Whale Evolution with Pictures

Whale Evolution with Pictures

The journal Evolution: Education and Outreach has a great piece on the evolution of whales, complete with pictures. As the piece says, "cetacean origin is one of the best known examples of…
Wait, This Maneuver In Top Gun Was Real?

Wait, This Maneuver In Top Gun Was Real?

Scott Altman is a pretty cool guy.   He's the commander of the Atlantis mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope (and, as noted previously, astronaut John Grunsfeld is also carrying along…
Correlix Chosen as Finalist in Red Herring 100

Correlix Chosen as Finalist in Red Herring 100

NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Correlix, a leader in Latency Intelligence(TM) solutions that monitor and analyze trading execution and market-data flows in real-time announced today its status as…
Elitism Is Back, Baby (Star Trek Is Proof)

Elitism Is Back, Baby (Star Trek Is Proof)

I have a confesson to make; I'm probably smarter than you. Don't take it badly, I am smarter than most people and I am not saying I am definitely smarter than you, because I don't know all…
Fighting Dirty in Science

Fighting Dirty in Science

John Tierney wants to know - how widespread is the problem of unethical competition in science? Here's the problem explained by Dr Sean Cutler on Tierney's blog: Sadly, there is a lot of unethical…