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  Atheists as "Other": Moral Boundaries and Cultural Membership - http://t.co/ePMMKhgW #PDF via @3qd

  March 30 2012, 7:00am | Comments

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  Marx at 193

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  The Alan Lomax Sound Archive Now Online: Features 17,000 Recordings

  March 29 2012, 12:50pm | Comments

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  If the internet makes a sound (and it does), are you listening? Our correspondent uses software to transform the digital ephemera of web browsing—from network traffic to JavaScript, browser histories to…

  March 29 2012, 9:44am | Comments

• Bookmark What is the biological equivalent of discovering the Higgs Boson?

  We put the question to experts in various fields. Biology is no stranger to large, international collaborations with lofty goals, they pointed out — the race to sequence the human genome…

  March 29 2012, 8:44am | Comments

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  This graft, this hybridization, this composition that puts heterogeneous bodies together may be called a monster

  March 29 2012, 8:42am | Comments

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  Art in the Era of the Internet (and Why Open Education Matters)

  March 29 2012, 1:35am | Comments

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  March 28 2012, 7:38am | Comments

• Bookmark Ways Machines Can Hurt You

  Wandering the LA Convention Center at WESTEC - the ultimate manufacturing show from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers… wandering the amazing tools, waterjets, 3D printers, CNCs, microCNCs, robot arms, welding devices……

  March 28 2012, 3:48am | Comments

• Bookmark Death of a data haven: cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the world's smallest nation

  A data haven is "the information equivalent to a tax haven," a country that helps you evade other countries' rules on what you can and can't do with your bits. (Think…

  March 28 2012, 3:42am | Comments

• Bookmark John Gray on Critiques of Utopia and Apocalypse

  There are those who say that utopian projects, while they can never be achieved, are valuable because they spur human advance. That’s not my view. My view is that the attempt…

  March 28 2012, 1:43am | Comments

• Metafilter A Database of Metaphor The Mind is a Metaphor. A database of thousands of metaphors organized by category, like 18th century, Liquid, or Jacobite. It's maintained by University of Virginia English Professor Brad Pasanek.

  March 27 2012, 7:06pm | Comments

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  Bacteria Use ‘Chemical Twitter’ and ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’ to Make Decisions

  March 27 2012, 2:06pm | Comments

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  Oldest Alien Planets Found—Born at Dawn of Universe

  March 27 2012, 2:05pm | Comments

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  Gamers Outdo Computers at Matching Up Disease Genes

  March 27 2012, 7:58am | Comments

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  "The act of writing may be nothing but an act of controlled violence... The book explodes with infuriating legibility." - Edmond Jabes

  March 27 2012, 7:50am | Comments

• Bookmark Underneath the Skin: John Carpenter’s “The Thing” and You

  This monster’s talent for mimicry provokes some of the darkest questions. By foregrounding this capability and coupling it with our inability to discern mimics from the remaining men, The Thing focuses…

  March 26 2012, 3:37am | Comments

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  Neal Stephenson's Hieroglyph and the dystopian sci-fi rut.

  March 23 2012, 5:07am | Comments

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  Does It Matter Whether God Exists?

  March 23 2012, 1:51am | Comments

• Metafilter "As you can probably imagine, this took some effort to make." "The calculator itself is just over 250x200x100 blocks. It contains 2 6-digit BCD number selectors, 2 BCD-to-binary decoders, 3 binary-to-BCD decoders, 6 BCD adders and subtractors, a 20 bit (output) multiplier, 10 bit divider, a memory bank and additional circuitry for the graphing…

  March 21 2012, 10:44am | Comments

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  March 21 2012, 9:51am | Comments

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  Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'

  March 21 2012, 9:35am | Comments

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  The Enlightenment, Naturalism, And The Secularization Of Values

  March 20 2012, 11:20am | Comments

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  Physicists Discover Evolutionary Laws of Language

  March 20 2012, 11:20am | Comments

• Bookmark Culturomics: Have physicists discovered the evolutionary laws of language in Google's library?

