Friday, December 11, 2009

Stuff below the fold

ImprobableResearchBlog reports:
"Two of this year’s crop of Ig Nobel Prize winners are among the “noteworthy notions of 2009″ celebrated in the New York Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas” feature.... Cows With Names Make More Milk and Empty Beer Bottles Make Better Weapons."

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Problems of storing energy is discussed with Congress.
One underdiscussed problem of "Green" wind and solar power is that they need to be stored to be useful.

Related article: Bacteria make liquid fuel.

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Harry at AICN loves "The Lovely Bones" but not "2012"...

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What has women's education and the pill have to do with defeating Islamic terrorism?
StrategyPage explains.
Spengler agrees.
it is a complicated mix of modernity and culture change, and both articles are worth reading.


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The Trouble with Tatoos...

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Free Online Chinese phrase book.

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