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Nick Smith's review of 'The Link' as appeared in Bookdealer magazine, July 2009

nicksmithphoto wrote 5 hours ago: Muddied waters that drug and drown Nick Smith reviews The Link, by Colin Tudge Little, Brown, HB, £1 … more →

Tags: Book Review, Colin Tudge, David Attenborough, Evolution, Fossil, Ida, Missing Link, Palaeontology

The Beautiful Basics of Science

Occam wrote 2 days ago: I am interested in popular science books as a genre and spotted a book called The Canon: The Beautif … more →

Tags: Physics, Science, Books, DNA, Atomic Structure, natalie angier, Chemistry, Science Books

The Future of Air Travel: No Fuel Necessary

Anna Maria Jakubek wrote 3 days ago: The Swiss recently unveiled the Solar Impulse, a prototype of an aircraft that could circle the glob … more →

It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Darpa's Ornithopter!

Anna Maria Jakubek wrote 3 days ago: Darpa, the Pentagon’s advanced-research unit, is making progress on its latest unmanned a … more →

When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro3 comments

augmentedblog wrote 4 days ago: OK, this blog never has been a good source for the breaking news, latest campaigns or new new new ap … more →

Tags: Augmented Publishing, Augmented Reality Software, Augmented Reality, Ge, Shockwave, Web Player

How a science documentary gets made!

mathgeneration wrote 5 days ago: … more →

Tags: Documentary, Ph.D. Comics

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

benjireid wrote 1 week ago: Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World. New York: Random House … more →

Tags: Book Review, Random House, Non-Fiction, Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire, ALA Oustanding Books for the College Bound, Evolutionary Biology, Botany, History

welcome to opposite world...5 comments

gfish wrote 1 week ago: Ah the Templeton Foundation, that bottomless pit of money ready to be doled out to anyone willing to … more →

Tags: Science, Science Education, Skepticism

LUNAR FLYBY

NEAS Blogger wrote 1 week ago: Tomorrow morning, NASA’s newly launched LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite … more →

Tags: Astronomy News, LCROSS, lunar, Moon, NASA

NEW SUNSPOTS

NEAS Blogger wrote 1 week ago: Since 2007, it has been unusual to see even a single spot on the sun. Today there are two. A pair … more →

Tags: Astronomy News, solar, SunSpots

The Future of Magazines?

janetljones wrote 2 weeks ago: Not sure how I feel about this…it is the same idea as the 3D baseball cards that I blogged abo … more →

Tags: Books, Culture, Innovation, Science, technology, Trends, Web, Augmented Reality, 3D Technology

The Mathematical Apocalypse!

mathgeneration wrote 2 weeks ago: Only the true nerds will understand the significance of this xkcd – A Webcomic – Apo … more →

Tags: religulous, apocalypse, Erdos number

Solar Observing - useful links

NEAS Blogger wrote 2 weeks ago: Following on from Peter Meadows’ talk about solar observing, here is the list of weblinks he s … more →

Tags: Astronomy News, Society News, DVD, NOAA, SOHO, solar, Spectra, Sun

1st Augmented Reality Magazine Cover

lizardpak wrote 2 weeks ago: Popular Science cover uses augmented reality Check the cover of my husband’s favorite magazine … more →

Tags: Augmented Reality, Goodby, Silverstein + Partners, Cover, Ge, goodby silverstein & partners

surprise, surprise! everything is just a theory6 comments

gfish wrote 2 weeks ago: Want to make a scientist groan? Listen to a lecture about cutting edge research in his or her area o … more →

Tags: Science, Science Education, Scientific Method, Theories

RECOUNT!

bigredmommy wrote 2 weeks ago: Amid growing unrest, Iran’s Supreme Election Authority will recount certain ballot boxes to in … more →

Tags: News, International News, Iran, election, Iranian election, Voting

why scientists and rock stars don't mix2 comments

gfish wrote 3 weeks ago: Chris Mooney, the co-author of Unscientific America, is wondering whether scientists could ever be r … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Science, Scientists, Celebrities, media

New Evidence Suggests That Using the Internet Might Make You Smarter, Not Rot Your Brain

chevphysics wrote 3 weeks ago: “The simple headline here is that Google is making us smarter,” says Gary Small of the S … more →

Billions spent on bad science

mathgeneration wrote 3 weeks ago: A great example I will share with my statistics students.  If something in true, then the data will … more →

Tags: religulous, statistics, Alternative Medicine


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