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All manner of human creativity on display
May 28, 2008
Category: About writing generally
Or at least, I'm pretty sure this is the world's largest collection of poems specifically on chromatography. Anyway, they can be viewed here, here, here, and (12 of them) here....
Posted by David Ng at 12:32 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Crafting transformations in science and engineering for an environmentally sustainable and just future.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 27, 2008
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
Drama! Intrigue! Denialists Exposed! Endocrine Disruption?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:45 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 23, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Albert Einstein kept it real.
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May 22, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Geo-engineering from the '40s. From Military Engineer, 1944 (via C. Pursell's Technology in Postwar America, 2007)...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 20, 2008
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
"In the long run men hit only what they aim at." H.D. Thoreau, Walden This post's title is the poorly reasoned conclusion to a poorly reported and poorly conducted study. I couldn't tell if it was simply bad reporting at...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 1:25 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Book Building
A Summer 2008 Reading List that is woefully devoid of The Rolling Stones.
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May 19, 2008
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Seriously, this chemistry movie rocks. I've put it below the fold so that it doesn't slow this main page, but it's definitely worth checking out. (hat tip to Creative Review)...
Posted by David Ng at 8:11 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 18, 2008
Category: Video links (archive.org samples, for example; Youtube.com; others...)
Summarizing some points on local food, community supported agriculture (CSAs), and energy, here's a Youtube catch....
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:15 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 16, 2008
Category: About writing generally
I've got a piece up at the SCQ today, which is (another) failed attempt at publishing at Seed's print magazine. Here, a few months back, I was asked to have a go at their "Why I do Science" section but...
Posted by David Ng at 11:34 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
