links for 2008-02-20

A contest to see who could do the best interpretive dance based on their Ph.D. thesis.

"Conservative students, however, put more value on personal achievement and orderliness, and on practical professions, like accounting and computer science, that could earn them lots of money."

Including "Crystal Meth: Friend of Foe?" and "Garlic: The Silent Killer"

"#64 Recycling: Recycling is a part of a larger theme of stuff white people like: saving the earth without having to do that much."

Everything you ever wanted to know about the politics of taxes.

Jun Ye at JILA has a strontium clock accurate to a few parts in 10^16.