August 13, 2011
Retractions Of Scientific Studies Are Surging.
And retractions related to fraud rose more than sevenfold between 2004 and 2009. Keep track with the Retraction Watch blog.
July 20, 2011
July 16, 2011
November 21, 2010
September 02, 2010
July 31, 2010
Has science anything new to say about dreams?
Or is Scientific American just trying to capture the audience from INCEPTION?
June 30, 2010
Texas Rangers raid an El Paso library
demanding their computer signup sheets (shortly after Sept. 11 2001).
June 02, 2010
Imagine if ads in the US were like this.
Vive la France!
May 30, 2010
The Mind/body problem.
Or how to make incorporate your nerdiness in who you physically are.
May 27, 2010
Search facebook updates.
Three SF engineers wrote a search front end to dramatize some of the April 21st privacy changes. Reload the page for random searches.
May 10, 2010
May 04, 2010
The Domestic Transformer (SLYT)
If space is a scarce resource, it makes sense to page programs out to disk when they're not running.
April 27, 2010
Noah's Ark Found? (Fox news warning)
They confirmed its age via carbon dating, but doesn't that method of age verification show that the earth is a lot older than the bible claims?
April 23, 2010
The Economy is Sexy
They fiddled with themselves while Rome burned? I like to think they weren't ignoring the problem but were turned on by it.
April 21, 2010
April 11, 2010
March 25, 2010
Alien vs. Pooh.
An online comic.
March 23, 2010
Repeat Performances
This parallel between Jewish ritual and Civil War reenactment reveals a deep, unexpected similarity in Jewish and Southern culture that distinguishes both from mainstream American public life. Jewish and Southern cultures are both post-traumatic civilizations—they are both built upon a sense of overwhelming obligation to the past.
March 18, 2010
The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
How Lincoln could have better put his points across.