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Philosophical readings

forwearemany wrote 1 hour ago: The Guardian has a great (and ongoing) series of articles detailing philosophers’ ideas on fa … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, Berkeley Webcast, Heidegger, Hobbes, how to believe, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Social Psychology, the guardian

12 days until The Giant's Shoulders #13!2 comments

skullsinthestars wrote 3 days ago: This July 4th, if you’re celebrating the history of the United States, why not celebrate some … more →

Tags: Science News

SPM Schedule 20092 comments

mkys wrote 3 days ago: Since our stpd gov sites are down, here are some of the info that you might want regarding the SPM s … more →

Tags: 1, 7/2010, Accounts, accounts stream, aliran akaun, aliran perdagangan, aliran sastera, Arts Stream, commerce stream

Does science lead to atheism? Not really3 comments

John wrote 4 days ago: Occasionally one’s sole impact on things is the ability to get other people to do good work by … more →

Tags: Creationism and Intelligent Design, Epistemology, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Social Evolution

Pure Water

philwu wrote 5 days ago: Just for fun, yesterday I used a multimeter to measure the electrical resistance of the water from t … more →

Tags: electricity, Lab

Social dominance hierarchies2 comments

John wrote 5 days ago: Given the dynamic nature of dominance hierarchies among animals, it would be very unlikely to get a … more →

Tags: Evolution, Philosophy, Science, social dominance

Stunning Visualization of Internetting: Map of Science

kmeans wrote 5 days ago: Have you seen the Map of Science? This study, published a few months ago in PLoS One, analyzes the r … more →

Tags: Library, Internet, publications, Science

My interview on "A Blog Around the Clock"

skullsinthestars wrote 5 days ago: As part of the run-up to ScienceOnline’10, Coturnix of A Blog Around the Clock has been runnin … more →

Tags: Personal

Indifferentialism10 comments

John wrote 6 days ago: The Sensuous Curmudgeon has a new (old) take on the accommodationism debate: indifference. To quote … more →

Tags: Humor, Logic and philosophy, Religion, Science

Science in the "dark ages"6 comments

John wrote 6 days ago: God struck down my internet last night, or I’d have posted this sooner: Thony Christie, who ha … more →

Tags: History, Logic and philosophy, Philosophy, Religion, Science

Book review4 comments

John wrote 1 week ago: A guest review by Richard Harter, a member of the Talk.Origins Old Ones… The Medea Hypothesis, … more →

Tags: book, Ecology and Biodiversity, Evolution

Bug Porn, or The Miracle of Insect Reproduction

kmeans wrote 1 week ago: Here’s one I’ve been sitting on for a while: Insects In Flagrante. This great post from … more →

Tags: Natural History, arthropods, Photography, Science

Day 1: Chicago to Lincoln1 comment

teganx7 wrote 1 week ago: I have to compliment the Departments of Transportation for the states of Illinois and Iowa … t … more →

Tags: Friends and Family

In defense of those "dull" scientists12 comments

skullsinthestars wrote 1 week ago: The other day, Chad at Uncertain Principles linked to a very odd argument on the site Medical Hypoth … more →

Tags: The Hell...!?

Stochasticity

halfastro wrote 1 week ago: I was catching up on podcasts at the gym this morning and listened to the most recent episisode of R … more →

Tags: fun stuff

The Linkin' Log: June 21, 20096 comments

skullsinthestars wrote 2 weeks ago: Today seemed like a good day to point out a few interesting tidbits I’ve happened across on th … more →

A brainy post4 comments

John wrote 2 weeks ago: AK’s Rambling Thoughts has an absolutely wonderful post on the role of glial cells in brain fu … more →

The Science and Entertainment Exchange & Unscientific America

mjr256 wrote 2 weeks ago: To restate a comment made by Phil Plait, “Seth MacFarlane rocks.” I also wanted to … more →

Tags: Chris Mooney, Science and Entertainment Exchange, Seth MacFarlane, Unscientific America

Black hole created by Israeli scientists3 comments

mjr256 wrote 2 weeks ago: Israeli scientists have created a black hole capable of sucking in sound: Using Bose-Einstein conden … more →

Tags: Black Hole, Bose-Einstein Condensates, sound, Hawking radiation


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