Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a tabletop particle accelerator that confirms and improves upon an earlier experiment conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) that produced nuclear fusion at room temperature.
Are there really non-writers anymore? These are good guidelines, though—although I'd quibble about the semicolon advice.
Prions (proteinaceous infectious particles) challenge the central paradigm of contemporary molecular biology. Hint: Think non-Mendelian transfer of hereditary information.
Australian ER residents share their lessons. Sad, funny, and profane, but they ring very true to this former ER orderly. Biggest lesson: If you're minding your own business and see "some guy" or "some dude" headed your way, get gone. Those guys are trouble.
The City was yesterday touched by twenty-seven inches of snow. In the Lower East Side, red, black, and green fire escapes were given pure, white highlights. On Orchard Street, a single figure could possibly be seen trudging through the heavy downfall, an umbrella in one hand, a burning cigarette in the other.
Andrzej Szczeklik muses on how deeply rhythm is rooted in the body. I think I have to add <I>Catharsis</I> to my must-read list.
Nice animated short that's one part <I>Green Lantern</I>, one part <I>The Monkey's Paw</I>, and one part <I>Brazil</I>—that is, if you also watch the director's cut ending.
Unreleased Fillmore East, Fillmore West, and Winterland performances available as 128kbps streams. I haven't been able to get it working completely glitch free, but some of these performances are pretty amazing and I'd buy 'em if they were available in a non-compromised format. Wolfgang, BTW, was Bill Graham's birth name.
Add <I>Jazz and Conversation</I> to your list of favorite sites. Intelligent musings and great musical examples—what's not to love? It's free and you get to discover new music you might not have heard anywhere else.
I emailed my cousin, the gorgeous and talented Jean Carwile Masteller, about the wonders of reading <A HREF="http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:jDVL8c_Arv0J:etext.virginia.edu/toc… Mather</A> on the internets and she countered with the fabulous Whitman Hypertext Archive. Both are courtesy of the University of Virginia's digital library project, where my old friend Thorny Staples is helping Mr. Jefferson's university do wonders in the electronic age.