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AC Grayling
The Guardian’s science team posts a fantastic podcast every week, a fine display of science journalistic skill. This week they celebrate their one year anniversary with an excellent interview with philosopher A.C. Grayling. Well worth a listen, with some very interesting insights into God, creationism and the attraction of pseudoscience.
The “anniversary” of the 7/7 attacks
The British writer and influential intellectual Timothy Garton Ash has written a really interesting opinion article for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. You can read the article here, but unfortunately it’s only available in Dutch. What the article is about is best described by the lead: How is it possible that the United States, that [...]
Writer’s block
If you get distracted easily, like I do, but still have to make a deadline, read these ten tips on how to concentrate on writing. They seem pretty obvious, but when you stick to them they might actually help you get the job done.
Top scientist bloggers
Who said scientists are not of this world? They are out there connecting with the rest of us, through their blogs! Nature has searched the Technorati site that indexes blogs, and discovered that some scientists write blogs for quite a large following. Check out the top five of scientist bloggers, and also Nature’s similarly composed [...]
Digg it?
“Digg to allow users to vote for many types of news“, Reuters wrote yesterday. The hype that is Digg.com has reached a new height now that one of the most popular news recommendation sites will present version 3.0 on Monday. Reuters writes: The upgraded Digg.com, due out on Monday, threatens to further disrupt a professional [...]
Dark day for internet neutrality
Everybody’s internet will soon be the rich people’s internet, thanks to an unequivocally unintelligent vote in the US House of Representatives that opens the doors for “toll lanes on the information superhighway”, according to House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. The majority of US politicians have, yet again, interpreted equal rights as equal rights for the [...]
The Pleasure of My Company
This book is definitely worth a read, especially if your life bears an uneasy resemblance to the protagonist’s life… Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Pleasure of My Company: “Martin’s protagonist is Daniel Pecan Cambridge, a thirtyish loser whose life is wrecked by a whole slew of neurotic compulsions and tics. The small, irrational fears that plague most [...]
Fahrenheit 9/11
I just saw Fahrenheit 9/11 and all I can say is: go see it! It’ll blow your mind.
Nobel Museum
I went to the Nobel museum in Stockholm this weekend. Pretty little museum in the centre of the Old Town. It was rather smaller than I expected, but still a must see for all sience wannabees. It breathes an atmosphere of inquisitiveness. Amongst many amusing quotes the museum also featured speeches by Nobel laureates, and [...]
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