Eggs are sexy. They can be safer to eat according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). What was announced on 7 July 2009 is the final rule requiring specific preventive…

Photo Shoots that Should Never Be Done I'm sure I'm not the first to blog about this, but while I was out of the loop for a few days, someone made another hopeless attempt to make nerds look cool:…

I'm a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) fan, and all of you should be too. Most drugs, from pot to tylenol, act on G-protein Coupled Receptors. The pharmaceutical industry would be helpless without…

After a big kerfuffle in March over whether a researcher violated a confidentiality agreement with JAMA, the journal has eased off a bit with an editorial laying out the new policy for reporting…

Today, July 8th, a fun little phenomenon happens - the numbers 7 through 12 all line up thanks to our Western calendar and time. At 10:11 am and 12 seconds today, it will be: July 8, 2009, 10:11:12…

This priceless little pearl of wisdom comes from a graph called the Laffer Curve. It is based on the premise that there is a critical point of government taxation where taxes become counter-…

Who hasn't thought about starting a food fight at a formal dinner function? Telling your interviewer about some embarrassing personal story? The worst thing to do at the wrong time? And then the…

Based on a number of queries on basic structure design, settlement protection, and settlement operations. Firstly, the entire colony does not need to be entirely of domes. Domes can be used for the…

I was having a confusion in deciding how many layers of each material is to be used and the thickness of each layer. Well you need the materials - whatever they are - to perform two functions:a. Be…

To make sense, please read the Introduction entry first.Secondly, how do quantum computers work?Well, quantum computing is largely theoretical today. Although efforts have been made to make quantum…

Recently, I was asked to help around a group that was designing a settlement on the moon. As I worked with them, I found the work increasingly absorbing and I soon started researching some questions…

New Scientist reports on a study that shows how bad “secret questions” are at protecting your accounts: What’s your secret question? Your mother’s maiden name? Your first pet? For many people, facts…

Let me start by saying that I am not an economist. I’ve always been somewhat put off by the topic and felt that it was largely based on supposition and little science. After observing the antics in…

Unfortunately I was right: at least in predicting that the INFN exam dubbed "R5" would not go deserted. The R5 exam, which in exchange for a stressful pair of written tests (which I am trying to get…

"The INFN directorate may have invented the Identity operator in the space of qualifying exams" Guido Volpi (commenting on FB on the very offensive R5 exam held today by INFN post-docs).

Contemplating Eudaimonea Some recent discussions here have prompted me to comment on the ideas of happiness and eudaemonia, which are considerations of note in my work. In fact, I’m currently writing…

Despite the glib use with which people invoke the idea of freedom. Freedom is a scary concept. The ability to do absolutely anything one wishes is simply overwhelming. Of course, in practice this isn…

Look what I found on Quark Expedition website! http://www.blogyourwaytoantarctica.com/blogs/view/257 In a nutshell, Quark is sponsoring a competition to send someone on an eco-cruise of Antarctica in…

What seems to be the problem in recognizing these words as being separate concepts?  Everytime I look there's another abuse of the word "selfish" when "self-interest" is intended.  Ranging…

Stephen Meyer, Signature in a Cell, Part Two.  The central argument of Stephen Meyer’s book, Signature in a Cell, is that coded instruction sets in DNA, just like computer code, require…