December 2011
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RT @flashboy: The CERN team’s slides appear to be using Comic Sans. There is no God. #Higgs
Dec 14th
RT @flashboy: The CERN team’s slides appear to be using Comic Sans. There is no God. #Higgs
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November 2011
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October 2011
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““When I first started writing, no one told me that it was a sickness, that my...”
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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...
Oct 21st
Oct 21st
Rise of the Neuronovel →
Oct 21st
At James Watson lecture. Amphitheatre is beyond full. Audience may have to adopt supercoiled structure.
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September 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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BBC News - German wins world best beard title at Norway contest - http://bbc.in/j8QRsW
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May 12th
RT @UtneReader: Gullible Travels: Poverty tours give new meaning to “slumming it.” http://bit.ly/lhZX8y from @commonwealmag
May 11th
RT @UtneReader: Gullible Travels: Poverty tours give new meaning to “slumming it.” http://bit.ly/lhZX8y from @commonwealmag
May 11th
RT @NatureNews: Should Nature publish more articles like this: http://ow.ly/4MKYB (via @NomDuJour)
May 5th
RT @NatureNews: Should Nature publish more articles like this: http://ow.ly/4MKYB (via @NomDuJour)
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April 2011
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Apr 20th
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RT @NatureNews: US budget deal – A (science) first look http://goo.gl/fb/QwCDu
Apr 13th
RT @NatureNews: US budget deal – A (science) first look http://goo.gl/fb/QwCDu
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RT @DiscoverMag: What would a government shutdown do to science, tech, & med? Roundup of the most important effects: http://bit.ly/eP0O06
Apr 9th
RT @slashdot: Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? http://bit.ly/eqET6q
Apr 8th
RT @slashdot: Is Science Just a Matter of Faith? http://bit.ly/eqET6q
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March 2011
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WatchWatch
wnycradiolab: Fractals.  They’re just so pretty.  (make sure to watch it in HD)
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Mar 28th
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...
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