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When Einstein Was Bohemian
His brief sojourn in Prague saw him working on early versions of general relativity and engaging with writers, philosophers and politicians
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The Illusion of Genetic Romance
Matchmaking based on “DNA compatibility” may sound intriguing, but the underlying science is hardly convincing
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The Cancer Industry: Hype vs. Reality
Cancer medicine generates enormous revenues but marginal benefits for patients...
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Incredible Hulk Anatomy
Image of the Week #44, May 29th, 2012:
From: Incredible Hulk Anatomy by Glendon Mellow at Symbiartic .
Researchers Discover Hacker-Ready Computer Chips
A pair of security researchers in the U.K. have released a paper [PDF] documenting what they describe as the “first real world detection of a backdoor” in a microchip—an opening that could allow a malicious actor to monitor or change the information on the chip...
CalCharge Building a Battery Innovation Ecosystem
A new public-private partnership was announced today between CalCEF and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The goal of this new partnership – dubbed CalCharge - is to create a regional ecosystem to spur innovation in energy storage (battery) technologies...
#SciAmBlogs Monday - Stress and antidepressants, bacterial suicide, Geek Manifesto, Quartzy, and more.
- Scicurious - Stress and antidepressants: by their powers combined - S.E. Gould - The Bacteria that Commit Honourable Suicide - Adam Smith - Geek Like Me: The Experiment of a Junior Science Journalist - Santiago Fernandez-Barrera - USC Dornsife Scientific Diving: Diving into Apra Harbor’s Western Shoals and CB Junkyard - Joanne Manaster - Monkeys!...
ScienceOnline2012 interview with Adam Regelmann
Every year I ask some of the attendees of the ScienceOnline conferences to tell me (and my readers) more about themselves, their careers, current projects and their views on the use of the Web in science, science education or science communication...
Open Laboratory 2013 - submissions so far
It is now expected by the science blogosphere that I post the full updated listing of all the submissions every Monday morning. This serves as a reminder for bloggers to submit their (and other people’s) posts, and to some extent prevents duplicate entries...
Monkeys! Synthesizers! Nature and Tech Together!
If you gave an infinite number of (or six) monkeys (and related, which I think means mammals) an infinite (also six) number of synthesizers, will they eventually produce Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, or ACDC's Back in Black or, well, anything?Someone thought they'd give it a go as an advertisement for Voltfestivalen -- The place to go to experience the best new electronic music and art.Filmed at Skansenakvariet -- The place to go to experience unique wildlife in Stockholm.I was just tickled at this video...
What's Smaller Than Mark Zuckerberg?
The Facebook IPO earlier this month left us a bit disappointed. There were financial and ethical let-downs. But the over-arching surprise is that people were misled in advance about the value of the company...
#SciAmBlogs Friday - transit of Venus, medical education, Rio+20, Space X, optical illusions, and more.
For those of you in the USA, have a great long holiday weekend. For the rest - we're not going anyway, check in every now and then for new posts...- Cheryl Murphy - Visualize and Score… BIG! - Jennifer Ouellette - Sic Transit Venus - Ilana Yurkiewicz - Are medical schools squashing creativity?...
What Will Make Facebook's Eduardo Saverin Happier: U.S. Citizenship or $67 Million?
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his U.S. citizenship, reportedly to save an estimated $67 million on his tax bill (Saverin denies that the decision was based on financial considerations)...
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