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2013-05-24 15:18:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Cognitive Science of Star Trek: Kirk, Spock, emotion and reason. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/05/24/the-cognitive-science-of-star-trek/

2013-05-24 00:04:08 (7 comments, 9 reshares, 17 +1s)

"After any process that leaves behind survivors, the non-survivors are often destroyed or rendered mute or removed from your view. If failures becomes invisible, then naturally you will pay more attention to successes. Not only do you fail to recognize that what is missing might have held important information, you fail to recognize that there is missing information at all." http://youarenotsosmart.com/2013/05/23/survivorship-bias/

2013-05-23 21:05:26 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

There's a derelict atom smasher nestled in the middle of suburban Washington DC: The old Atomic Physics Observatory, built in 1938. Wonderful photos! http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2013/05/scientific-ruins-defunct-atom-smasher.html

2013-05-23 20:47:26 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Can science bake a better apple pie? Students in this college class learn about the physics of food: http://lati.ms/ll0WV

2013-05-23 20:46:06 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

A Natural History of Fluoride (following the anti-fluoridation vote in Port|and) Wired Science  http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/a-natural-history-of-fluoride/ …

2013-05-23 19:26:33 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

The Bra Designers And Seamstresses Who Made the Moon Landing Possible by designing spacesuits Are Getting Their Own Movie http://www.themarysue.com/nasa-bra-spacesuit-movie/ 

2013-05-23 19:19:02 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Strange Dark Matter Interactions Could Create Galactic Disks and Dark Light http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/double-disk-dark-matter/

2013-05-23 19:09:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

An Interplanetary GPS: Spacecraft could determine their position anywhere in the solar system using signals from x-ray pulsars, say astronomers. http://techre.vu/16UJt6t 

2013-05-23 19:04:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

LEGO Thing of the Day: Life-Size Star Wars X-Wing Fighter Built Out of 5 Million LEGO Bricks -  http://laughingsquid.com/life-size-star-wars-x-wing-fighter-built-out-of-5-million-lego-bricks

2013-05-23 19:01:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Deciphering the Strange Mathematics of Cicadas: "There is safety in numbers; or at least, survival in numbers." http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/05/23/deciphering-the-strange-mathematics-of-cicadas-video/

2013-05-23 18:58:44 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Art and Science of the Diagram: Communicating the Knowledge of the Heavens, the Earth and the Arcane http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/05/23/the-art-and-science-of-the-diagram-communicating-the-knowledge-of-the-heavens-the-earth-and-the-arcane-final-part/ 

2013-05-23 18:51:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Microbial Misadventures: Exploits in Botulism & Pruno In Our Prison Population : Body Horrors http://bit.ly/1306Ghm

2013-05-23 18:47:18 (4 comments, 15 reshares, 16 +1s)

New Web series. "Actual conversations with my two-year-old daughter, as re-enacted by me and another full grown man."

2013-05-23 18:42:56 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

An Overdose of Copernicus? Our Universe Might Yet Be Special - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus http://nautil.us/blog/an-overdose-of-copernicus-our-universe-might-yet-be-special

2013-05-23 18:40:17 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

Man builds induction-powered LED engagement ring, wins at everything http://io9.com/man-builds-induction-powered-led-engagement-ring-wins-509501196

2013-05-22 23:37:10 (9 comments, 31 reshares, 49 +1s)

Physicists show they can entangle two photons that don't even exist at the same time. http://bit.ly/185VUfa

2013-05-22 23:22:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Watch Steven Universe, the First Cartoon Network Series Created by a Woman http://www.themarysue.com/steven-universe-first-episode/

2013-05-22 23:19:40 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 19 +1s)

This zoetrope features round wheel of chocolate bird characters that seem to come to life as device spins. http://youtu.be/bU8a1t99rQs

2013-05-22 23:04:18 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

U of Illinois's Krista Varady has found that alternate day fasting can help participants shed pounds and lower their cholesterol and blood pressure. http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2013/05/22/fasting-new-fad-diet/ 

2013-05-22 23:00:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The scent of a kitten: Fear may smell like cats, if you're a mouse http://j.mp/12vKxqV

2013-05-22 22:57:27 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Need to send a message to a neighbor? You have a footman? Good. All you do is attach him to a hydrogen balloon, which will make him much lighter"

2013-05-22 22:52:35 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

How Fast Does the Earth Rotate? Really, really fast, says Universe Today's Fraser Cain http://youtu.be/YKswo9Nq0Uo 

2013-05-22 22:48:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

The Mechanical Beauty of Early Automatons http://io9.com/the-mechanical-beauty-of-early-automatons-509247280

2013-05-22 22:45:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Art of Science, A Princeton University Art Gallery Featuring Artistic Science Photos and Diagrams http://laughingsquid.com/art-of-science-a-princeton-university-art-gallery-featuring-artistic-science-photos-and-diagrams/

2013-05-22 13:01:08 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 5 +1s)

a guide for scientists on giving comments (on other people's studies) to journalists http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/22/a-guide-for-scientists-on-giving-comments-to-journalists/ …

2013-05-22 06:06:19 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

The E-Cat is back, and people are still falling for it. "If this were an undergraduate science experiment, I’d give the kids an F."@startswithabang dismembers new E-Cat claims. http://on.natgeo.com/10kgioE 

