June 15, 2008
Bad Science: Money money money money money
Ben Goldacre on the experiments that show that humans are happier with things that cost them more money. I suggest naming this “the Bose effect”.
March 21, 2008
Will This Judd Apatow Movie Be Any Good? Vulture Does the Math
It’s just simple science. Superbad > Anchorman > Talladega Nights
November 24, 2007
NOVA | Podcasting | PBS
PBS science show Nova has a Vodcast, sharing clips of recent and upcoming shows. Subscribed.
May 25, 2007
Bad Science ยป Wi-Fi Wants To Kill Your Children
Splendid break-down of the bad science in last Monday’s Panorama “Science says Wi-Fi is dangerous” scarefest.
May 23, 2006
Comparison of Eurovision Song Contest Simulation with Actual Results Reveals Shifting Patterns of Collusive Voting Alliances.
Detailed analysis of Eurovision voting, showing that there *are* blocs. Worth reading just for the venn diagrams, and the use of the word ‘eurovisiopsephology’.
February 19, 2006
BBC - Science & Nature - Climate Change
New distributed computing project “sponsored” by the Beeb. It’s an interesting problem to solve, and they’ve done the smart thing that made SETI so viral: A really attractive screensaver that will attract attention around offices. Now running on a bunch of my PCs.