Sex ratio in China
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A Beebs report on the looming sex ratio problem in China that caught my attention....
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February 22, 2007
Nightmare
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The large insect - almost two feet in length - was hiding in the loft. It looked like an enlarged scorpion with the legs and head of a cockroach. I could see it hiding because the antennae were visible and...
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It helps to be sick
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Being sick helps you survive says Sharon Moalem, author of Survival of the Sickest. A condition where the body stores a lot of iron may have led to the the survival of a large number of people after the years...
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February 17, 2007
TheScian.com - Moving Host - Updated
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I hope to move TheScian.com to a new host over this weekend. Sit tight. I am also hoping to make some changes to the site. All in the coming weeks. First the move, though. Update: Alright. We've moved TheScian.com. On...
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