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More forecasting: Obama’s Loss Traced To William Briggs
A friend sent this: Say, if the Big O does win, will MoveOn.com change its name? To, maybe, StayWhereYouAre.com?
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Stand by!
My book is coming! It's almost there, so let me tell you how modern math publishing works these days. The author of course writes the work, and we all do…
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Artificial photosynthesis
I don't normally get excited about "Advances in Science" papers, but everything now and then it's fun to let your imagination play. Thus, I recommend this article about an MIT…
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Bad news for Bonobo
It turns out---shockingly, to some correct-thinking academics---that the bonobo ape is just as bloodthirsty as the rest of the higher primates. Yes, it's true. Bonobos, a sex- and peace-loving species…
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Sneak Peek of Book Cover
Here, by the guy who does Wayward Robot, is the front cover for the book (which should---with hope---be out of my hands by the end of this week).
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I would reluctantly serve
A regular reader sent this in: click here. This feature been making it around the 'net?
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Looks like an own goal to me
Friend of humanity, meteorologist, and philosopher Tom Hamill reminds us of this clip: Which reminds me to this clip, one of the very few songs the lyrics of which I…