But it makes so much sense
This is a little extreme, but to be honest, scientists also love to extrapolate, and some of what they say is not much better than this...
(thanks xkcd)
Posted on July 03, 2009 in Humor | permalink | Comments (2)
A "Baloney" Detection Ket
I like this.
(tip to onegoodmove)
Posted on June 27, 2009 in Scientifically Speaking | permalink | Comments (0)
Goodbye postdoc
I'm happy to announce that after a great deal of thought and many conversations with my fiance Lisa [1], I've accepted a tenure-track faculty position in the Computer Science Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. This position is ostensibly part of the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology, which means I'll be hanging out a lot more with molecular biologists and other people who love to study things that go squish. The CIMB is a great initiative that I think will suit me well: one of it's stated purposes is to bring together scientists from a wide variety of disciplines, including computer science, applied math, physics, chemistry, biology and ecology, and I like the inclusion of technology in its focus. Plus, Boulder seems like a great place to live.
The appointment starts in the Fall of 2010, which gives me another year to finish out my postdoc at the Santa Fe Institute, and, more importantly, to finish up a lot of the projects that I've started here on topics like macroevolution and the mathematics of terrorism. So, come Summer 2010, it'll be goodbye postdoc, and hello responsibility! Wish me luck!
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[1] Oh yeah. I'm getting married, too!
Posted on May 22, 2009 in Self Referential | permalink | Comments (3)
John Oliver vs. The LHC
Oh my.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Large Hadron Collider | ||||
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Posted on May 02, 2009 in Humor | permalink | Comments (1)
Conference: Harvard Political Networks
This is the (I believe) the second annual Harvard conference on networks and political science. It's not an area I know much about, but the conference looks pretty good.
The Harvard Political Networks Conference
11 June -- 13 June 2009 at Harvard in Cambridge, MA
Organizers: James H. Fowler and David Lazer
Posted on April 24, 2009 in Conferences and Workshops | permalink | Comments (1)
Social Bacteria
Quorum sensing in bacteria isn't new news, but Bonnie Bassler's lab (Princeton) is doing some pretty cool work in figuring out how it works, and how it plays a role in bacteria ecology or social behavior among bacteria. Her TED talk about it is a good one.
Posted on April 10, 2009 in Pleasant Diversions | permalink | Comments (0)
Holy hand grenade
You couldn't make this stuff up. Here's slashdot's summary, which says it best:
Bomb disposal teams were called in and a nearby pub evacuated after water company engineers mistook a Monty Python film prop for a hand grenade. After nearly an hour of examination by bomb experts, they counted to three. No more. No less. Three was the number they counted, and the number they counted was three. Four they did not count, nor two, except to proceed to three. Five was right out. Once the number three had been reached, being the third number, they declared that the grenade was actually a copy of the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" used in the film Monty Python And The Holy Grail. A police spokeswoman confirmed that the device was a toy and that it had been no danger to the public.
(tip to /.)
Posted on March 20, 2009 in Humor | permalink | Comments (1)
