Category: Links Dump

Under the Same Sky How far apart can you and your beloved be while standing under the same sky? (tags: physics science math education literature) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Systems and Silos “[W]e don’t have a [higher education] system. As in so many things, we have thousands of independent silos, each with its… Continue reading links for 2008-06-27

Annals of Medicine: The Itch: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker The neurobiology of itching. Sadly, it doesn’t include a cure for hives. (tags: medicine psychology science) Swans on Tea » Ghostly Visages Video of laser-cooled atoms in a trap with the magnetic fields not balanced. I used to spend half an hour a day… Continue reading links for 2008-06-26

George Carlin, Splenetic Comedian, Dies at 71 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com Say a prayer to Joe Pesci in his memory. (tags: comedy society culture) Law Blog – WSJ.com : In Texas-Arkansas Spat, Judge Orders Parties to Midfield “Surely Defendant’s corporate representative, a resident of Arkansas, would feel great humiliation by being forced to enter… Continue reading links for 2008-06-24

Postcards from Nowhere “It is the artists, and a certain line of thinking about art, that have given the people with the cash permission to buy and sell what amounts to nothing, and to do so for ever larger and more insane sums of money.” (tags: art culture society stupid humanities)

Earth Will Survive After All, Physicists Say – NYTimes.com A new safety review says that the LHC won’t really kill us all. I’m sure this will put the whole issue to rest for good…

Experimental Realization of an Optical One-Way Barrier for Neutral Atoms “[A] realization of Maxwell’s demon [that] has important implications for cooling atoms and molecules not amenable to standard laser-cooling techniques.” (tags: physics articles science experiment news atoms optics) Spatially Resolved Observation of Dipole-Dipole Interaction between Rydberg Atoms A possible mechanism for making a quantum computer… Continue reading links for 2008-06-21

Redefining Where Salary Gaps Linger :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs “[M]en and women are being hired at four-year colleges at comparable salaries as they start their faculty careers, but there is one significant exception: research universities. At research universities, even controlling for variables such as discipline a… Continue reading links for 2008-06-20

June 18: Polar Land and Life Day Happy birthday to me… (tags: animals environment science news education biology geology) Halo: The Cole Protocol (and welcome to all you new readers) at Tobias Buckell Online “Project X” revealed. (tags: books games SF blogs) The Giant’s Shoulders A monthly science blogging event about classic science papers. (tags:… Continue reading links for 2008-06-18

Disorder puts the brakes on matter waves – physicsworld.com Using cold atoms in optical lattices to simulate “Anderson localization.” (tags: physics atoms optics low-temperature experiment materials news science)

Acephalous: “Sleep is for the weak.” The weak and fuzzy, that is… (tags: animals pictures silly)