£4.2 Billion Sledgehammer
aka the Large Hadron Collider at Cern.
Wes Phillips
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Don't Try This at Home
Remember kids, open flames and hi-fi are a volatile mix.
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Mistress Bagheera Regrets
Although she's smirking at Huckleberry's antics, you just know Bagheera wishes she'd discovered the CD case first.
Huck Fits In
Holds 400 CDs plus one 16lb cat.
25 Greatest Science Books of All Time
Discover magazine lists its top 25, plus 8 honorable mentions. At first, I was proud of how many I'd read, but as the list went on, I was horrified at how many I own and have been meaning to read. Is it too early to make a 2007 New Year's resolution?
The Next 50 Years
For its 50th anniversary, The New Scientist asked 70 of the world's "most brilliant" scientists to predict the biggest breakthrough in our next 50.
Help Marisa
Marisa Waddell, a collegue of Jon Iverson's over at KCBX, writes:
"I'm doing a pilot study for my thesis and need some help. I put a survey online about new radio technologies, and need 100 completed surveys in the next week. Can you pass the link along to folks you know, who might help?"
"I'm doing a pilot study for my thesis and need some help. I put a survey online about new radio technologies, and need 100 completed surveys in the next week. Can you pass the link along to folks you know, who might help?"
You Think They Take Football Seriously in Texas?
Wait until you see their marching bands! In this performance: Piano Concerto No 2 by Shostakovich, Transfigured Night by Schoenberg, and Symphony No.10 by Shostakovich.
The Last Antiwar Poem?
Rolf Potts argues that Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra" is more timeless than Howl.
Scientist Attempts to Send Message Back in Time
Note to self: Don't go to work tomorrow.