This Week’s Good Reads

Last updated on by Priya Sharma


In case you missed them:

Blogrivet
You know you’ve always wanted to learn the trick to this. (h/t: A Blog Around the Clock)
Ptak Science Books
Revisiting a pivotal point in physics history.
Bioephemera
A flock of starlings make pretty patterns in the sky.
io9
A couple of guys from the University of Nottingham in the UK have created videos about each of the elements. Check out the oxygen pyrotechnics!
Core77
Conventional cameras are sooo 2007. The visuals for Radiohead’s new video, “House of Cards,” were created with lasers: specifically, LIDAR and Geometric Infomatics. (see pic)

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Political Science

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Xtreme Physics

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Why is Physical Review E the Most Fun Physics Journal Ever?

Because PRE (one of several scholarly journals coming out of the American Physical Society) publishes papers like the one covered in this Fox News story and this CNN/Money story about… Read more !

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