links for 2008-04-16

Including the classic anti-quack essay "DRIVE THE PSEUDOS OUT OF THE WORKSHOP OF SCIENCE," by the late J. A. Wheeler, albeit in a nearly unreadable format.

Princeton accentuates the positive.

People who aren't crazy think about the odds.

"Researchers at [NIST] have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet "test tubes" for studying individual proteins under conditions that mimic the crowded confines of a living cell."

"[NIST in collaboration with NASA] has published detailed guidelines for making essential measurements on samples of single-walled carbon nanotubes. The new guide constitutes the current "best practices" for characterizing one of the most promising an

Light under flawless tutelage knows no limits.

As Teresa Nielsen Hayden points out, the more you make rules that seem like a game, the more people will work to game the system.