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Grigory Perelman, awarded the Fields Medal for his work on the Poincare Conjecture, talks to the New Yorker.
posted on Aug-29-06 at 8:36 PM
Psychiatry by Prescription - Do psychotropic drugs blur the boundaries between illness and health?
posted on Aug-26-06 at 7:54 PM
Motion Mountain - "The project aims to produce a simple, vivid and up-to-date introduction to modern physics, with emphasis on the fundamental ideas of motion. 'Simple' means that concepts are stressed more than formalism; 'vivid' means that the reader is continuously challenged; 'up-to-date' means that modern research and ideas about unification are included."
posted on Aug-17-06 at 7:26 PM
The Human Speechome Project - "A baby is to be monitored by a network of microphones and video cameras for 14 hours a day, 365 days a year, in an effort to unravel the seemingly miraculous process by which children acquire language.". Selected video clips. Paper (PDF, 750KB). To test hypotheses of how children learn, Prof Deb Roy's team at MIT will develop machine learning systems that “step into the shoes” of his son by processing the sights and sounds of three years of life at home. Total storage required: 1.4 petabytes.
posted on Jul-23-06 at 12:40 PM
The Source of Europe's Mild Climate
posted on Jul-9-06 at 9:12 AM
Nature has a somewhat technical but free supplement on stem cells (alongwith a podcast and related blog).
posted on Jul-2-06 at 8:12 AM
Living with half a brain - hemispherectomy, probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery
posted on Jun-29-06 at 9:15 AM
The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Biology
posted on Jun-16-06 at 4:15 AM
The Aria Database is a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias.
posted on May-4-06 at 11:12 PM
The Nata village blog - "A unique opportunity to witness the battle to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in an African village."
posted on Apr-17-06 at 9:26 PM
The avuncular state - "A smarter, softer kind of paternalism is coming into style"
posted on Apr-12-06 at 7:41 AM
Douglas Hofstadter says, "What troubles me is the notion that things that touch me at my deepest core -- pieces of music most of all, which I have always taken as direct soul-to-soul messages -- might be effectively produced by mechanisms thousands if not millions of times simpler than the intricate biological machinery that gives rise to a human soul.". That was prompted by his reception to the output of David Cope's project Experiments in Musical Intelligence.
posted on Apr-11-06 at 4:35 AM
An interactive Shockwave-based look at Bach's Well-tempered Clavier. Go one level up and explore the entire coverage of Bach.
posted on Apr-10-06 at 2:26 AM
The Measurement of Poverty
posted on Mar-29-06 at 11:19 PM
How NOT to commit suicide
posted on Mar-16-06 at 3:41 PM
Elements of Atheism in Hindu Thought
posted on Mar-2-06 at 6:18 PM
Fallacy Files
posted on Feb-11-06 at 11:21 PM
Color Stereo Stereograms Directory
posted on Feb-4-06 at 4:13 PM
World War IV As Fourth-Generation Warfare
posted on Feb-1-06 at 1:38 AM
The other philosophy: Eastern
posted on Jan-26-06 at 8:41 AM
Feeding Minds - the impact of food on mental health
posted on Jan-15-06 at 9:38 PM
The Story of Wheat
posted on Dec-27-05 at 1:33 PM
King Kong's Post Production Diary - videos of weekly progress, on all aspects of filmmaking, starting from the first day of post-production, upto the premiere.
posted on Dec-19-05 at 11:59 AM
National Wildlife Magazine's 35th Annual Photography competition. [via Fark]
posted on Dec-10-05 at 1:52 PM
39 Pounds of Love "is the inspirational and humorous non-fiction account of Ami Ankilewitz, who was diagnosed with an extremely rare and often fatal form of SMA/2 that severely limits his physical growth and movement yet at 34 years of age, he continues to outlive a doctor's prediction of life expectancy by 28 years and counting. Ami, who weighs only 39 pounds, works in Israel as a 3D animator and creates his art despite the fact that his bodily motion is limited to a single finger on his left hand."
posted on Dec-9-05 at 5:40 AM
Does God Play Dice?
posted on Dec-3-05 at 6:35 PM
Beyond Einstein - "A 12-hour webcast on Einstein's Theory of Relativity... and beyond."
posted on Nov-30-05 at 10:36 AM
Norman Koren - photographs and tutorials
posted on Nov-18-05 at 11:43 PM
Obesity: Epidemic or Myth?
