Archive for the ‘PopSci’ Category

Vitamin D on Trial | The Scientist

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://the-scientist.com/2012/03/01/vitamin-d-on-trial/#disqus_thread

Does beer make you blush? or, why “race” is a myth | Puff the Mutant Dragon

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://puffthemutantdragon.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/does-beer-make-you-blush-or-why-race-is-a-myth

Genomics as a Final Frontier, or Just a Way Station – NYTimes.com

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/health/views/genomics-as-a-final-frontier-or-just-a-way-station.html?_r=1

Cosmic Log – What’s living on your smartphone?

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/24/10499512-whats-living-on-your-smartphone

Pixels or Perish » American Scientist

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/pixels-or-perish B Hayes on postscript images & interactive graphics
http://www.americanscientist.org/sp/pyramid

Seven equations that rule your world – physics-math – 13 February 2012 – New Scientist

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328516.600-seven-equations-that-rule-your-world.html
http://www.newscientist.com/articleimages/mg21328516.600/1-seven-equations-that-rule-your-world.html
wave eqn., FFT, 4 Maxwell Eqn. , Schrodinger Eqn

Heads Up for Smart Phone Glasses: Scientific American Podcast

Friday, February 24th, 2012

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=heads-up-for-smartphone-glasses-12-02-23

Big trees in trouble: How the mighty are falling – life – 01 February 2012 – New Scientist

Monday, February 20th, 2012

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328491.800-big-trees-in-trouble-how-the-mighty-are-falling.html

Article: To Know, but Not Understand: David Weinberger on Science and Big Data – David Weinberger – Technology – The Atlantic

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

are network models without understand really satisfying?
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/to-know-but-not-understand-david-weinberger-on-science-and-big-data/250820

The nature of humanity: What’s a man? | The Economist

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Extension of cortical synaptic development distinguishes humans from chimpanzees and macaques
http://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2012/01/30/gr.127324.111.long

http://www.economist.com/node/21545972