2013-05-22 01:17:05 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 8 +1s)

Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories http://nyti.ms/YW7q7P

2013-05-22 01:08:36 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

New papers unearthed reveal details on Dr Angelo Mosso's Machine to Weigh the Soul : Neuroskeptic http://bit.ly/10khvcl

2013-05-22 00:57:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Medical Lawsuit to challenge traditional treatment of intersex infants: Stop Wrecking Babies' Genitals! http://io9.com/stop-wrecking-our-genitals-509168259

2013-05-22 00:43:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Fat Tuesday: Hungry for Love. The neuroscience of comfort food @illusionchasers: http://lnkd.in/shjE2s

2013-05-21 22:01:04 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 4 +1s)

Engineers at Harvard University have figured out a way to make microscopic sculptures of roses, tulips and violets, each smaller than a strand of hair.

2013-05-21 20:01:53 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Awesome Photos Show Efforts to Preserve Historic Apollo Rocket Engines | Wired Science | Wired.com http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/bezos-apollo-conservation/

2013-05-21 19:28:06 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Why do we get pruney fingers? Mark Changizi explains for TED-Education. http://youtu.be/k7ve_ibAY1s

2013-05-21 19:18:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Physics, Metaphysics & Cosmology Collide in New E-Book, Possibilities in Parallel: Seeking the Multiverse http://bit.ly/18fT6tK  

2013-05-21 17:19:47 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

What was the drink of choice in Medieval Europe? No, not mead. Water. What? EXPLAINED: http://slate.me/10j1DtX 

2013-05-21 17:15:34 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ. "Look, you’re getting very upset, and this is just the first scene of the movie." http://io9.com/star-trek-into-darkness-the-spoiler-faq-508927844

2013-05-21 16:47:27 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

An Unheralded Breakthrough: The Rosetta Stone of Mathematics http://bit.ly/12rV1Yc 

2013-05-21 16:40:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The rise of geomedia? "Amanda Ghassaei's project "Laser Cut Record" features music inscribed directly into cut discs of maple wood, acrylic, and paper, resulting in lo-fi but playable records." http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/geomedia.html

2013-05-21 16:40:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Prizes for the Higgs to Atlas, CMS, Peter Jenni, Michael Della Negra and Tejinder Virdee from the EPS
http://eps-hepp.web.cern.ch/eps-hepp/hepp-prize-awards.php …

2013-05-21 16:34:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Made from custom made structural steel, custom LEDs and recycled bicycle parts, the lights project colorful silhouettes of sprockets and other pieces onto the otherwise drab cement underpass." http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/05/recycled-bike-part-chandeliers-under-a-texas-overpass

2013-05-21 16:27:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

American Physicists and the Under-rating of Experiments http://on.natgeo.com/10MmfKP

2013-05-21 16:26:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Can cultural factors be more important than censorship in shaping Chinese surfing habits? Two researchers argue that a new study of the way global websites cluster together supports this idea. http://www.technologyreview.com/view/515056/how-the-great-firewall-of-china-shapes-chinese-surfing-habits/

2013-05-21 16:19:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Love Sabine Hossenfelder's review of Smolin's new book, because she captures what is simultaneously maddening and endearing/admirable about physicists: (1) a tendency to criticize and come off as nitpicky -- (2) yet this tendency stems from passion, intellectual rigor and a refreshing willingness to challenge and be challenged. :) http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-time-reborn-by-lee-smolin.html

"Oddly enough however, I enjoyed reading the book. Not despite, but because I had something to complain about on every page. It made me question my opinions, and though I came out holding on to them, I learned quite something on the way."

2013-05-21 16:15:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Hills and other topology can have interesting and complex effects on a flowfield. http://fuckyeahfluiddynamics.tumblr.com/post/50991687611/hills-and-other-topology-can-have-interesting-and

2013-05-21 16:09:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+Sean Carroll (a.k.a. The Time Lord) has some thoughts on Lee Smolin's Time Reborn. http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/05/21/time-born-again/ …

2013-05-21 16:07:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Embodied cognition and guns on the brain. "something about holding the gun seemed to prime the brain to see a gun in the other person’s hand." http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2013/05/21/guns-on-the-brain/ 

2013-05-21 16:04:49 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 13 +1s)

+Felicia Day on new #StarTrek: "seriously, in the future not one woman over 40 is in charge in this world?!  How can that happen?" http://feliciaday.com/blog/start-trek-musings-etc-and-spoilers-so-no-complaints

2013-05-21 15:57:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

+Kathryn Clancy is really fun at parties. "Like many anthropologists in human biology, I have a freezer full of other people’s spit and pee from past projects."

2013-05-21 15:54:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Story Trumps Everything: an Interview with @deborahblum, a.k.a. The Poison Queen http://www.scilogs.com/communication_breakdown/deborah-blum/

2013-05-21 15:52:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Dyson Spheres are hypothetical mega-systems which surround a star in order to absorb energy. Think of it as a curved array of solar panels with the sun in the center, except that the panel units could be composed of many individual satellites, called "Dyson Rings", or take a solid "shell-like" structure which make up the sphere." http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/postcards-from-the-universe