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The deadline for your entries for the first edition of The Giant's Shoulders is the end of July 15th (deadline is midnight EDT). Your posts should cover one of the following:
Classic Papers - your blog post should describe what is in a paper that is considered to be a classical paper, or…
Yes, green laser pointers are cool. Especially when you use them to make stuff fluoresce. Ok, what about a blue laser pointer? They are getting surprisingly cheap (Amazon has a 10 mW for pretty cheap). Still not cheap enough for me. But, you know what? Some of the physics majors here at…
... from you, as a friend or relative? Or, more exactly, what kinds of often well meaning things do you say or do for someone with chronic illness that are actually hurting and not helping?
I have a good friend who, like many other friends actually, has a chronic illness that is sometimes painful…
It was 75 degrees yesterday.
It got down to 24 today.
And pretty much everyone else in the country is under a layer of ice/snow.
But Im not gonna write about cold scientists. Im talkin about cool scientists.
Chris Mooney, the expert on facades, appearances, and stabbing people in the back with a…
Pretty cool ... but I'm not sure how useful it is.:)
I suppose if you were looking at data over a long period, or a short period with frequent and potentially large changes, this would be a good way to get a nice mental image of the total picture, and of how it changes. Especially if you spent a lot of time looking at roller coasters that represent data.
But it's mostly just really neat.