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Category Archives: Science

Why I worship Helios

22-Jan-08

This is why.

We Knew, But We Didn’t Care

11-Nov-07

Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their forest friends are "seriously troubled individuals" according to Canadian researchers.

The Time Fountain

11-Nov-07

It all started when my friend Jesse told me that if you get a strobe light fast enough, you can make it look like dripping water is going in slow motion or even backwards.

Things I Learn From My Patients

11-Aug-07

Emergency medical staff do a fantastic job, and, given the stresses of their work, we should understand that they feel the need to blow off some steam.

A Database Solution to Online Bibliographies

05-Aug-07

Sharon at Early Modern Notes tells us of her positive experiences with WikIndx, “a free bibliographic and quotations/notes management and article authoring system designed either for single use (on a variety of operating sytems) or multi-user collaborative use across the internet.”
Now that she has gone through the trouble of finding out how to use such […]

On Memory

14-Jul-07

The conclusions of this report are vaguely reminiscent of this.

Clever Crows

12-Jul-07

A video that makes me wonder about the nature of intelligence. (Embedded video)

The Physics of Medieval Archery

03-Jul-07

Some clever bloke does the maths, and concludes it hardly surprising that the English won at Agincourt.

Most Important Image Ever Taken

04-Jun-07

My personal jury is out on the most important image ever taken. It could be this one (embedded video), but I am more inclined to think that Earth Rising more deserving of the title.
My reasoning is that Earth Rising formed the foundation of the Hubble image: it gave us the insight into the possibility […]

Letter from a museum

04-Jun-07

Sometimes I wish I had the imagination of the man who received this letter. Only sometimes, mind you.