For the politically inclined scientist in all of us:
A link to the “Bush and Kerry on the scientific issues” article that I wrote about a few weeks ago. It’s now available for free, no subsription required.
Counterbalancing this rep[…]

Euler and Maxwell tied at 1st place
Yes, yes, another Proven by Science story courtesy of BBC news. A mix of equations both mathematical and physical-phenomenal, voted for by Physics World. That list in full.
I’m going to throw in some controve[…]

u = win cz ur stranger
1337-h4x0R and tw33n3r (= txt in the uk) and AIMchat going clear as near-mainstream humour
wonkette channels Blah, Blah Black Sheep‘s joke (w.add-ons) on the DC Emergency text alert system: “OMG WMD WTF!”
p[…]

Ig Nobel awards
This year’s Ig Nobel prizes have been announced (Guardian article). The economics award goes to the man who invented karaoke, the medicine one to someone who claims a link between country music and suicide, but the best is the e[…]

Dirty Lies…
This is not what I go to Popbitch for, but it was there in the middle of their briefing otherwise stuffed to the gills with prurient details about gay pop stars.
>> Dirty Lies[…]

the trust issue
[ps i don’t think i made a remotely clear point in three tries in the comments to barry’s post below! (memo to self: don’t post when you got up at 6am fact-checking footnotes), and i think i’ll leave it for an[…]

The Open Access Debate : To be Free, or Not to be Free?
Preamble: I was endlessly undecided about this issue. I mulled this over, wrote some stuff, mulled some more, wrote more a few days later, decided everything I wrote was crap, mulled again, deci[…]

Brain damage
I wrote here a while ago about some aphasias, linguistic losses due to brain damage that say perhaps surprising things about the way the brain processes language. I’ve been reading about some other losses, not just around language,[…]

i don’t know, FIRST they say it’s bad for you, THEN they say it’s good for you[…]

Stop eating your spinach — the future of hydro may depend on it
Spinach Could Power Better Solar Cells
They report a light-to-electrical efficiency of 12%, which in itself isn’t bad. I believe that’s not atypical even for “c[…]