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Edge 333
I am doing research for a new book and would hope to elicit informed responses to the following question: The flat earth and geocentric world are examples of wrong scientific beliefs that were he... Read more
http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge333.html
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I am doing research for a new book and would hope to elicit informed responses to the following question: The flat earth and geocentric world are examples of wrong scientific beliefs that were he... Read more
http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge333.html
Tags: science, history, misinformation, truth, fail, via:packrati.us, awesome, belief, best, collection Saved by: admin at 24 Nov 2010
Hey! LHS Kids
Looking for elementary science resources that you can use with your interactive white board? Try the LHS Kids Site. It offers a variety of interactive games and demonstrations that students can play. ... Read more
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/
Tags: science, interactive, smartboard, games, elementary, iwb, experiments, education, kids, math Saved by: admin at 24 Nov 2010
Looking for elementary science resources that you can use with your interactive white board? Try the LHS Kids Site. It offers a variety of interactive games and demonstrations that students can play. ... Read more
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/
Tags: science, interactive, smartboard, games, elementary, iwb, experiments, education, kids, math Saved by: admin at 24 Nov 2010
BBC News - Diagrams that changed the world
A picture, the old adage goes, is worth a 1,000 words. But in science a diagram can describe things that transcend the written word. A single image can convey the simple underlying pattern hidden by w... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11798317
Tags: visualization, diagrams, science, history, infographics, design, bbc, data, mathematics, communication Saved by: admin at 23 Nov 2010
A picture, the old adage goes, is worth a 1,000 words. But in science a diagram can describe things that transcend the written word. A single image can convey the simple underlying pattern hidden by w... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11798317
Tags: visualization, diagrams, science, history, infographics, design, bbc, data, mathematics, communication Saved by: admin at 23 Nov 2010
This is a news website article about a scientific finding | Martin ...
If the subject is politically sensitive this paragraph will contain quotes from some fringe special interest group of people who, though having no apparent understanding of the subject, help to give t... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1?CMP=twt_gu
Tags: science, journalism, parody, humor, satire, funny, writing, guardian, reporting, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 21 Nov 2010
If the subject is politically sensitive this paragraph will contain quotes from some fringe special interest group of people who, though having no apparent understanding of the subject, help to give t... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1?CMP=twt_gu
Tags: science, journalism, parody, humor, satire, funny, writing, guardian, reporting, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 21 Nov 2010
What Alcohol Actually Does to Your Brain and Body
"Learn how it's absorbed and how fast, why it's essential to reality TV altercations, its paradoxical sexual effects, and its life-lengthening potential, whether red wine or Bud Light."
http://lifehacker.com/5684996/what-alcohol-actually-does-to-your-brain-and-body
Tags: alcohol, health, science, effects, brain, lifehacker, articles, tips, toread, drugs Saved by: admin at 10 Nov 2010
"Learn how it's absorbed and how fast, why it's essential to reality TV altercations, its paradoxical sexual effects, and its life-lengthening potential, whether red wine or Bud Light."
http://lifehacker.com/5684996/what-alcohol-actually-does-to-your-brain-and-body
Tags: alcohol, health, science, effects, brain, lifehacker, articles, tips, toread, drugs Saved by: admin at 10 Nov 2010
BBC News - Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generates a 'mini-Big Bang'
The Large Hadron Collider creates generates a 'mini-Big Bang' - and it looks like a John Maeda piece: http://bbc.in/9b7T9e – blprnt (blprnt) http://twitter.com/blprnt/status/1743816373571584
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11711228
Tags: lhc, science, physics, via:packrati.us, bbc, news, bang, big, art, astronomy Saved by: admin at 09 Nov 2010
The Large Hadron Collider creates generates a 'mini-Big Bang' - and it looks like a John Maeda piece: http://bbc.in/9b7T9e – blprnt (blprnt) http://twitter.com/blprnt/status/1743816373571584
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11711228
Tags: lhc, science, physics, via:packrati.us, bbc, news, bang, big, art, astronomy Saved by: admin at 09 Nov 2010
Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds - CNN.com
le Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, too. His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food. ... Read more
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html?hpt=T2
Tags: health, diet, nutrition, food, science, weight, calories, interesting, story, twinkie Saved by: admin at 09 Nov 2010
le Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, too. His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food. ... Read more
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html?hpt=T2
Tags: health, diet, nutrition, food, science, weight, calories, interesting, story, twinkie Saved by: admin at 09 Nov 2010
10 Strange Things About The Universe - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
becomes strong enough to collapse into a black hole, trapping the light inside. Although nothing is thought to prevent the formation of a kugelblitz, geons are now only believed to be able to form tem... Read more
http://listverse.com/2010/11/04/10-strange-things-about-the-universe/
Tags: science, physics, universe, interesting, space, astronomy, cosmology, math, list, scifi Saved by: admin at 05 Nov 2010
becomes strong enough to collapse into a black hole, trapping the light inside. Although nothing is thought to prevent the formation of a kugelblitz, geons are now only believed to be able to form tem... Read more
http://listverse.com/2010/11/04/10-strange-things-about-the-universe/
Tags: science, physics, universe, interesting, space, astronomy, cosmology, math, list, scifi Saved by: admin at 05 Nov 2010
10 Reasons Python Rocks for Research — Hoyt Koepke
I admit that I am huge fan of python. A few years ago I dropped MatLab in favor of python as my primary language for writing machine learning code. I have never regretted it. The features of MatLab th... Read more
http://www.stat.washington.edu/~hoytak/blog/whypython.html
Tags: python, research, programming, mathematics, scipy, statistics, numpy, advocacy, science, academic Saved by: admin at 04 Nov 2010
I admit that I am huge fan of python. A few years ago I dropped MatLab in favor of python as my primary language for writing machine learning code. I have never regretted it. The features of MatLab th... Read more
http://www.stat.washington.edu/~hoytak/blog/whypython.html
Tags: python, research, programming, mathematics, scipy, statistics, numpy, advocacy, science, academic Saved by: admin at 04 Nov 2010
BBC News - Alcohol 'more harmful than heroin' says Prof David Nutt
"...the study involved 16 criteria, including a drug's affects on users' physical and mental health, social harms including crime, "family adversities" and environmental damage, economic costs and "in... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210
Tags: drugs, health, alcohol, science, addiction, bbc, news, culture, policy, politics Saved by: admin at 02 Nov 2010
"...the study involved 16 criteria, including a drug's affects on users' physical and mental health, social harms including crime, "family adversities" and environmental damage, economic costs and "in... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210
Tags: drugs, health, alcohol, science, addiction, bbc, news, culture, policy, politics Saved by: admin at 02 Nov 2010