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Wow!
In April, the world was introduced to Ruppy, the first known fluorescent dog. In natural light, Ruppy seems to be an almost-normal beagle — though his paws look as if he has stepped in pink ink. Under ultraviolet light, the effect is …
Earlier this week DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, moored ten, 8 ft red, weather balloons in undisclosed locations across the United States. The DARPA Network Challenge offered a prize of $40,000 to the person or group who first identified all the …
DecemberDec 9 Wednesday 09
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Ummm... I know it's supposed to do this, but wow.
Watch as one of Manhattan's main arteries pulses with the entering and exiting subway trains.
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DecemberDec 8 Tuesday 09
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Back in my previous life, when working on a project with Scaled Composites, I got to see a test flight of SpaceShipOne and had dinner with one of the test pilots. It was definitely an event I'll never forget... although going to space would be …
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Arbitrage! Sneaky... people are hilarious
At least with the cheese and pudding, you were actually buying perishable non-returnable products. But hundreds of travelers recently discovered the mother of all frequent flyer schemes: buying …
DecemberDec 7 Monday 09
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Wow. This is great. Thanks Josh!
In this time of cutbacks and furloughs professors need a quick source of extra cash. David Zetland explains how to sell a dollar for more than a dollar (and teach some game theory and something about political …
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I still love this statistical political stuff. Forgot how fun Nate Silver is to read.
Although I'm fairly bullish on Sarah Palin's prospects of winning the Republican nomination, I also subscribe to the conventional wisdom that, were she to be the …
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Like most nerds, and probably lots of others, I think Richard Feynman is about the coolest dude around. If you haven't read his books (or his book of letters, which is also fascinating and hilarious), it's definitely worth the time. He's …
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NovemberNov 24 Tuesday 09
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