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Can we measure scientific success? Should we? 25 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
My new paper. Measures for scientific success have become a hot topic in the community. Many scientists have spoken out in view of the increasingly widespread use of these measures. They largely all ...
Physics Outreach Event at Kungsträdgården, Sep 7 21 Aug 2013 | 02:39 pm
Yes, there's Swedish Umlauts in the header. Our local readers might be interested to hear that Nordita will take part in the bi-annual outreach event "Fysik i Kungsan", which is scheduled for Sept 7, ...
Researchers and coffee consumption 18 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
You might have seen this collection of 40 world maps in your news feed recently. It's interesting and worth a look. When I scrolled down the list I thought it looks like the number of researchers (per...
You are likely special and your friends probably not normal 15 Aug 2013 | 01:53 pm
Squaring the melon. Image source. I think of myself as a very average person. I like the music on the radio and enjoy books on bestseller lists. I’m somewhat short but not unusually so, my reaction t...
Book Review: “Information is Beautiful” by David McCandless 12 Aug 2013 | 12:50 pm
Information is Beautiful (New Edition) By David McCandless Collins (6 Dec 2012) The more information, the more relevant it becomes to present it in human-digestible form, whence springs the flood of ...
Are physicists hot or not? 5 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
It has become trendy to study scientists. Two weeks ago, a group of network researchers published a paper in “Scientific Reports” that aims to analyze in how far scientists pay attention to what is tr...
Video about Loop Quantum Cosmology 2 Aug 2013 | 12:23 pm
The below YouTube video on Loop Quantum Cosmology was brought to my attention. I'm not sure who this video is aimed at. It seems to me you'll only understand what they are talking about when you alre...
Book review: “The Blank Slate” by Steven Pinker 31 Jul 2013 | 09:26 pm
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature By Steven Pinker Penguin Books; Reprint edition (August 26, 2003) “The Blank Slate” is an ode to human nature and scientific thought in public debat...
Starspotting 29 Jul 2013 | 07:04 pm
Stars have no privacy. Not only does NASA unashamedly collect extensive records of star’s data, they’re not even denying they do. NASA’s surveillance program has the sole intent to stare at stars, and...
How stable is the photon? Yes, the photon. 23 Jul 2013 | 06:44 pm
Light. Source: Povray tutorial. I never really got into the kitten-mania that has befallen the internet. But I do think there’s such a thing as a cute paper, and here is a particularly nice example: ...
