May 2013
2 posts
“There is more variation in the way people say things than in the the things they...”
March 2013
11 posts
Discovered Alba’s edge, playing what they...
Consumerist:
We would pour one out for Chivas Brothers in remembrance of the loss of about 18,000 liters of Scotch whisky, but, well, plenty has been poured out already. Workers accidentally flushed around $750,000 worth of bulk whisky instead of the waste water they were supposed to dispose of at a bottling plant in Scotland this week.
February 2013
13 posts
Watchmaxistentialist:
Hi Anne.
OK So I’ve been proud to know the creators of Cards Against Humanity for a long time now (and proud of it having been tested in my apartment, and for inventing the gambling rule). I beamed with pride when I got my first Kickstarter set and again each of the dozens of times someone I introduced the game to insisted that we play it again. I was so happy for these...
Wiki: List of unsolved problems in mathematics →
Ok, fine, I’ll admit it: pure math is cool sometimes.
FACT: Every female Senator just voted for the... →
January 2013
19 posts
“A Top Chef critique of the future?: “I’m sorry. The fungus you used just...”
– The Evolution of a Fungus with Good Taste
Fun thought:
Would you pay a penny each time you used Google in exchange for no ads or data tracking? How would this change the way you use the internet? Would you pay 5 cents? A dollar?
maxistentialist:
The Raw Story:
A prosecutor in Lapeer, Michigan says, “No harm, no foul,” after a charter school took the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) advice and hired a armed security guard who promptly left his handgun unattended in a student bathroom.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
(via wilwheaton)
Ants disinfect their young by drooling backside... →
The garden ant and the cockroach wasp are just two new examples of insects acting as their own pharmacists—using self-made chemicals to defend themselves against bacteria. In the simplest strategies, they groom themselves with defensive chemicals. Ants and termites do this, as do rove beetles groom themselves, which use a substance called stenusine to walk on water as well as repel fungi and...
“Does NIH fund innovative work? Does Nature care about publishing accurate...”
– Does NIH fund innovative work? Does Nature care about publishing accurate articles? | Simply Statistics
Prediction seen here first
There will be a significant changes in the composition of political parties, at least in the House of Reps, by April 2012.
One scenario I see has highly likely is that Dems continue to reach out to moderate Republicans, and that this coalition becomes a group that can, with increasing frequency, work around Boehner or the new speaker. It is possible that this shift actually hurts Dems.
seamuxfinny:
here is a website where you can play cards against humanity for free
you’re welcome
December 2012
18 posts
Connection between Pharma and DSM update to... →
13 Top Science Articles of 2012 →
Excellent curation by Ed Yong.
