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Darwin-Dawkins-Tyson

lostinfootnotes wrote 1 month ago: I’ve just got back from seeing Richard Dawkins read extracts from his latest book ‘The G … more →

Tags: navel gazing, RIchard Dawkins, Evolution, neil degrasse tyson

Baby Baby Baby You're Out Of Time - Hyperpost 45 comments

Andrew Hickey wrote 3 months ago: One possible path of the positions of three particles, from Julian Barbour's The End Of Time What th … more →

Tags: Science, Comics, quantum physics, hypertime, hyperpost, Wibble, Cosmology, almost certainly gibberish

Linked

mjdelia wrote 4 months ago: I first picked up this book because I thought this book was about the world’s most prevalent n … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Ideas!, Connections, Hubs, Internet, Links, Networks

The World Without Us

mjdelia wrote 4 months ago: It’s hard to know where to start with this book. Simply put, it’s a brilliant read. Wise … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Ideas!, apocalypse, Nature, post-human

White covers on nonfiction books1 comment

Jake Seliger wrote 5 months ago: What gives with the numerous pop science nonfiction books with white covers? Both Gladwell books I o … more →

Tags: Books, nonfiction, book jackets, dust jackets, Book covers

Snoop3 comments

brideofthebookgod wrote 5 months ago: So, given my well-known tendency to examine other people’s bookcases whenever I get the opport … more →

Tags: Reviews, Being really nosy

On marketing, movies, and Geoffrey Miller's Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior and more

Jake Seliger wrote 6 months ago: In “Why are so many movies awful?“, I quoted the fascinating New Yorker story “The … more →

Tags: Books, Links, Culture, nonfiction, Geoffrey Miller, Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior, spent

Science according to Dr. Kamal Haasan

Arunn wrote 7 months ago: Today’s Cinema Plus carries an interview with Kamal Sir[*]. As usual Kamal’s uncanny wit … more →

Tags: Asides, Science Grade 5 & 6, Atom Bomb, bad science, BUTTERFLY EFFECT, chaos theory, Dasavatharam, Dasavatharam Movie, kamal haasan

Today in bad reporting: music causes boning

thepostpasseist wrote 9 months ago: BBC NEWS | Health | Music linked to teen sex habits. My favorite part about these pop science articl … more →

Tags: Art, Music, Bad Reporting

pop-science with a bit of meat on the bones1 comment

jeffmahaney wrote 1 year ago: Julian Jaynes’ The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind is a very in … more →

Tags: nonfiction, Consciousness

pop-science with a bit of meat on the bones1 comment

jeffmahaney wrote 1 year ago: Julian Jaynes’ The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind is a very in … more →

Tags: nonfiction, Consciousness

Trying Not To Freak Out6 comments

matttbastard wrote 1 year ago: by matttbastard Is this what they call ‘baffling them with bullshit?’ Cos, brother, cons … more →

Tags: Academia, Economics, PopCult, Privilege, Race, Racial Issues, Sociology, stupidity, US

Why science writing is hard -- Andrew Sullivan (and surrogates) illustrate.2 comments

Tom wrote 1 year ago: Outsourced largely to a e-mailer to Andrew Sullivan’s blog. The back story: A study in the jou … more →

Tags: science writing, numbers, Medicine, good public communication of science, Journalism and its discontents, Food, andrew sullivan, obesity, Innumeracy

Secercah harapan dari Biotek

essencehoney wrote 1 year ago: Biofarming Menjadi Potensi Bioteknologi Indonesia Senin, 16 Juni 2008 | 16:24 WIB | JAKARTA, SENIN - … more →

Tags: technology

Tahukah Anda....

essencehoney wrote 1 year ago: Masih ingat kasus Buyat? Itu mungkin hanya salah satu dari beberapa kasus mengenai pencemaran lingku … more →

Tags: Tahukah Anda ?, science for kids

Pop Science Journalists Cause Mental Anguish2 comments

Nimravid wrote 1 year ago: ABOUT A MONTH ago I reported on a better-resolution metazoan tree of life. This week the article cam … more →

Tags: Phylogenetics, Cladistics, Evolution, evolutionary trees, saber-tooth

Freakonomics Sold How Much, You Say?2 comments

laggleton wrote 1 year ago: Well, over 3 million actually. So it’s hardly surprising that a new wave of pop-economics book … more →

Tags: Books, Economics


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