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The Scientist as Rebelbooks.google.com
From Galileo to todays amateur astronomers, scientists have been rebels, writes Freeman Dyson. Like artists and poets, they are free spirits who resist the restrictions their cultures impose on them. In their pursuit of natures truths, they are guide... -
Why You Should Use Two DNS Providers - TurboBytesturbobytes.com
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The Earth's lumpy gravity - Bad Astronomyblogs.discovermagazine.com
[UPDATE (April 5, 2011): It turns out some of the descriptions I used below to describe a geoid were not accurate. I refer you to this page at the University of Oklahoma for a good description. I’ve made some changes below to hopefully ease any confusi... -
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The rapid rise of human languagenewsoffice.mit.edu
New paper suggests people quickly started speaking in a now-familiar form. -
Ants' intruder defense strategy could lead to better email spam filters, biologist findsphys.org
To kill spam, email filters might need to act a bit more like ants. -
One Man’s Lifelong Battle With Obesityslate.com
Hector Garcia always felt judged for being overweight—people rarely stuck around to get to know him. “Where else do you see people getting ridiculed and allowed to get away with it if it’s not over a fat person,” he said. “Food’s the only thing I could... - gap-system.org
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Disrespect in Educationlukepalmer.wordpress.com
I was sitting at a large, round table with all the teachers of the CHOICE middle-school program sitting around me solemnly. They had called me here to inform me that, in my final year at middle sch... -
OnLive shuts down streaming games service, sells patents to Sonyarstechnica.com
The industry's first experiment in server-streamed gaming comes to an end. -
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Meet the most fascinating part of the F-35: The &u0024;400,000 helmetwashingtonpost.com
To truly understand the F-35, the most expensive weapons program in the history of the Pentagon, forget the plane for a minute. Consider the helmet. -
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Massive study on MOOCsnews.harvard.edu
A Harvard and MIT study’s findings suggest that teachers often constitute a significant portion of the participants in MOOCs; that learner intentions matter; and that those with financial stakes have higher completion rates. -
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Thinking (very) small to give dream houses to the homeless | Al Jazeera Americaamerica.aljazeera.com
California-based artist Greg Kloehn builds 40-square-foot rolling houses for homeless people