600,000 Infected With Flashback
The days when Apple users could be confident about the lack of malware and trojans on Mac platforms seem to be long gone.
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OPERA review
‘Faster-than-Light’ Neutrino Team Leaders Resign
To the physics community’s credit, while many were skeptical, most took the findings seriously rather than dismissing them out of hand. Conrad says she attended at least three conferences where a great deal of time was devoted to studying the results, pondering different explanations or theories.
From Sean Carroll
Monday Night Irish Class, April 2, 2012
Irish Class, April 2, 2012
Rang Gaeilge, 2ú lá mí Aibreáin 2012
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Astronomy in the Movies
The Golden Ratio, and much more
Some surprising (to me, anyway) information about the history of the Golden Ratio. Also a cool animation of how to construct a pentagon by straight-edge and compass, and also (by cheating) a heptagon.
Read the book, see the video
I loved them both.
Make a Joint Stool from a Tree: An Introduction to 17th-century Joinery
The Woodwright’s Shop: Elizabethan Joint Stool with Peter Follansbee and Megan Fitzpatrick (Why didn’t PBS list her?). As you might expect, there are several references to Shakespeare in the video.
The tax Americans love
General Motors Decides Climate Change Is Real,
Vegans are bugged by Starbucks
Waiter? There’s an insect in my Frappuccino
The alternative to using cochineal is mostly Red 40, which is made from coal tar. No, seriously. It’s made from coal tar. Or it used to be; looks like it’s mostly made from petroleum these days. So, you can see why Starbucks might be looking for an alternative to an artificial dye.
Also see Cochineal: it’s a bug AND a feature!
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 