Archive for February, 2016
How quality control could save your science : Nature News & Comment
Sunday, February 7th, 2016How QC could save your science
http://www.nature.com/news/how-quality-control-could-save-your-science-1.19223 “Traceable Data” is a key for #ReproducibleResearch via @iddux
http://www.nature.com/news/how-quality-control-could-save-your-science-1.19223
Electric eel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunday, February 7th, 2016Casiquiare canal – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunday, February 7th, 2016it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casiquiare_canal
Light-bulb moment | The Economist
Saturday, February 6th, 2016Light-bulb moment
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21688375-bright-idea-save-beloved-technology-dustbin-light-bulb-moment Perhaps future homes will showcase classic incandescent #bulbs as they do for fireplaces
Saudi City of Jeddah Aims to Build World’s Tallest Tower – WSJ
Friday, February 5th, 2016Jeddah Aims to Build World’s Tallest Tower
http://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-city-of-jeddah-aims-to-build-worlds-tallest-tower-1454409001 Going up as oil is falling; cf Empire State: begun in ’20s & done in ’30s