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Kate and I have spent a lot of this week being thwarted by technology in one way or another, so SteelyKid decided to set us straight about how things work. First, she demonstrated how to work the tv:
Then she showed us how to take pictures on her phone (because, of course, all phones take pictures…
Is the general audience "black board" talk at KITP today, giving an overview of the quantitative approches to morphogenesis program currently unverway.
Symmetry breaking and mechanics.
The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics runs parallel programs and currently there is a biophysics program New…
Inspired by the anti-flash-photography article in the morning's links dump, this week's Toddler Blogging offers you a choice of two different pictures. Here's one with the flash:
And one without:
(Appa's been feeling self-conscious about SteelyKid's growth lately, and asked for a little forced…
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a nice little group blog
Lots of pretty pictures.
h/t NASAwatch
lol @ Ditto-heads
Thanks for the link Bora.
Bora,
I am in a very interesting place, vis a vis global warming. I think that it is factual (i.e., the Earth is warming over time), making me a bad boy amongsts some on the Right. but I think it is *not* anthropogenic, making me a bad boy to many on the Left. What is an honestly questioning guy with a background in science to do, huh?
Well, dig through the archives of Real Climate, Deltoid, No Se Nada, The Intersection, Stoat...plenty of excellent blogs wih links to actual studies and quality commentary.
Waaaay ahead of you, friend. Heck, I even went back and audited some grad classes!
I sympathize with you, Deep Thought. What does one do when one understands the arguments and explanations, but doesn't find them very persuasive?
To me the question then becomes: What is our standard of evidence to make prudent decisions about the quality of life for our children and grandchildren?
Driving off a cliff is one way to prove the cliff exists. I wouldn't want to ride along with drivers who plan to perform that experiment, however.