Gary's: Science, Astronomy & Physics Compendium Blog: 2010

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Does Our Universe Live Inside a Wormhole? - ScienceNOW

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Cosmic Log - The wonders of the cell go online

Monday, December 13, 2010

UCSF 'fountain of youth' pill could restore aging immune system

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Look: What your reaction to someone's eye movements says about your politics

The Great Debate Panel: Can Scientists Determine What is, in Fact, Right and Wrong?

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Baby aspirin linked to reduced cancer deaths - latimes.com

Microbe gets toxic response : Nature News

A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus | Science/AAAS

Sex, Frogs, and Rock & Roll

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Cosmic Log - Could X particle solve two puzzles?

Mathematical immortality? Name that theorem - physics-math - 03 December 2010 - New Scientist

New life form found on Earth: Deadly arsenic breathes life into organisms (Update, Video)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Google Earth Engine Debuted At COP 16 Climate Summit In Cancun, Mexico

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Why Diets Fail - ScienceNOW

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Extra Calcium and Vitamin D Aren’t Necessary, Report Says - NYTimes.com

Telomerase reverses ageing process : Nature News

The Top Ten Daily Consequences of Having Evolved | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine

Dark energy on firmer footing : Nature News

Monday, November 29, 2010

The Insanity Virus | Mental Health | DISCOVER Magazine

Sunday, November 21, 2010

With Tigers Near Extinction, A Last-Ditch Strategy Emerges by Caroline Fraser: Yale Environment 360

Designing Life: What's Next for J. Craig Venter? - 60 Minutes - CBS News

Evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and host plants illuminated

Saturday, November 20, 2010

The Solitary Self: Darwin and the Selfish Gene by Mary Midgley: review - Telegraph

Friday, November 19, 2010

Older but Not Wiser? The Psychology Behind Seniors' Susceptibility to Scams: Scientific American

Odds Are, It's Wrong - Science News

Protect Your Memory by Adding to Your "Brain Bank" - Harvard Health Publications

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle sets limits on Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance,' new research finds

Friday, November 12, 2010

Embracing Nature’s Imperfections � American Scientist

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Researchers discover key mutation in acute myeloid leukemia

Body-snatching, not socialising, drove the evolution of bigger-brained insects | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

The Gene for Zzzzzzzz - ScienceNOW

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensions | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Alice Bell: The Myth of Scientific Literacy

The Skeptic's Skeptic: Scientific American

The Skeptic's Skeptic: Scientific American: "X"

The strange behavior of positronium could unlock the secrets of the universe

At Milky Way’s Center, Scientists Find Big Bubbles of Energy - NYTimes.com

Epigenetics Seeks Clues to Mental Illness in Genes’ Life Story - Science in 2011 - NYTimes.com

Seth Shostak: Are We a Biological Miracle?

What Travels Faster Than the Speed of Light? | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Seth Shostak: Bye Bye to a Lovely Planet

Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident

David Katz, M.D.: Nutritional Information: The Best Way to Judge the Health Value of Foods

Gut bacteria change the sexual preferences of fruit flies | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

Monday, November 1, 2010

The Making of a Mind-Blowing DIY Sun Photo | Wired Science�| Wired.com

Sunday, October 31, 2010

BPS Research Digest: Five minutes with the discoverer of the Scientific Impotence Excuse, Geoffrey Munro

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Statistics - Destroyer of Superstitious Pretension

3quarksdaily: "Statistics - Destroyer of Superstitious Pretension"

Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Allais Paradox | Wired Science�| Wired.com

HTwins.net - The Scale of the Universe

Why genes are leftwing | Oliver James | Comment is free | The Guardian

The Knobe Effect

3quarksdaily: "The Knobe Effect"

Fermilab is Building a 'Holometer' to Determine Once and For All Whether Reality Is Just an Illusion | Popular Science

Malawi cichlids – how aggressive males create diversity | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

The Poetry of Science: Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson

3quarksdaily: "The Poetry of Science: Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson"

