#science

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tra...

Because, well, yeah, it really is. It's justghastly stuff, and I just do not understand these peopl...

alasdairw Apr 30, 2025

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06423-5...

The actual science behind what happens when you add a drop of water to your whisky. I followed very...

alasdairw Aug 18, 2017

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/3/16/how-man...

A NASA engineer explains the errors introduced by rounding Pi at various scales. More interesting t...

alasdairw Mar 21, 2016

http://www.bldgblog.com/2016/02/landscapes-of-data...

Genetic engineering to make plant genomes hold data: "sit down on a bench, touch your handheld DNA r...

alasdairw Feb 09, 2016

http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/24/paraplegic-walk...

I love stories like this. In between the dead-pig-fucking, and the corruption, and the banal advanc...

alasdairw Sep 24, 2015

http://the-toast.net/2013/09/03/another-lifeless-p...

A beautiful slice of perfectly bleak writing.

alasdairw Sep 18, 2013

http://booktwo.org/notebook/cern/

Here's a nice, easy to understand, and very readable bit of writing about CERN, what they do there,...

alasdairw Mar 03, 2012

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2...

I've never thought of myself as someone who lived in the past, but apparently I am. Bugger.

alasdairw Dec 09, 2011

http://gizmodo.com/5813821/scientists-create-first...

When if is available for humans, sign me up! At least, I think someone should. I'll probably forge...

alasdairw Jun 21, 2011

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience...

Men to be declared obsolete within the next 100 years. Probably for the best.

alasdairw May 06, 2011

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/05/even...

Robots running an evolving algorithm have been shown to spontaneously develop altruism as a benefici...

alasdairw May 06, 2011