Category: Links Dump

The Procrastination Flowchart You Are Here (tags: internet pictures silly) Award-winning journalism job post | a few tasteful snaps “We want to add some talent to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative team. Every serious candidate should have a proven track record of conceiving, reporting and writing stellar investigative pieces that provoke change. However, our ideal candidate… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-24

News: Tabloid Science – Inside Higher Ed “The Sex Life of the Screwworm — a silly subject for federally funded research, no? Some members of Congress thought so: they singled out the project about 30 years ago as the nation’s top symbol of wasteful spending — and later apologized when, upon further review, they realized… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-23

How Josef Oehmen’s advice on Fukushima went viral – opinion – 21 March 2011 – New Scientist “So who exactly is Josef Oehmen and why did he write about the nuclear accidents in Japan? Oehmen agreed to tell New Scientist his side of the story – and it suggests that a minimum of research by… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-22

Awesome new physics blogs « Quantum Progress Because you need more things to read. (tags: blogs science physics internet) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal A foolproof strategy for making money, that I am sadly far too ethical to use. (tags: science physics quantum comics smbc) Radiation Dose Chart But… but… but… When do I get to… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-21

Chimping and Other Photo Tips – NYTimes.com “Last week, for my birthday, a friend bought me an amazing gift: a private photo lesson, taught by a professional. I know a lot about photography, and I’ve come a long way, but I’m not a pro. Tom Bear, on the other hand, is the ultimate pro; his… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-19

The Virtuosi: Physics Challenge Award Show “So before we officially announce our winner, let’s backtrack and build up some suspense.  The challenge was to come up with a bunch of MacGyveresque experiments to determine as closely as possible the standard second, meter and kilogram using only the materials handy to you on a desert [3]… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-18

What we know, and don’t know, about Japan’s reactors “In response to the confusion, speculation and apprehension surrounding the rapidly unfolding events at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the aftermath of last week’s earthquake and tsunami, a panel of MIT nuclear engineering, public health and risk assessment specialists convened on Tuesday to explain… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-17

Who Benefits Most From Attending Top Colleges? – Innovations – The Chronicle of Higher Education “Now [Stacy] Dale, a senior researcher with Mathematica Policy Research, and [Alan] Krueger, a professor at Princeton University, are back with an extension of their earlier research, examining earnings over a longer period of time, looking also at a second… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-16

Which Traits Predict Success? (The Importance of Grit) | Wired Science | Wired.com “For a long time, talent seemed to be about inheritance, about the blessed set of genes that gave rise to some particular skill. Einstein had the physics gene, Beethoven had the symphony gene, and Tiger Woods (at least until his car crash) had… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-15

Why I am not worried about Japan’s nuclear reactors. | Morgsatlarge – blogorific. “Now, where does that leave us? * The plant is safe now and will stay safe. * Japan is looking at an INES Level 4 Accident: Nuclear accident with local consequences. That is bad for the company that owns the plant, but… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-14