Ah, the crackpot session: a staple of APS conferences, though not one I’ve ever seen discussed in polite company. I’m disappointed they didn’t mention the checkerboard model of the nucleus, though.
Posts tagged science
Michael Mann’s “hockey stick”? That little grey bit at right. Its only flaw was that it didn’t go back far enough, even if the conclusions it led to were already damning.
(via The Atlantic)
Science remains institutionally sexist.
The first line of text on Nature’s website for their special issue on Women in Science.
(via @BenLillie, R/T by @Ng_Dave)
If I’d been drinking anything, there would have been a full-blown spit-take when I got to the caption.
Heroes of Science Action Figures!!
These heroes of modern science, modeled off of old Star Trek action figures, are AWESOME. Sadly, these are digitally painted, so we can only hold them on our computer screens, and not in our hands.
I know there are a ton of other scientists who could be added to the list (especially more women), but I’m not the one who had to spend hours rendering these, so I’ll just bask in the science-y glory as it stands. Who would you add?
(visit *datazoid on deviantART for a high resolution image and to find out how they were made)
Action figures are cool and all, but I would pay good money for Lego minifigs.
Colliding Control Rooms, Then and Now…
The top photo features the control room of Russia’s now-defunct Synchrophasotron, opened in 1957, and the bottom photo features the control room of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
I’m digging the chandelier and parquet flooring back in the day. CERN, take notes.
Reblogging for future reference.
Seth Meyers on the Steroid Era of storms.
From last night’s Late Night filmed during Sandy, with no audience members.
At least someone in New York is hitting home runs in October. Bravo, Seth Meyers!
The budget proposal put forth by Governor Romney poses additional uncertainties that at this time cannot be quantified.
From the APS News’ Washington Dispatch, October 2012. Click through for a comparison of the two candidates’ proposals.
Inman strikes again.
(via @BadAstronomer)
