December 2009
13 posts
CROWLEY: And finally a few of you have asked about the schedule of the secretary of State over the next few days.
I can tell you this morning, the secretary departed Washington. And you know, she stopped at the North Pole for an important bilateral meeting with a well known international figure. During the meeting, in a formal demarche sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of...
Phenomena that deserve their own mathematical...
Productivity time limit for any given location. Variable factors: uncomfortableness of seating, caffeine intake, glaringness of lights, presence or absence of wireless internet, likelihood of passersby to engage in interesting (bad) or mockable (worse) conversation (no really, epiphenomenonalist reading group at Darwin’s, I’m still laughing)
Number of strikes allowed, one friendship....
Not that there isn't much to say—
but lately everything’s starting to look and sound a little redundant.
When Scientific Intelligence and Unbridled, Darwin...
Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological University has evolved a technique that allows turning alcohol into powder and packing it in pills. The new technique can solidify any kind of alcohol, including whisky, cognac, wine and beer. The new technique can solidify any kind of alcohol, including whisky, cognac, wine and beer.
“Dry” vodka can be wrapped in paper and...