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Thursday, November 30, 2006

A Simple Turing Pattern

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It all started back in September when Discovery Institute hack Casey Luskin attacked science blogger Chris Mooney , author of The Republica...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Spiral coolness

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This is just too cool! (via Chaotic Utopia )

Kissing Mirror Neurons

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On my return trip from Thanksgiving vacation, I had the pleasure of taking DC's Metro to Union Station. At some point early in the trip...

Belated Congratulations!

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I'm a bit late doing this post (although I did leave a comment when it was fresh), but congratulations on the engagement of two excellen...

Meme propagation experiment

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There's a meme going around the net ( via ) and there's an experiment seeing how fast it spreads. It goes thus: 1. Please link to ...

Sieg Heil, Mein Furry!

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Yesterday I came accross an intersting site while browsing the internets. It's a website called Cats That Look Like Hitler . I guess y...
Sunday, November 19, 2006

Paper Art

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I first saw this on A Blog Around The Clock . Now it seems someone has put the images together into a video slideshow. These were all made...
Sunday, November 12, 2006

0.000... > 0

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When I was in high school, I learned that 0.999... = 1. I found it shocking at first, but after thinking about it, I realized that the proo...
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Would a recount have made a difference?

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A couple of days ago George Allen conceded the Virginia Senatorial race. It was the right move. Here's a quote from his speech (emphas...
Saturday, November 11, 2006

Lithium Ion battery fire

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I found this video today of a laptop lithium ion battery fire. It was done under controlled conditions, so I'm not sure how precisely t...
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Saturday, November 04, 2006

Richard Dawkins in Philadelphia

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On Thursday, Richard Dawkins came to Philadelphia as part of The God Delusion book tour . Since I've been a fan of his writing for man...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Ghosts, Vampires and Zombies

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Recently, the "researchers" Costas J. Efthimiou and Sohang Gandhi came out with a paper entitled Ghosts, Vampires and Zombies: Ci...
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Freaky Halloween

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Last Sunday I went to the Mutter Museum . They were holding a special event (pdf) that I only found out about from a Minnesota based weblo...
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Saturday, October 28, 2006

My personal faith

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Although I have alluded to my religious inclinations in some previous posts, I've not actually come out and unequivocally averred my con...
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Crystal Lava

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This last week, The Geological Society of America held its annual meeting in my home town of Philadelphia. There were all sorts of present...
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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Friggatriskaidekaphobia

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Last night I went to the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia's annual Friday the thirteenth Anti-Superstition Party . Preceding...
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Friday, October 06, 2006

Cirque du Lune

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October 6th was the Harvest Moon . The Harvest Moon is the full moon that fall s nearest the autumnal equinox. It happens right around har...
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Remember ... walking in the sand.

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My sister (the same one from the Katrina video ) took this picture on her recent vacation in Georgia. I thought it was so cool; I just knew...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

INJECTION! Documentary about AIDS and the Tripoli Six

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In my last post about the Tripoli Six, I talked about the Mickey Grant documentary INJECTION ! In this post, I will go into greater detail...
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