Thursday, October 21, 2010

bacteria have powers to engineer the environment, to communicate, and may even think

3quarksdaily: "bacteria have powers to engineer the environment, to communicate, and may even think"

Gene therapy helps depressed mice : Nature News

Op-Ed Contributor - The Magical Properties of Everyday Numbers - NYTimes.com

Cosmic Log - The 'why' of a leopard's spots

DARPA's Future Li-ion Batteries Will Be Smaller Than Grains of Salt | Popular Science

Search the PopSci Archives | Popular Science

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Fine Structure Constant is Probably Constant | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Benoît Mandelbrot, 1924-2010

3quarksdaily: "Beno�t Mandelbrot, 1924-2010"

The Knobe Effect

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Societies evolve in steps : Nature News

The Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Converter

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So, what does Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design tell us about God? - By Peter Galison - Slate Magazine

Feeling chipper, the wood ant caught bringing science to life | Mail Online

Cosmic Log - Bacteria can walk on 'legs'

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg opens up : The New Yorker

Graphene Will Change the Way We Live

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Craig Callender and Sean Carroll � Philosophy TV

Craig Callender and Sean Carroll � Philosophy TV: "Craig Callender and Sean Carroll"

Who's Counting: Do Summer Births Mean More Boy Births? - ABC News

Cosmic Log - Scrunched-up dimensions untangled

How cheaper genomes fuel science

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The Human Hard Drive: How We Make (And Lose) Memories | Going Mental | Big Think

Some antidepressants alter peoples' moral judgement

Friday, October 15, 2010

What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Robert Lanza, M.D.: Rethinking the Nature of Life

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Georges Charpak, Physics Nobel Winner, Dies at 86 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Is Narcissism Good for Business? - ScienceNOW

Sizing Up Consciousness by Its Bits - NYTimes.com

The scariest video you have ever watched in the name of science

Being Jane Goodall - National Geographic Magazine

Introspection linked to more gray matter in brain: study

This is Your Brain on Food � SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Understanding behavioral patterns: Why bird flocks move in unison

Sunday, September 19, 2010

FT.com / Global Economy - Computers set for quantum leap

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution

3quarksdaily: "3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution"

Ralph Gomory: Jobs, Trade, and Mercantilism - Part II - Dealing With Reality

Hyla Cass, M.D.: Is Your Medication Robbing You of Nutrients Part 2: Getting Specific

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Deepak Chopra: Stephen Hawking's Grand Book -- Where Is the Design?

Gary Hart: The Collapse of Basic Assumptions and Conventional Wisdom

Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming and Human-Induced Changes at the North Pole

Dr. Denis Alexander: How Evolution Gets Used and Abused in the Science-Religion Debate

Revealed: The right moves for men on the dance floor

"Delusions of Gender": The bad science of brain sexism - Nonfiction - Salon.com

What Does It Mean for a Theory to Function as an Accounting Method? : Evolution for Everyone

Murray Gell-Mann on beauty and truth in physics

3quarksdaily: "Murray Gell-Mann on beauty and truth in physics"

I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat – but farm it properly

3quarksdaily: "I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat – but farm it properly"

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Astronomy.com - Fundamental constant might change across space

Dr. Dean Ornish: Atkins Diet Increases All-Cause Mortality

Review of 'The Grand Design,' by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Meg Wolff: 7 Tips to Kick the Sugar Habit (PHOTOS)

Steve Clemons: Move Chuck Hagel From Obama "Team B" to "Team A"

The Believer - Interview with Robin Nagle

The fine-structure constant and the nature of the universe: Ye cannae change the laws of physics | The Economist

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Prozac for the Planet: an article by Christopher Cokinos | The American Scholar

Stephen Hawking: God was not needed to create the Universe - Telegraph

Scientists Square Off on Evolutionary Value of Helping Relatives - NYTimes.com

What Is Consciousness?

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"Why Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers?"

