Science as a way of life
I am working on some very smart things to say here. Really. Meanwhile, there's this and this. Welcome.
October 30, 2007
Category: Prime Stream
Yesterday on the radio I heard the phrase 'statistically significant' twice (one on a discussion about crime and other about cancer). We all think we know what it is: If all the birds overhead poo on you simultaneously, you know,...
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October 29, 2007
Category: Creative commons
A one line poem by W S Merwin. Elegy Who would I show it to The intensity of sorrow made more poignant by economy of expression....
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October 28, 2007
Category: Creative commons
An appeal from Jimmy Wales, founder of wikipedia. It'll be a shame if you let that charitable thought pass. Donate now....
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October 26, 2007
Category: Creative commons
Let's talk politics. Shall we. I just watched a video of a passionate young man willing to sponsor a democratic candidate. The video is on youtube, he has started a blog, and the news is out on the internet. No...
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October 24, 2007
Category: Prime Stream
TR has dug up some nifty details....
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I have been reading Primo Levi, that man who was sent to to vey core of inhumanity and returned more humane than anyone, that man who I am proud to look up for inspiration. There are only a few who...
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Category: Prime Stream
Particle physics explained in 60 second bursts of words at Symmetry Magazine published by Fermi Lab and SLAC. I find this picture simple and utterly fascinating. It's an artistic rendering of the tracks of an electron and it's anti-particle as...
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October 22, 2007
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October 19, 2007
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Read three novels in one week. (Why you ask? So I could nod knowingly tomorrow at a one day lecture course on reading modern fiction. See). Haven't done this sort of a thing since I was a wide-eyed teenager from...
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October 18, 2007
Category: Prime Stream
BBC reports A spokesman for the Science Museum said: "We know that eminent scientists can sometimes say things that cause controversy and the Science Museum does not shy away from debating controversial topics. "However, we feel Dr Watson has gone...
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