December 2011
3 posts
RT @flashboy: The CERN team’s slides appear to be using Comic Sans. There is no God. #Higgs
RT @flashboy: The CERN team’s slides appear to be using Comic Sans. There is no God. #Higgs
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
9 posts
“When I first started writing, no one told me
that it was a sickness, that my...
In “The Analytical Language of John Wilkins,” Borges describes ‘a certain Chinese Encyclopedia,’ the Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, in which it is written that animals are divided into:
those that belong to the Emperor,
embalmed ones,
those that are trained,
suckling pigs,
mermaids,
fabulous ones,
stray dogs,
those included in the present...
Rise of the Neuronovel →
At James Watson lecture. Amphitheatre is beyond full. Audience may have to adopt supercoiled structure.
September 2011
1 post
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June 2011
0 posts
May 2011
9 posts
BBC News - German wins world best beard title at Norway contest - http://bbc.in/j8QRsW
RT @UtneReader: Gullible Travels: Poverty tours give new meaning to “slumming it.” http://bit.ly/lhZX8y from @commonwealmag
RT @UtneReader: Gullible Travels: Poverty tours give new meaning to “slumming it.” http://bit.ly/lhZX8y from @commonwealmag
RT @NatureNews: Should Nature publish more articles like this: http://ow.ly/4MKYB (via @NomDuJour)
RT @NatureNews: Should Nature publish more articles like this: http://ow.ly/4MKYB (via @NomDuJour)
April 2011
10 posts
RT @NatureNews: US budget deal – A (science) first look http://goo.gl/fb/QwCDu
RT @NatureNews: US budget deal – A (science) first look http://goo.gl/fb/QwCDu
RT @DiscoverMag: What would a government shutdown do to science, tech, & med? Roundup of the most important effects: http://bit.ly/eP0O06
RT @slashdot: Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? http://bit.ly/eqET6q
RT @slashdot: Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? http://bit.ly/eqET6q
March 2011
14 posts
wnycradiolab:
Fractals. They’re just so pretty.
(make sure to watch it in HD)
RT @lisallynch: “How Google Works” infographic via @newmediajim: http://bit.ly/bPVvuX
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“Ever lurking behind the arras is the ancient Latin precursor: the verb informare—to give form to; to shape; to mold. Information is the act of infusion with form. Where, and how? The forming takes place in the mind. Our minds are informed; then we have something we lacked before—some idea, some knowledge, some information. In my view this ancient sense of the word possesses a special...