posted on Nov-16-05 at 12:43 PM
Memory - 36 cards. Turn two over. If the pictures match, both get eliminated. Else turn them back and select another two. Repeat till field is cleared. Post the number of moves you took. [via]
posted on Nov-13-05 at 9:40 PM
Plant Cultures - central aim ... is to convey the richness and complexity of links between Britain and South Asia, through the story of plants and people
posted on Nov-12-05 at 7:37 PM
European Wine Fighting For Survival
posted on Nov-7-05 at 9:12 PM
The Sweet Lure of Chocolate
posted on Nov-1-05 at 12:58 PM
Nature has a somewhat technical but free supplement on sleep
posted on Oct-29-05 at 9:28 AM
Wild-Landscape photography
posted on Oct-27-05 at 12:56 PM
Set the Arcs in Motion [Flash game]
posted on Oct-25-05 at 11:29 AM
Beyond Discovery - illustrations of the path from research to human benefit
posted on Oct-22-05 at 5:21 PM
Interactive Autopsy [Flash]
posted on Oct-21-05 at 5:13 PM
The 2004 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources' Red List of Threatened Species.
posted on Oct-20-05 at 1:35 PM
A View from the Back of the Envelope - approximations and the fun behind them.
posted on Oct-18-05 at 10:49 AM
Visualization of particle physics [via]
posted on Oct-12-05 at 3:30 PM
The Times Higher Education Supplement's World University Rankings [link to PDF]
posted on Oct-10-05 at 6:20 AM
Research by dumb, ignorant Yankees on national stereotypes.
posted on Oct-7-05 at 6:16 AM
PictureHistory - a source of American historical photographs
posted on Oct-5-05 at 2:07 AM
Diet and behavior.
posted on Sep-30-05 at 8:55 PM
Visions of Science
posted on Sep-28-05 at 12:53 PM
Classics in the History of Psychology
posted on Sep-26-05 at 11:31 AM
National Geographic has a special issue on Africa out this month. There's also their Africa resource site.
posted on Sep-21-05 at 12:35 AM
Lisa Randall's Theory of Communication about Science
posted on Sep-19-05 at 7:24 PM
Alex Bernasconi's (Mostly Wildlife) Photography [via MeCha]
posted on Sep-16-05 at 11:48 AM
posted on Aug-29-06 at 8:36 PM
Psychiatry by Prescription - Do psychotropic drugs blur the boundaries between illness and health?
posted on Aug-26-06 at 7:54 PM
Motion Mountain - "The project aims to produce a simple, vivid and up-to-date introduction to modern physics, with emphasis on the fundamental ideas of motion. 'Simple' means that concepts are stressed more than formalism; 'vivid' means that the reader is continuously challenged; 'up-to-date' means that modern research and ideas about unification are included."
posted on Aug-17-06 at 7:26 PM
The Human Speechome Project - "A baby is to be monitored by a network of microphones and video cameras for 14 hours a day, 365 days a year, in an effort to unravel the seemingly miraculous process by which children acquire language.". Selected video clips. Paper (PDF, 750KB). To test hypotheses of how children learn, Prof Deb Roy's team at MIT will develop machine learning systems that “step into the shoes” of his son by processing the sights and sounds of three years of life at home. Total storage required: 1.4 petabytes.
posted on Jul-23-06 at 12:40 PM
The Source of Europe's Mild Climate
posted on Jul-9-06 at 9:12 AM
Nature has a somewhat technical but free supplement on stem cells (alongwith a podcast and related blog).
posted on Jul-2-06 at 8:12 AM
Living with half a brain - hemispherectomy, probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery
posted on Jun-29-06 at 9:15 AM
The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Biology
posted on Jun-16-06 at 4:15 AM
The Aria Database is a diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias.
posted on May-4-06 at 11:12 PM
The Nata village blog - "A unique opportunity to witness the battle to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in an African village."
posted on Apr-17-06 at 9:26 PM
The avuncular state - "A smarter, softer kind of paternalism is coming into style"
posted on Apr-12-06 at 7:41 AM
Douglas Hofstadter says, "What troubles me is the notion that things that touch me at my deepest core -- pieces of music most of all, which I have always taken as direct soul-to-soul messages -- might be effectively produced by mechanisms thousands if not millions of times simpler than the intricate biological machinery that gives rise to a human soul.". That was prompted by his reception to the output of David Cope's project Experiments in Musical Intelligence.
