A researcher at St. Andrews University is using a tool called a densitometer to measure which pages in medieval manuscripts are the dirtiest, and therefore the most frequently read. The complete (and well-illustrated) study is available online from the Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art. [more inside]
posted by Horace Rumpole on Apr 24, 2012 - 12 comments

Have you seen the article of the future?
posted by iamkimiam on Jan 6, 2012 - 52 comments

At the beginning of last month, Scientific American unveiled a new network of 47 blogs with 55 bloggers. Their latest posts can be found here. [more inside]
posted by zarq on Aug 2, 2011 - 15 comments

Joanne loves science! And science books (yt). via Science Cheerleader. Or maybe vice versa.
posted by xowie on Sep 23, 2010 - 4 comments

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posted by nickyskye on Sep 16, 2010 - 33 comments