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washington post: thanksgiving food science
thanksgiving is next week. yup, NEXT WEEK. the washington post looks at the science of five holiday recipe flubs. meanwhile, i anthropomorphize gravy. you can’t anthromorphize gravy!? the hell i can’t! well, you can’t give it feet! fine, no feet.
art direction: susana sanchez-young
washington post: thanksgiving food science
slate: blogging the periodic table
slate just launched a new project where the author sam kean will be blogging the periodic table for the next five weeks. rather than discuss the specific chemistry and science of these elements, sam dives into the history, stories and oddities of the table. all in all quite entertaining, now go learn you some science!
slate: blogging the periodic table by sam kean
slate: periodic discussions
a big eben welcome to element 112, ununbium!
slate: periodic discussions, by sam kean.
what’s online: fake gems, genuine appeal
science is now capable of producing a diamond that is indistinguishable from one pulled from the ground. diamonds in fact aren’t that rare, but exceedingly tightly controlled, which gives them their value. the article talks about the various possibilities technologically, economically, and politically that could occur due to manufactured diamonds.
nytimes.com: what’s online, by dan mitchell
slate: brains!
slate requested a series of illustrations for their series on BRAINS!. whee, squishy brains. there are five illustrations on subjects ranging from a god machine to exercising your brain with neurobics. articles will be posted throughout the week, so check back often. now, all together…BRAINS!
slate: brains!: a special issue on neuroscience and neuroculture.
what’s online: virtuous calories are still calories
here is saturday’s illustration for what’s online by dan mitchell writing about a special report in newscientist.com which asks over 70 prominent scientist to predict what will be the greatest innovations over the next fifty years. basically, it’s a pretty big educated guess, so i drew a scientist holding a pretty big magic eightball.
nytimes.com: what’s online (login required)
