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Uncommondescent Unfockinghappy Unfockingfortunately
Uncommondescent makes Jesus facepalmAbout a week or so ago, I noticed a spike in traffic to a post I wrote. The post was about how I see science being written and disseminated more and more from a PR...
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The damages of the heavy metal
by @ulaulaman via @verascienza about #heavymetal #chemistry #health A heavy metal is any metal or metalloid of environmental concern. The term originated with reference to the harmful effects of...
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Molecular modeling and physics: A tale of two disciplines
The LHC is a product of both time and multiple disciplinesIn my professional field of molecular modeling and drug discovery I often feel like an explorer who has arrived on the shores of a new...
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Vertebrate sexual systems
Awesome figure of the sexual systems used by 2,145 vertebrates species (705 fish, 173 amphibian, 593 non-avian reptilian, 195 avian, 479 mammalian).Similar figures for plants and invertebrates.Tree...
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Brazuca, a Pogorelov's ball
posted by @ulaulaman about #Brazuca #geometry #WorldCup2014 #Brazil2014 Brazuca is the ball of the World Cup 2014. The particular pattern of its surface is a consequence of the Pogorelov's theorem...
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Rock Mosses
Black rock-moss Andreaea rupestris, photographed by Sture Hermansson.Upon first examining the picture above, you might think that you were looking at a patch of moss. Which would not be an unreasonable...
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Geology and Generals: How Geology influenced the Gettysburg Campaign (Part I.)
“Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.”The Art of War, by Sun TzùIn...
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The Cable Companies Want to Control our Internet Access. We are so hosed.
If you’re reading this, you care deeply about net neutrality - even if you don’t know what it means. How would you like to pay 2, 3, or maybe 10 times as much to access all the websites you frequent?...
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73rd Carnival of Evolution: World Cup Edition
Welcome to the 2014 Carnival of Evolution World Cup of evolution blog posts.We have an exciting post ahead of us today where we will find the winner of the inaugural CoE World Cup. Entered posts will...
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July 2014 Desktop Calendar
July Desktop Calendar 1 - Single click on the image to open it up in a new window. (If you use the image directly from the blog post you will lose a lot of resolution.) 2 - Right-click (or ctrl-click)...
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Genius and Einstein: From 'Great Man' to 'Every Man'?
Einstein is the poster child for genius because he was a geniusThe American organic chemist Robert Burns Woodward was a genius; the craft at which he excelled better than anyone else was making...
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A trigonometric proof of the pythagorean theorem
by @ulaulaman via @MathUpdate http://t.co/LJX8gSX7xf \[\alpha + \beta = \frac{\pi}{2}\] \[\sin (\alpha + \beta) = \sin \frac{\pi}{2}\] \[\sin \alpha \cdot \cos \beta + \sin \beta \cdot \cos \alpha =...
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Psenulus: Silk-Weaving Wasps
Female Psenulus pallipes carrying an aphid back to her nest. Copyright Jeremy Early.Because I am an obsessive-compulsive weirdo, I spend a good chunk of my spare time at home sorting through biology...
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The clearest essay on physics I have read: The beauty and clarity of Paul...
Paul Dirac was sort of the Ernest Hemingway of physics, only better. Both his equations and his prose were as tight, spare and to the point as Hemingway. But unlike the delightfully rough-hewn...
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A morphological interpretation of traits
Have a look at this short video. Do you think it works?It is supposed to show that new species form when traits are subject to trade-offs. However, in the actual model, those traits govern resource...
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The complex truth about "smart" drugs
In 'Limitless', a cognitive enhancement pillenables Bradley Cooper's character to finishhis novel in four days, learn to play the pianoin three and make millions on the stock marketin two weeks.There...
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Goodbye Florida; so long NOLA
A warming global climate will result in a sea level rise, period. How much of a rise depends upon lots of variables. But in many areas even a fraction of the potential rise will endanger really...
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Mrs. Phactor's gardens
A number of readers have requested that TPP feature Mrs. Phactor's gardens in some of his blogs. Well, they are completely right; he should and will. A number of the flowers have been featured on...
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Oh, no, she's back!
Conservatives' fascination with Sarah Palindrone is a puzzling phenomenon. TPP has never heard the woman say anything interesting, clear, or remotely profound. Her chatter consists of political sound...
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Quiet fountain in a hosta bed
Here's another very charming feature in Mrs. Phactor's gardens. In a shady copse under a couple of huge sugar maple trees Mrs. Phactor has a large bed of big old hostas that surround a small fountain...
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