As Simple As Boiling Water
Simple? Then explain what happens when liquid converts to gas. Hah! Not all that simple, eh smartypants? No, I can't do it either, but Eldred Chimowitz and Yonathan Shapir have created a mathematical model that might just do the trick.
As Unique as a Grain of Sand
I guess I never really thought about the uniqueness of sand, no matter how many times I heard that expression. Microscopy made me think about it—and the corollary notion that every beach and sandpit is unique as well.
Asthma Breakthrough
Researchers at Harvard Medical School may have cracked the mechanism that causes asthma. Is a cure the next step?
At Last, My Instrument Is Taken Seriously
Air guitar—the next generation!
At Last!
Something harder than Chinese Algebra. (Not related to preceding post.)
At the Pub with the Inklings
The Lord of the Rings would have ended quite differently if Tolkien's drinking buddies hadn't talked him out of it.
Atta Boys!
Conn and Hal's Iggulden's The">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR20070… Dangerous Book for Boys has been on my must-read list since it was published here in the States, but Conn's lovely essay, "In Praise of Skinned Knees and Grubby Faces," has catapulted it to the top of my list.
Attention Manly Men!
At last, a big block snowblower.
Attention Must Be Paid
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir! Over 250 computer controlled lobsters, bass, trout, catfish, and sharks perform your musical favorites.
Attention, Nobel Prize Committee!
Phil Ford deserves a Physics prize for his explanation of time as it relates to the beat in the work of James Brown. It's a delightful read.