  Can physicists produce insights about language that have eluded linguists and English professors? That possibility was put to the test this week when a team of physicists published a paper drawing…

  March 20 2012, 11:04am | Comments

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  before the deictic it

  March 20 2012, 3:46am | Comments

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  Borges: The Task of Art

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

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  God and the New Physics by Paul Davies

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

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  When independent thought flourishes

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

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  This is what a week-long car crash looks like

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Free Universal Construction Kit

  Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can — and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Kit: a set of adapters for complete interoperability between 10…

  March 19 2012, 6:31am | Comments

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• Vimeo

  April 1 2012, 3:22pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Atheists as "Other": Moral Boundaries and Cultural Membership - http://t.co/ePMMKhgW #PDF via @3qd

  March 30 2012, 7:00am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Marx at 193

  March 29 2012, 3:17pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  The Alan Lomax Sound Archive Now Online: Features 17,000 Recordings

  March 29 2012, 12:50pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Sound of the Internet

  If the internet makes a sound (and it does), are you listening? Our correspondent uses software to transform the digital ephemera of web browsing—from network traffic to JavaScript, browser histories to…

  March 29 2012, 9:44am | Comments

• Bookmark What is the biological equivalent of discovering the Higgs Boson?

  We put the question to experts in various fields. Biology is no stranger to large, international collaborations with lofty goals, they pointed out — the race to sequence the human genome…

  March 29 2012, 8:44am | Comments

• Twitter

  This graft, this hybridization, this composition that puts heterogeneous bodies together may be called a monster

  March 29 2012, 8:42am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Art in the Era of the Internet (and Why Open Education Matters)

  March 29 2012, 1:35am | Comments

• Vimeo

  March 28 2012, 7:38am | Comments

• Bookmark Ways Machines Can Hurt You

  Wandering the LA Convention Center at WESTEC - the ultimate manufacturing show from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers… wandering the amazing tools, waterjets, 3D printers, CNCs, microCNCs, robot arms, welding devices……

  March 28 2012, 3:48am | Comments

• Bookmark Death of a data haven: cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the world's smallest nation

  A data haven is "the information equivalent to a tax haven," a country that helps you evade other countries' rules on what you can and can't do with your bits. (Think…

  March 28 2012, 3:42am | Comments

• Bookmark John Gray on Critiques of Utopia and Apocalypse

  There are those who say that utopian projects, while they can never be achieved, are valuable because they spur human advance. That’s not my view. My view is that the attempt…

  March 28 2012, 1:43am | Comments

• Metafilter A Database of Metaphor The Mind is a Metaphor. A database of thousands of metaphors organized by category, like 18th century, Liquid, or Jacobite. It's maintained by University of Virginia English Professor Brad Pasanek.

  March 27 2012, 7:06pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Bacteria Use ‘Chemical Twitter’ and ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’ to Make Decisions

  March 27 2012, 2:06pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Oldest Alien Planets Found—Born at Dawn of Universe

  March 27 2012, 2:05pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Gamers Outdo Computers at Matching Up Disease Genes

  March 27 2012, 7:58am | Comments

• Twitter

  "The act of writing may be nothing but an act of controlled violence... The book explodes with infuriating legibility." - Edmond Jabes

  March 27 2012, 7:50am | Comments

• Bookmark Underneath the Skin: John Carpenter’s “The Thing” and You

  This monster’s talent for mimicry provokes some of the darkest questions. By foregrounding this capability and coupling it with our inability to discern mimics from the remaining men, The Thing focuses…

  March 26 2012, 3:37am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Neal Stephenson's Hieroglyph and the dystopian sci-fi rut.

  March 23 2012, 5:07am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Does It Matter Whether God Exists?

  March 23 2012, 1:51am | Comments

• Metafilter "As you can probably imagine, this took some effort to make." "The calculator itself is just over 250x200x100 blocks. It contains 2 6-digit BCD number selectors, 2 BCD-to-binary decoders, 3 binary-to-BCD decoders, 6 BCD adders and subtractors, a 20 bit (output) multiplier, 10 bit divider, a memory bank and additional circuitry for the graphing…

  March 21 2012, 10:44am | Comments

• YouTube

  March 21 2012, 9:51am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like Lists Because We Don't Want to Die'

  March 21 2012, 9:35am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  The Enlightenment, Naturalism, And The Secularization Of Values

  March 20 2012, 11:20am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Physicists Discover Evolutionary Laws of Language

  March 20 2012, 11:20am | Comments

• Bookmark Culturomics: Have physicists discovered the evolutionary laws of language in Google's library?

  Can physicists produce insights about language that have eluded linguists and English professors? That possibility was put to the test this week when a team of physicists published a paper drawing…

  March 20 2012, 11:04am | Comments

• Twitter

  before the deictic it

  March 20 2012, 3:46am | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  Borges: The Task of Art

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  God and the New Physics by Paul Davies

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  When independent thought flourishes

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

• Twitter Favourites

  This is what a week-long car crash looks like

  March 19 2012, 4:25pm | Comments

• Bookmark The Free Universal Construction Kit

  Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can — and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Kit: a set of adapters for complete interoperability between 10…

  March 19 2012, 6:31am | Comments

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