The following entries were written in the Science category:
Yesterday, Plasticbag linked to an interesting piece on Ferrofluid Sculptures by Sachiko Kodama which react in interesting ways to magnetic fields. Based on the amazing videos of the ferrofluid, I think it would be amazing to see a physical spectrum analyzer made out of this stuff.
I’m glad the shuttle is back.
Damn you, Daylight Saving Time!
Science News is has a nice article, “Election Selection,” in which various voting methods are discussed. Donald Saari, a mathematician at UCI is quoted several times insisting that the plurality system (which is being used all over the country today,…
Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss: People who do things badly, Dr. Dunning has found in studies conducted with a graduate student, Justin Kruger, are usually supremely confident of their abilities — more confident, in fact, than people…