doubtingmarcus:

More Shit Skeptics Say

If you consider yourself skeptical at all then take the time and laugh at yourself. This is the first of two sequels to Shit Skeptics Say which came out today.

Even More Shit Skeptics Say

Skeptically Pwnd

theabsolution:

Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies

jtotheizzoe:

The trouble with retractions

Retractions of scientific papers are up 10-fold, but publishing rates are only up by 44%. What gives? Why is so much research being pulled back, or worse, declared fraudulent?

(via Nature News)

jerkameleon:

(via Communicating the science of climate change | Print Edition – Physics Today)

Scientists and others should be reading this article about some of the issues in communicating about climate change, if you haven’t already.

Something to think about as political debates rage on.

The Sun and Earth – A Size Comparison 

(via quantumaniac)

fumettimarvel:

spidey-sun:

— Ultimate Marvel Team Up #2

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The best Spidey is a wise-crackin’ Spidey.

Christoph Adami: Finding life we can’t imagine

How do we search for alien life if it’s nothing like the life that we know? At TEDxUIUC Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life — self-replicating computer programs — to find a signature, a ‘biomarker,’ that is free of our preconceptions of what life is.

When you really dig into what he’s talking about, the implications for science  fiction writing are huge. New definitions of “life” and the moral and scientific thoughts that come from said definitions could mean really interesting stories.  Beyond the way that “Tron” and “Tron: Legacy” touched on these ideas, this could really take sci-fi to new heights by telling morality plays with a different voice.

thenextweb:

david-noel:

startupquote:

Every day at a startup is a roller coaster.

- Mike Hudack

Especially today.

I have seen a lot since the Earthquake hit Haiti. Mostly though? I’ve seen a lot of people talking. Raising money for relief efforts and coordinating folks on the ground is a taxing thing, but it’s the work we’re supposed to do. The criticism of Wyclef, while there are bodies yet to be discovered (and buried) is inappropriate and I’m sick of the armchair quarterbacking.

We’re human beings and we’re supposed to help each other without blinking. The fact that we hesitate — no, not hesitate, but justify our way out of our humanity — whether it’s to pass health care legislature or to throw a drowning person a branch, is what’s bringing us down as a species.