Category: Links Dump

Web Log — Charles Bernstein: “Doping Scandal Rocks Poetry ‘Cooper pairs’ can be found in insulators as well superconductors They explain superconductivity, and also some insulating behavior– is there anything they can’t do? (tags: physics quantum experiment science news) Have we sealed the universe’s fate by looking at it? In which the Quantum Zeno Effect… Continue reading links for 2007-11-24

[0711.0745] Imaging the Internal Structure of the Earth with Atmospheric Neutrinos “The absorption of neutrinos with energies in excess of 10 TeV when traversing the Earth is capable of revealing its density distribution.” (tags: physics theory articles science) mmcirvin: Retract your ad homonyms Matt McIrvin explains a classic of Usenet debate. (tags: politics blogs computing)… Continue reading links for 2007-11-23

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: More Doctors of Philosophy (and Science) The number of Ph.D.’s awarded goes up, but most of the increase is among foreign-born researchers. (tags: academia US education) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Access and Limits A “law and order liberal” on… Continue reading links for 2007-11-22

Crooked Timber » » Disciplines and deterrence A brief history of shoddy death penalty scholarship. (tags: economics academia politics society US) New Stem Cell Method Could Ease Ethical Concerns – New York Times Let’s all take a few minutes to appreciate the accomplishment here, before getting all worked up about the political implications. (tags: biology… Continue reading links for 2007-11-21

5 Upcoming Comic Book Movies That Must Be Stopped | Cracked.com ‘How the project obtained funding for their proposal, entitled “give diamond-hard skin and superhuman strength to angry young ethnic convicts” is yet another prime example of the dangerous incompetence of the Nixon administration.’ (tags: movies comics stupid) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Presidents… Continue reading links for 2007-11-20

These Scientific Minds Think (and Drink) Alike – New York Times Scientists acting like rock stars. Buckaroo Banzai, call your agent. (tags: science society culture) In U.S. Name Count, Garcias Are Catching Up With Joneses – New York Times You’ll be shocked–shocked!– to learn that neither Kate nor I have one of the 5,000 most… Continue reading links for 2007-11-19

Backreaction: Universal Scaling at Deadlines “[Physicists] have analysed the distribution of registrations for two conferences…[and] they can describe this distribution by a simple model, assuming that the ‘pressure to register’ is inversely proportional to the time left before the deadline.” (tags: science silly physics meetings) Dinosaur Interactive – National Geographic Magazine An interactive guide to… Continue reading links for 2007-11-18

Court Rejects Fuel Standards on Trucks – New York Times The decision is not what I expected, given that headline, but hey, it’s the Ninth Circuit… (tags: environment news politics) YouTube – Not The Daily Show, With Some Writer “What do the writers of the Daily Show think of the ongoing writers’ strike? If only… Continue reading links for 2007-11-17

Environment plays key role in children’s readiness for school “Genetic factors played a significant role in the children’s core abilities underlying the four components of school readiness, but the environment shared by twins of the same family remained the most important factor overall.” (tags: education science news) White children more positive toward blacks after learning… Continue reading links for 2007-11-16

Freshman’s 3-Pointer Helps Lift Syracuse – New York Times A typical beginning of the season (tags: basketball) Relativity passes new test of time – physicsworld.com Precision spectroscopy of lithium ions in a storage ring confirm time dilation. That’s a relief. (tags: physics science experiment news relativity) Donate to the Jhereg Foundation Steven Brust needs money… Continue reading links for 2007-11-15