3quarksdaily: "Why Do Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers?"

symmetry breaking � Blog Archive � The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements

Darby Roach: Why We Like What We Like

When Value Judgments Masquerade as Science

3quarksdaily: "When Value Judgments Masquerade as Science"

Matthew Edlund, M.D.: 8 Ways to Unplug and Recharge Your Brain

Steven Gubser on String Theory

3quarksdaily: "Steven Gubser on String Theory"

The secret history of psychedelic psychiatry : Neurophilosophy

First Ant Genomes Promise Insight into Epigenetics and Longevity: Scientific American

Back From the Future: Can Measurements Performed in the Future Influence the Present?

3quarksdaily: "Back From the Future: Can Measurements Performed in the Future Influence the Present?"

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3quarksdaily: "Infinite Doppelg�ngers May Explain Quantum Probabilities"

Friday, September 3, 2010

Infinite Doppelgängers May Explain Quantum Probabilities

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.: Coffee Addiction: How to Naturally Kick the Habit

Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.: Coffee Addiction: How to Naturally Kick the Habit: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Victor Stenger: Ignoring Scientific Errors

Victor Stenger: Ignoring Scientific Errors: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Drug flexes muscle against cancer : Nature News

Drug flexes muscle against cancer : Nature News: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Tom Vander Ark: WKSKABATD

Tom Vander Ark: WKSKABATD: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Two new scientific studies reveal hallucinogens are good for your mental health

Two new scientific studies reveal hallucinogens are good for your mental health: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Friday, August 20, 2010

Legendary Astronomer Jack Horkheimer Dies At 72 - cbs4.com

Legendary Astronomer Jack Horkheimer Dies At 72 - cbs4.com: "Legendary Astronomer Jack Horkheimer Dies At 72

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Closing in on the inflaton, mother of the universe - physics-math - 18 August 2010 - New Scientist

Closing in on the inflaton, mother of the universe - physics-math - 18 August 2010 - New Scientist: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Robert Lanza, M.D.: Does the Past Exist Yet? Evidence Suggests Your Past Isn't Set in Stone

Robert Lanza, M.D.: Does the Past Exist Yet? Evidence Suggests Your Past Isn't Set in Stone: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Thea Singer: Stress Relief and More Brain Cells? The Secret Could Be in the Bedroom

Thea Singer: Stress Relief and More Brain Cells? The Secret Could Be in the Bedroom: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Tide Turns Against Million-Dollar Maths Proof

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Michael Bader, D.M.H.: Why We Need a "Practical Psychoanalysis"

Michael Bader, D.M.H.: Why We Need a "Practical Psychoanalysis": "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Victor Stenger: Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence

Victor Stenger: Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Monday, August 2, 2010

Triceratops Was Juvenile Form Of Another Species Of Dinosaur, Scientists Say

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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Ultra-strong interaction between light and matter realized: One more step on the path to quantum computers

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Phytoplankton Population Drops 40 Percent Since 1950

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Social Ties Boost Survival by 50 Percent

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Large Hadron Collider not large enough, say scientists who want a Humongous Hadron Collider

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Moral Questions in the Ancient Art of Human Enhancement (Now With Venn Diagrams)

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5 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT AFRICA

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Friday, July 30, 2010

Robert Lanza, M.D.: Why You're Alive and Can Never Die: The Larger Scientific Picture

Sunday, July 18, 2010

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

Saturday, July 10, 2010

earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up

Is Time Disappearing from the Universe? (A Galaxy Classic Weekend Feature)

earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up

Black hole blows massive gas bubble - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.com

Friday, July 9, 2010

Jamie Court: Congress Caught in Google's Wi-Spying Web, House Reps' Wireless Networks Exposed

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Mark Hyman, MD: Why Eating a Low-Fat Diet Doesn't Lead to Weight Loss

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Daily Kos: Two billion year-old fossils may rewrite natural history books

DK Matai: The Rise of The Bio-Info-Nano Singularity

Dr. Andrew Weil: Fat or Carbs: Which Is Worse?

