{"id":4101,"date":"2009-09-23T07:07:43","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T07:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/09\/23\/links-for-2009-09-23\/"},"modified":"2009-09-23T07:07:43","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T07:07:43","slug":"links-for-2009-09-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/09\/23\/links-for-2009-09-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for 2009-09-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/infinitesummer.org\/archives\/1900\">Infinite Summer \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Summer&#8217;s End Roundtable, Part I<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;How about that ending, huh? &#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/literature\">literature<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/infinite-summer\">infinite-summer<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uslhc.us\/?p=2283\">US LHC Blog \u00c2\u00bb Relationships in Physics Graduate School<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;Doing a quick poll of graduate students in our department showed the following:<\/p>\n<p>    * Atomic Physics: 5\/10 grad students are married (2 of those have kids)<br \/>\n    * Particle Physics (CMS group): 1\/10 grad students are married (none of those have kids)&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/atoms\">atoms<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/particles\">particles<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com\/2009\/09\/is-nobel-laureate-smarter-than-fifth.html\">Physics Buzz: Is a Nobel laureate smarter than a fifth grader?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;George Smoot, a UC Berkeley professor who won the 2006 Nobel prize in physics, stepped up to the challenge last Friday as a contestant on &#8220;Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader,&#8221; the entertainingly humiliating game show that tests adults on facts a ten-year-old is expected to know.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/television\">television<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics-buzz\">physics-buzz<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/Nobel\">Nobel<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/startswithabang\/2009\/09\/something_awesome_about_lensed.php\">Something Awesome About Lensed Galaxies : Starts With A Bang<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;[W]hat&#8217;s amazing about this is that if we have multiple images, we&#8217;ll only see the supernova go off in one of them! Why? The multiple images have different path lengths, meaning that it takes longer for the light to get to us from one image than the other. &#8220;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/astronomy\">astronomy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/starts-with-bang\">starts-with-bang<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/islandofdoubt\/2009\/09\/dont_be_such_a_scientist_a_rev.php\">Don&#8217;t be such a scientist: A review : The Island of Doubt<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">It&#8217;s next on my to-read pile, but James liked it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/review\">review<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/communication\">communication<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inversesquare.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/21\/we-will-fight-them-on-the-beaches-why-does-the-atlantic-hate-science-so-damn-much-edition\/\">We Will Fight Them On The Beaches!: Why Does The Atlantic Hate Science so Damn Much Edition. \u00c2\u00ab The Inverse Square Blog<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&#8220;The Atlantic as a brand is supposed to convey seriousness of thought and purpose, so they can&#8217;t actually ignore science altogether&#8230;and what has happened, as I hope to document, is that the place has become a playpen full of science-y stuff; appeals to the sound and appearance of rigor that masks business as usual&#8230;about which, details below.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/journalism\">journalism<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/media\">media<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/levenson\">levenson<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macfound.org\/site\/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH\/b.5410503\/k.11CB\/Meet_the_2009_Fellows.htm\">Meet the 2009 Fellows &#8211; MacArthur Foundation<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Your certified geniuses for 2009.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/awards\">awards<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/news\">news<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/social-science\">social-science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/humanities\">humanities<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/art\">art<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infinite Summer \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Summer&#8217;s End Roundtable, Part I &#8220;How about that ending, huh? 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