Category: Links Dump

Cassini instrument confirms liquid surface lake on Titan ‘”We can see there’s a shelf, a beach, that is being exposed as the lake evaporates,” Brown said.’ (tags: astronomy science planets news space) Prelude to the Higgs: A work for 2 bosons in the key of Z “The properties of the ZZ diboson make its discovery… Continue reading links for 2008-07-31

The Nature of Glass Remains Anything but Clear – NYTimes.com “David A. Weitz, a physics professor at Harvard, joked, “There are more theories of the glass transition than there are theorists who propose them.”” (tags: physics materials science) Medium Large It’s back! Maybe the best Web comic going. (tags: comics internet silly) Game Over: Scrabulous… Continue reading links for 2008-07-30

The Font Sizes of the Planets | Orbiting Frog The Solar System as a Wordle. You can get it on a T-shirt, too. (tags: astronomy planets science silly) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Thoughts on Service “[T]he path of least resistance is lip service to service, with a tacit understanding that we don’t really mean it.”… Continue reading links for 2008-07-29

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Blog As you would expect, they have cool pictures. via Steinn. (tags: astronomy space science blogs) Freezing images in an atomic vapor! « Skulls in the Stars An introduction to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency and how to use it to store information. (tags: physics quantum optics experiment science news blogs) Crimes and… Continue reading links for 2008-07-27

Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source A classic, having no relevance whatsoever to recent events. (tags: silly internet music) Setshot: Basketball for the Aging and Infirm: Women’s basketball star returns to action–at 50! ” Lieberman has taken old lady hoops to the next level.… Continue reading links for 2008-07-26

Study: No gender differences in math performance “Whether they looked at average performance, the scores of the most gifted children or students’ ability to solve complex math problems, girls measured up to boys.” (tags: gender math education social-science news society) Kids Say The Darndest Things To Evil Spirits | The A.V. Club “[T]here comes a… Continue reading links for 2008-07-25

A Priest Walks Into Qatar and . . . – washingtonpost.com “Talking with Americans about faith and religion… is like having coffee with Forrest Gump: pleasant enough, but not of much substance.” (tags: religion politics society culture academia education) How are we coming on Phoenix mission success? – The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary… Continue reading links for 2008-07-24

‘Theology in Life’ :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs “Benedictine’s new “Theology in Life” certificate program includes one class each in the theology of freedom, justice, love, and science, respectively. Majors will go on to take upper-level courses in areas including sacramental theology, the New Te (tags: academia… Continue reading links for 2008-07-23

Mary Catelli’s Erraticly Updated and Exceedingly Ill-Organized Journal – Religion and World-Building Notes for people thinking about inventing a religion for a fantasy story. (tags: SF religion writing history humanities culture) How to blog, get tenure and prosper: Starting the blog | john hawks weblog Part one of four, from a recently-tenured academic who knows.… Continue reading links for 2008-07-22

Measurement of the Casimir Force between a Gold Sphere and a Silicon Surface with Nanoscale Trench Arrays “We report measurements of the Casimir force between a gold sphere and a silicon surface with an array of nanoscale, rectangular corrugations using a micromechanical torsional oscillator.” (tags: physics quantum science experiment precision-measurement articles) Feedback Cooling of the… Continue reading links for 2008-07-21