Les Leopold: Wall Street's Answer to Unemployment

TEDTalks: Carter Emmart Demos a 3D Atlas of the Universe

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.: The How and Why of Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Marcus Chown: 11 Of The Craziest Things About The Universe: 'The Matchbox That Ate A Forty-Ton Truck' (PHOTOS)

Elaine Howard Ecklund, Ph.D.: What Scientists Think About Religion

David Katz, M.D.: Lifestyle Changes vs. Medication: When Each Is Right

Mark Hyman, MD: 9 Steps to Reverse Dementia and Memory Loss As You Age

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Deepak Chopra: Consciousness and the End of the War Between Science and Religion

Friday, June 25, 2010

Ashley Koff: What You Need to Know About Protein Supplements

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Osagie K. Obasogie: "Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated": Race and Genetics Ten Years After the Human Genome Project

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Reference Frame: David Gross: Theoretical visions

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Astronomy Without A Telescope – Is Time Real? | Universe Today

Monday, June 7, 2010

Daily Kos: Arctic ice cap now smallest in at least a few thousand years

Friday, June 4, 2010

Daily Kos: Going Rogue: Can You Build Your Own Nuclear Arsenal?

Friday, May 28, 2010

More Quantum Information Theory From String Theory « Not Even Wrong

Thursday, May 20, 2010

FT.com / Technology / Science - Scientists create a living organism

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Optical computing's bright future: Light without logic | The Economist

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

New Tech: Single Molecule Can Calculate Thousands of Times Faster Than a PC

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

ET Tech: "Could an Unknown Level of Technology Beyond Information & Matter Exist?"

"Super Cells" That Can Eat Radiation, Generate Electricity and Cure Cancer

Ice-Patch Archeology: Global Warming Reveals Ancient Arctic Artifacts

New Galaxy Cluster Is Farthest Ever Discovered

NextGen Triple-Helix DNA -It Could be Scary!

Monday, April 26, 2010

The Billion-Year Technology Gap: Could One Exist? (A Galaxy Classic)

Phosphorous in sodas and processed foods accelerates signs of aging, scientists say

Physicists capture first images of atomic spin

Unlocking the Secret of Dark Energy: Search for 'Sound Waves' from the First 400,000 Years of the Universe

Did Black Holes Turn Up the Radio Volume of the Universe?

Saturday, April 24, 2010

APOD: 2010 April 24 - NGC 1055: Galaxy in a Box

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Black hole twins spew gravitational waves - physicsworld.com

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Climate Data Wasn’t Distorted, British Panel Finds - NYTimes.com

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Atom smasher achieves 'Big Bang' collisions (Update)

Saturns Moon Enceladus Spewing Massive Jets of Organic Brew - StumbleUpon

"Spaceship Earth" -An Update - StumbleUpon

Associated Press

Large Hadron Collider Finally Smashing Properly - NYTimes.com

Thursday, March 25, 2010

BBC News - Bath and Bristol universities aim for car fuel from CO2

Monday, March 22, 2010

Astronomy.com - Astronomers get sharpest view ever of star factories in the distant universe

Friday, March 19, 2010

Butterflies Emerging Earlier Due To Manmade Global Warming

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Spitzer Spies Earliest Black Holes | Universe Today

Red in Jupiter’s Spot Not What Astronomers Thought | Wired Science | Wired.com

Cassini the Artist: Shadows, Ringshine, Double Crescent Moons | Universe Today

Monday, March 15, 2010

The Reference Frame: Wind turbines will add up to 0.15 °C to global mean temperature

SkyandTelescope.com - News Blog - NASA to Upgrade, Overhaul Its "Big Ears"

Astronomy.com - Scientists say Einstein's theory applies beyond the solar system

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

BBC News - LHC to shut down for a year to address safety concerns

DNA from fossilised eggshells could help reconstruct lives of extinct birds | Science | guardian.co.uk

Friday, December 31, 2010

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Monday, December 13, 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Sex, Frogs, and Rock & Roll

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Monday, November 29, 2010

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Friday, November 19, 2010

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010