Higher, faster, yes. More meritocratic? No | Matthew Syed - Times Online
'Even some of our more intelligent commentators have convinced themselves that Sir Steve Redgrave is the greatest living Olympian for winning five successive golds in rowing, not seeming to realise that the sport is so elitist that it is virtually nonexistent across much of [...]
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16 August 2008 – 11:00 pm
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15 August 2008 – 11:01 am
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | New military honour for penguin
'A penguin who is a Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian Army is set to be bestowed with a new military honour.'
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11 August 2008 – 11:00 am
THE ORWELL PRIZE
'The Orwell Prize, Britain’s pre-eminent prize for political writing, is publishing George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. From 9th August 2008, Orwell’s domestic and political diaries (from 9th August 1938 until October 1942) will be posted in real-time, exactly 70 years after the entries were written.'
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Charles Darwin’s Beagle [...]
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9 August 2008 – 11:00 pm
the nonist: Vin Mariani
The C19th tonic wine and its celebrity endorsements.
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8 August 2008 – 10:01 am
Waterfall spells out words
I've seen videos of the principle demoed before, but this is impressive.
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5 August 2008 – 10:10 am
YouTube - Adaptive Eyewear - Solving an Invisible Problem
A fabulous idea: 'Adaptive Eyeglasses bring vision correction to literacy programs in Ghana and help people all over the world make their own eyeglasses without aid of an optometrist.'
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Pharyngula: Basics: Sonic Hedgehog
'Every time I mention this developmentally significant molecule, Sonic hedgehog, I get [...]
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31 July 2008 – 11:00 pm
Ron Eglash on African fractals | Video on TED.com
"When Europeans first came to Africa, they considered the architecture very disorganized and thus primitive. It never occurred to them that the Africans might have been using a form of mathematics that they hadn't even discovered yet."
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30 July 2008 – 11:00 pm
CERN Rap on Vimeo
I've seen some geeky things on the internet, but this might just top them all. In a good way. I think.
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Thai school offers transsexual toilet
Intriguing: 'The headteacher, Sitisak Sumontha, estimates that in any year between 10% and 20% of his boys [...]
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29 July 2008 – 4:00 pm
Old Money: 1915 | Shorpy :: History in HD
Washington circa 1915. "Miss Louise Lester, in charge of mutilation of old money at Treasury Dept." National Photo Company glass negative.
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27 July 2008 – 11:01 pm
Parasitic worms may boost African HIV rates - health - 27 July 2008 - New Scientist
Interesting: ‘One of the biggest mysteries of HIV is why the virus spreads so readily via heterosexual sex in Africa, but not elsewhere. A study in monkeys suggests parasitic worms may be to blame.’
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26 July 2008 – 11:00 pm
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted): Early Birds Shake Up Avian Tree of Life
via Pharyngula/Tangled Bank, exciting parrot/falcon/songbird news! 'This analysis effectively redraws avian phylogeny, or family tree, thus shaking up our current understanding of the early, or "deep", evolutionary relationships of birds.'
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22 July 2008 – 11:00 pm
cursivebuildings
Old stereoscopes animated to give a sense of depth. Via Metafilter.
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21 July 2008 – 10:01 am
Economics of POW Camp
An essay written in 1945 by a former POW. Interesting.
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19 July 2008 – 11:00 pm
» Alphabetized Bible «, 2006, by Tauba Auerbach . See also…
»Alphabetized Bible«, 2006, by Tauba Auerbach.
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18 July 2008 – 11:00 pm
Silver Lake on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Autochromes are a kind of early colour photography. This one is particularly fabulous, but check out the whole set.
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Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner
OK, fair's fair, this is quite funny.
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Marc Steinmetz [...]
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17 July 2008 – 1:01 pm
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Joss Whedon's online project. Which is actually very good and funny and stuff.
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15 July 2008 – 10:00 am
Emperor of Ice-Cream Cakes: Poems Are Jokes: Brace Yourselves
'This is clearly an illustration from some alternate Anne of Green Gables, one in which Marilla sends her away to an institution instead of keeping her, and grief renders her into a transcendental halfwit.'
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10 July 2008 – 11:00 pm
Rhagor | Help us find out more about the mysterious alien “Ghost Slug”
New species found in Wales: 'Unlike most slugs, the Ghost Slug is carnivorous, killing earthworms at night with blade-like teeth, sucking them in like spaghetti. It is also unusual in having no eyes (it is probably blind) and is almost completely white.'
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9 July 2008 – 12:02 am
John Cameron and the History of English Football « More Than Mind Games
Fascinating essay over at MTMG about a footballer called John Cameron and the early history of English football.
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BBC - Ouch! - Features - What’s your Sign Name?
Interesting article about 'sign names' - i.e. the nicknames deaf people give [...]