posted on Apr-11-06 at 4:35 AM
An interactive Shockwave-based look at Bach's Well-tempered Clavier. Go one level up and explore the entire coverage of Bach.
posted on Apr-10-06 at 2:26 AM
The Measurement of Poverty
posted on Mar-29-06 at 11:19 PM
How NOT to commit suicide
posted on Mar-16-06 at 3:41 PM
Elements of Atheism in Hindu Thought
posted on Mar-2-06 at 6:18 PM
Fallacy Files
posted on Feb-11-06 at 11:21 PM
Color Stereo Stereograms Directory
posted on Feb-4-06 at 4:13 PM
World War IV As Fourth-Generation Warfare
posted on Feb-1-06 at 1:38 AM
The other philosophy: Eastern
posted on Jan-26-06 at 8:41 AM
Feeding Minds - the impact of food on mental health
posted on Jan-15-06 at 9:38 PM
The Story of Wheat
posted on Dec-27-05 at 1:33 PM
King Kong's Post Production Diary - videos of weekly progress, on all aspects of filmmaking, starting from the first day of post-production, upto the premiere.
posted on Dec-19-05 at 11:59 AM
National Wildlife Magazine's 35th Annual Photography competition. [via Fark]
posted on Dec-10-05 at 1:52 PM
39 Pounds of Love "is the inspirational and humorous non-fiction account of Ami Ankilewitz, who was diagnosed with an extremely rare and often fatal form of SMA/2 that severely limits his physical growth and movement yet at 34 years of age, he continues to outlive a doctor's prediction of life expectancy by 28 years and counting. Ami, who weighs only 39 pounds, works in Israel as a 3D animator and creates his art despite the fact that his bodily motion is limited to a single finger on his left hand."
posted on Dec-9-05 at 5:40 AM
Does God Play Dice?
posted on Dec-3-05 at 6:35 PM
Beyond Einstein - "A 12-hour webcast on Einstein's Theory of Relativity... and beyond."
posted on Nov-30-05 at 10:36 AM
Norman Koren - photographs and tutorials
posted on Nov-18-05 at 11:43 PM
Obesity: Epidemic or Myth?
posted on Nov-16-05 at 12:43 PM
Memory - 36 cards. Turn two over. If the pictures match, both get eliminated. Else turn them back and select another two. Repeat till field is cleared. Post the number of moves you took. [via]
posted on Nov-13-05 at 9:40 PM
Plant Cultures - central aim ... is to convey the richness and complexity of links between Britain and South Asia, through the story of plants and people
posted on Nov-12-05 at 7:37 PM
European Wine Fighting For Survival
posted on Nov-7-05 at 9:12 PM
The Sweet Lure of Chocolate
posted on Nov-1-05 at 12:58 PM
Nature has a somewhat technical but free supplement on sleep
posted on Oct-29-05 at 9:28 AM
Wild-Landscape photography
posted on Oct-27-05 at 12:56 PM
Set the Arcs in Motion [Flash game]
posted on Oct-25-05 at 11:29 AM
Beyond Discovery - illustrations of the path from research to human benefit
posted on Oct-22-05 at 5:21 PM
Interactive Autopsy [Flash]
posted on Oct-21-05 at 5:13 PM
The 2004 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources' Red List of Threatened Species.
posted on Oct-20-05 at 1:35 PM
A View from the Back of the Envelope - approximations and the fun behind them.
posted on Oct-18-05 at 10:49 AM
Visualization of particle physics [via]
posted on Oct-12-05 at 3:30 PM
The Times Higher Education Supplement's World University Rankings [link to PDF]
posted on Oct-10-05 at 6:20 AM
Research by dumb, ignorant Yankees on national stereotypes.
posted on Oct-7-05 at 6:16 AM
PictureHistory - a source of American historical photographs
posted on Oct-5-05 at 2:07 AM
Diet and behavior.
posted on Sep-30-05 at 8:55 PM
Visions of Science
posted on Sep-28-05 at 12:53 PM
Classics in the History of Psychology
posted on Sep-26-05 at 11:31 AM
National Geographic has a special issue on Africa out this month. There's also their Africa resource site.
posted on Sep-21-05 at 12:35 AM
Lisa Randall's Theory of Communication about Science
posted on Sep-19-05 at 7:24 PM
Alex Bernasconi's (Mostly Wildlife) Photography [via MeCha]
posted on Sep-16-05 at 11:48 AM
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