by Tom | Oct 5, 2010 | Reading
Weak Ties, Twitter and Revolution has a useful caution on Gladwell’s article in the New Yorker. A 1973 paper found that tightly integrated groups needed weak ties to create real revolutions.
by Tom | Oct 5, 2010 | General
First Marine Census. Lovely images and a heart-stirring conclusion. The Census found living creatures everywhere it looked, even where heat would melt lead, seawater froze to ice, and light and oxygen were lacking. It expanded known habitats and ranges in which life...
by Tom | Oct 5, 2010 | Personal, Science
What Will the Constellations Look Like in 50,000 Years? Part answers a question I had in Crete. The constellations do move around, but the ones that really change are the ones made up of stars in coincidental alignment rather than ones in the same system. So, early...
by Tom | Oct 5, 2010 | Government, Reading
I love that the Mash is starting to predict the future. Here, councils fail to buy enough road salt for winter. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3138&Itemid=81
by Tom | Oct 4, 2010 | Science
Empathy’s failures is a must-read Bad Science. Summary: we punish people who harm more people less harshly than if they harm fewer people. Brilliant conclusion, too.
