Whew!
Jul 31st 2005General & nerd alert
Busy week… it’s now about four and a half months (and counting) until I defend, and I’ve finally gotten
Archive for July, 2005
Butterflies: teams and fallacies
Jul 24th 2005nerd alert
It’s always nice when the much-needed proof of evolution turns out to be both beautiful and so simple that even a chemist can understand it.
Eureka!
Jul 22nd 2005laughter & nerd alert
I may never need an original research project again, thanks to Seventh Sanctum: * Electrolyte Luminosaturation *
“Unacceptable” suffering
Jul 19th 2005General
The rich die differently from you and me, but “‘Regardless of wealth, older Americans carry an unacceptable
“Fundamental discovery” overblown
Jul 18th 2005nerd alert
“Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture” — Nature Materials (online July 17 2005, doi:10.1038/nmat1428)
(Technical stuff in the full article…)
Peer review
Jul 18th 2005nerd alert
… critics suggest that some reviewers might be unqualified and others are biased due to personal or professional