Tag Archives: Science

BBC News — Cambridge University puts Isaac Newton papers online

One of the geniuses of all time.

December 13, 2011 – 11:55 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Culture, Quick Posts, Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

APOD – Flying over Planet Earth

Wow!

September 27, 2011 – 9:16 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Vivek Haldar – Size is the best predictor of code quality

Essen­tially length of code tied with code met­rics becomes a rea­son­able pre­dic­tor of bugs.

September 27, 2011 – 2:10 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Programming, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Its Gene Patents Upheld, Myriad Genetics Moves to Protect Its Secrets

Regard­less of whether or not you agree with the idea of patents on genes, the fact that these patents are forc­ing patients to undergo a more expen­sive and less effec­tive pro­ce­dure should give any­one concern.

August 24, 2011 – 9:51 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Quick Posts, Science, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Messy Matters – This Post Won’t Go Viral

Per­haps the more inter­est­ing aspect is that most adop­tions occur with­out a peer-to-peer influ­ence or within one step of the orig­i­nal peer.

August 1, 2011 – 10:52 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Communication, Quick Posts, Science, Social Media | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Wired Science – How Much Ice Do You Need For Your Drinks?

Who says physics isn’t practical?

July 6, 2011 – 12:43 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Science | Tagged , | Comments Off

Spaceflight Now – Discovery heads into retirement

Incred­i­bly cool pho­tographs and just a lit­tle bit sad.

April 12, 2011 – 1:02 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off