links for 2008-11-12

I wouldn't've started a blog if I'd known I could get Elsevier to give me my own journal...

"what a strange element is technetium in the first place, as without stable isotopes, it marks a gap in the middle of the periodic table?"

"I am going to try and briefly describe the quantum nature of matter. I am then going to show how this relates to light. In the end, I will show that the common idea that light has a dual wave-particle nature is not a necessary model. Just about everything that normal physicists (especially undergraduates) look at can be explained with light as a wave."

"Place parchment paper on one-third of cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto sheet. Some cookies will be on parchment, others off. Cook for 13.04 minutes."