Archive for the ‘PopSci’ Category

Global Warming Deniers Well Funded – Newsweek and The Daily Beast

Monday, July 9th, 2012

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/08/13/the-truth-about-denial.html The truth about denial from Newsweek

Physicists Find Particle That Could Be the Higgs Boson – NYTimes.com

Monday, July 9th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/science/cern-physicists-may-have-discovered-higgs-boson-particle.html?pagewanted=all

Building an organ on a chip

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

http://www.technologyreview.com/demo/427992/building-an-organ-on-a-chip/
Interesting video

Correction algorithms extend the reach of genome sequencing : Nature News & Comment

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/news/correction-algorithms-extend-the-reach-of-genome-sequencing-1.10924

JASON past, present, and future: The world’s most independent defence science advisers : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Sunday, July 1st, 2012

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v477/n7365/full/477397a.html

Fetal tests spur legal battle : Nature News & Comment

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/news/fetal-tests-spur-legal-battle-1.10894

Data in High Energy Physics

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

High-Energy Physicists Set Record for Network Data Transfer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111213144715.htm

High-energy physics: Down the petabyte highway
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110119/full/469282a.html

Particle physics has been a trendsetter in developing the
infrastructure to push petabytes from central detectors (often at CERN) around the world.

Article: Why we owe it all to Alan Turing

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

http://gigaom.com/europe/why-we-owe-it-all-to-alan-turing

Data in High Energy Physics

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

High-Energy Physicists Set Record for Network Data Transfer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111213144715.htm

High-energy physics: Down the petabyte highway
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110119/full/469282a.html

Daily chart: Eating disorder | The Economist

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/06/daily-chart-11?fsrc=scn%2Fgn_ec%2Feating_disorder