Category: Links Dump

World Science Festival Blog Of course they have a blog– it’s 2008, for God’s sake… (tags: blogs science society culture education theater television movies art physics biology chemistry environment) Pharmaceuticals in the Environment, Information for Assessing Risk » Home “The database provides information on prescribed amounts, levels detected in aquatic environments, chemical structure, molecular weight,… Continue reading links for 2008-05-17

Learning Curves: Verizon Wireless Reminds You to Silence Your Cell Phone During Class “I’m willing to put corporate logos on my PowerPoint slides if the Math Department gets to keep a decent share of the ad revenue. “ (tags: academia education economics math silly) Pre-K students benefit when teachers are supportive Today’s news from the… Continue reading links for 2008-05-16

Fafblog! the whole world’s only source for Fafblog. That’s that no-nonsense down-to-business style I like about you, Hillary Clinton! You don’t just talk about change. You talk about how much you don’t just talk about change! (tags: politics US silly blogs society) How to Turn Your Vacuum Cleaner into a Bazooka : Environmental News Blog… Continue reading links for 2008-05-15

Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » The bullet-swallowers “Some connections are obvious: libertarianism and MWI are both are grand philosophical theories that start from premises that almost all educated people accept (quantum mechanics in the one case, Econ 101 in the other), and claim to reach conclusions that (tags: blogs politics quantum science physics silly economics)… Continue reading links for 2008-05-14

Confessions of a Community College Dean: False Economies “[S]elf-defeating efforts at cost control” See also “deferred maintenance.” (tags: academia economics stupid politics) Maths plus ‘geeky’ images equals deterred students This week, in the Journal of Unsurprising Results. (tags: math science psychology society culture education academia) Quantized conductance seen in graphene – physicsworld.com “This phenomenon will… Continue reading links for 2008-05-13

The Neon Season: Theatre Tag Hilarious tales of disasters on stage. (tags: theater silly society culture) Making Light: A new holiday, rarely celebrated “Happy Voice of Command Day, in honor of all of those people in our lives who were irrefutably right.” (tags: culture society religion silly) Crooked Timber » » Economic fundamentalism and the… Continue reading links for 2008-05-12

Solve Puzzles for Science | Fold It! Protein Folding: The Game! It has to be better than listening to seminar talks about it… (tags: chemistry games science computing internet news)

slacktivist: L.B.: Speakerphone “If you’re a book editor, you should own a copy of Left Behind to take along to your annual performance reviews. Just open to a random page, have your boss read it, and then remind them that this is why you’re worth every penny and then some.” (tags: books writing politics religion… Continue reading links for 2008-05-10

Solar System Visualizer Look at those planets and moons go! (tags: astronomy planets science computing internet gadgets) Polar vortex replicated in a bucket – physicsworld.com “The centre of the vortex is usually circular, but occasionally it assumes a triangular or even a square shape. Now researchers in Canada claim to have replicated this behaviour for… Continue reading links for 2008-05-09

Japan Fights Crowds of Crows – New York Times “This is the Crow Patrol of utility company Kyushu Electric Power, on the hunt for crows whose nests on electric poles have caused a string of blackouts in [Kagoshima] on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu.” (tags: Japan animals travel) Breaking Murphy’s Law “There are a lot… Continue reading links for 2008-05-08