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Schneier on Security: Lessons from Mumbai "If there's any lesson in these attacks, it's not to focus too much on the specifics of the attacks. " (tags: news society security blogs) Does the broken windows theory hold online? "Does the aesthetic appearance of a blog affect what's written by the…
Creating Citizen Scientists § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM "A few days ago, sitting in my office, I contributed to peer-reviewed scientific research in biology, astronomy, and psychology. Even though I don't hold degrees in any of these fields, my contributions will help advance science: I was doing real…
Is Our Students Learning? « Easily Distracted "That's what I worry about when I hear that there are too many "relativists" around: that the people complaining the most about that supposed surplus are the most supremely relativistic folks you might ever imagine encountering. "a (tags: academia…
Cocktail Party Physics: i think that i shall never see / a carbon offset as lovely as a tree "I heard a NASCAR broadcaster make the following claim: "NASCAR offsets 100% of the carbon emissions from this race via their tree-planting program."  Anytime someone says "100%" or "always" or "without…