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The Beagle Project, bloggers and beer
A few blogging folks in and around London met on Wednesday on Bora’s visit for a tour of the Darwin Center. It was great fun, especially the later part when I started shaking all over (only partly...
View ArticleGoodbye to John Archibald Wheeler
A very personal tribute at Cosmic Variance by Daniel Holz.
View ArticleAnal Evolution
No, no. This isn’t from the tasteless blurb on the cover of a Creationist book. This is about research on the evolution of anus published at Nature Magazine. “The very simple question is how to get...
View ArticleViolence and intimidation in Orissa: A spontaneous reaction?
Somini Sengupta writes about the recent religion incited violence in Orissa at NY Times. A Bajrang Dal leader offers an explanation that is the veneer on the surface of the violent brand of nationalism...
View ArticleThe American Transformation
Rebecca Traister writes at Spiegel How could Jesse Jackson not cry, standing in that crowd, realizing that whatever hurt time and generational difference might have inflicted on his project and his...
View ArticleA piece of India on the moon
The realization of a dream. I believe we still need an inspiring campaign to create awareness and thereby generate enthusiasm among the taxpayers. Whatever lies ahead, this is a great day for the...
View ArticleMachiavelli must be shot
because he is the archetype of all those who hold that end justifies means. Wearing Machiavelli’s shoes comes World-is-Flat-and-Black-and-White Mr Friedman, madly dancing with his column in NY Times on...
View ArticleAstonishing decadence in American Television
Well, you knew that already. Anyway, here’s something to read and fume about. Here in the island, things aren’t great either. The inanely orchestrated coverage at the BBC leading up to the release of...
View ArticleHow close can you get to a Neutron Star
So, there’s a new heavier neutron star that has been found. Here’s a question: How close can we physically get to it while still keeping most of the atoms in our body intact? We seem to be OK at 3000...
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