Popular Science
When I was young, I had a vast collection of old Popular Science magazines. I used to spend hours poring over them. I memorized vast numbers of strange machines, weird inventions, and odd facts...
Tagged: science
Whole Earth Discipline
I’m currently reading Stewart Brand’s latest book, Whole Earth Discipline. It’s basically about how he has changed his mind on the environmental effects of: Urbanization Nuclear Power Genetically Engineered Crops I’ll talk about the...
The 5 Stages of a Dismal Scientific Revolution
In most people’s minds, the recent financial crisis has been the last nail in the coffin of the Chicago School of Economics’ philosophies. That’s certainly what members of the saltwater school think, and I...
OSTP vs. ACM
As part of President Obama’s Open Government Initiative, the Office of Science & Technology Policy is asking for feedback from the public about public access to the results of federally funded research. Unfortunately, the...
Sapolsky’s 2009 Class Day Lecture
Robert Sapolsky is always fun to listen to. He gave the class day lecture at Stanford last spring. It’s a neat talk about what makes us humans the uniquerest (his word, not mine) animal....
The Royal Society @ 350
The Royal Society turns 350 next year. They’ve set up a cool website as part of their celebration. It contains a timeline which lets you scroll through and see some of the more important...
Sudbury, the Big Nickel, and BIFs
When I lived in Canada as a child we were always taking these long road trips to see the sights. Some of the places were more interesting that others. One that I remember from...
Neuronovels
Marco Roth has an interesting article about the Neuronovel in n+1. Neuronovel is his term for a notable trend in fiction over the last decade or so. I’m sure you’ve noticed that in a...
