Category: Links Dump

Swans on Tea » Doomed to Fail “A thought experiment that finds a contradiction has only shown that the transforms have not been properly applied — the author has made a math error, or made a bad assumption” (tags: physics relativity science education) Dark Matter Searches at Colliders – part III « A Quantum Diaries… Continue reading links for 2008-05-07

Closure in an Ethics Case :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, and Views and Jobs Common sense prevails, for once (tags: academia ethics stupid) Ohmigosh fonts A big step up from Comic Sans (tags: comics computing silly language) Jacks of Science − Using Adobe Photoshop for Research and Profit “As you… Continue reading links for 2008-05-06

Open Left:: The Fear Before the Launch “[T]here’s just something weird about putting two years of your life into something – from traveling, to reporting, to editing, to re-editing, to proofing, etc. – and then having it all be in one neat place, all laid out and ready to be consumed by the pu (tags:… Continue reading links for 2008-05-05

Closing the achievement gap in math and science “The latest results from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program show not only improved proficiency among all elementary and middle school students, but also a closing of the achievement gaps between both African (tags: science education academia race) Computational modeling « Confused… Continue reading links for 2008-05-04

The Bohr paradox – physicsworld.com “Pais also reports a distinguished younger colleague asking with puzzlement and scepticism “What did Bohr really do?”.” (tags: history science physics quantum) Mind the hack – physicsworld.com “But are the public and other scientists entitled to know about discoveries like this as soon as possible? Or is it right that… Continue reading links for 2008-05-03

The Voltage Gate : Why Jurassic Park Is Not a Pro-Science Movie Because Michael Crichton is a writer of Luddite Fiction (tags: books literature movies society culture) A consistent, worldwide association between short sleep duration and obesity ‘”[The study] raises the unanswered question yet of whether this is a cause-effect association. Only prospective longitudinal studies… Continue reading links for 2008-05-02

Dawn of the memristor – physicsworld.com “In simple terms, a memristor “remembers” the amount of charge that has flowed through it and as a result changes its resistance. “ (tags: physics materials science news) Where are all the women? – The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society Venus. (tags: astronomy planets gender science blogs)… Continue reading links for 2008-05-01

Japan, a Brief Pop-Cultural Survey | The A.V. Club “Japan: land of the rising sun. […] Home to high-quality electronics, bizarre game shows, and vending machines that dispense beer and used girls’ panties (not together…yet).” (tags: Japan culture society silly) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Between the Dog and the Fire Hydrant “Why would… Continue reading links for 2008-04-30

The Art of the Possible » Blog Archive » Wussy Like a Fox? “Summing up: Obama risks looking marginally “weak” by “not hitting back” against Clinton’s attacks. But hitting back risks making him look like a) an asshole; b) a sexist; c) a scary negro man! “ (tags: politics US race gender) Solar System Live… Continue reading links for 2008-04-29

Crooked Timber » » Maybe Baby In which Maria makes a dubious choice of date movies. Then again, the first movie Kate and I went to was “Hrad Rain,” so who am I to judge? (tags: movies nostalgia blogs) Physics and Physicists: Physics In Action at Theme Parks On student trips to learn “Like how… Continue reading links for 2008-04-28