Jan Wessnitzer
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Assassin bug sneaks up on spiders http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature...
C++ and beyond: Why C++? http://channel9.msdn.com/posts...
Waving robotic crab arm attracts females http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
Robohype and why it's bad for robotics http://alanwinfield.blogspot.com/2011...
This is true for all of science.
- Jan Wessnitzer
More outreach required!
- Jan Wessnitzer
Announcing the 2011 'Dance Your Ph.D.' Contest http://news.sciencemag.org/science...
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I wouldn't know where to start ;)
- Jan Wessnitzer
Major Movements in Philosophy as Minimalist Geometric Graphics http://www.brainpickings.org/index...
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Scientists force two chatbots to have a conversation, prove that Skynet will be a moron http://io9.com/5835508...
So when does academic publishing get disrupted? http://gigaom.com/2011...
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Nothing new (here on FF!)
- Jan Wessnitzer
The Republican Party Hates Science http://gizmodo.com/5835389...
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"There are plenty of doctors and scientists who also vote GOP. But as an institution, the Republican Party of today is determined to subvert the progress of science, to subordinate it to the interest of shareholders instead of the brilliance of researchers."
- Jan Wessnitzer
This is, IMHO, part of the problem with a two-party system (at least effectively)... it's black-and-white (no pun intended)... in NL you have much more choice, causing all parties to be much more balanced. But the US voting system just favors a two-party system, and that has to be broken down first, before the US can move forward again (IMHO).
- Egon Willighagen
And to think that the British people had the chance to vote against 'first past the post'....... Will we be next?
- Jan Wessnitzer
The View from Space: Northwestern Europe at Night http://www.universetoday.com/88491...
If you support Arsenal, DO NOT click this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1...
Aug 28, 2011
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The science of job interviews http://blogs.nature.com/ericwub...
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"So far, mainly bad news for both employers and truly competent applicants alike. At first sight, throwing out the job interview and randomly picking the new employee from the candidates who seem formally qualified would seem about as effective as the interview, and much cheaper as well. However, to be fair to psychologists, information is slowly becoming available to help employers make better decisions."
- Jan Wessnitzer
Scott Meyers, Andrei Alexandrescu and Herb Sutter: C++ and Beyond http://channel9.msdn.com/posts...
'Shrimp On A Treadmill': The Politics Of 'Silly' Studies http://www.npr.org/2011...
"Lawmakers and political groups like to point to government spending that they say is wasteful — especially in tough economic times. And one popular target has been scientific studies that either sound..."
- Jan Wessnitzer
"Looking at past examples, however, shows that there seems to be a pattern to how research gets singled out — and what happens after it's put under the spotlight."
- Jan Wessnitzer
A graph analysis of my email inbox...
It is really quite boring as I only keep emails in my inbox if some action is required. So, this graph simply shows that I have to respond in one way or another to 10 people and that I wanted to check out two links that were sent to lists I am subscribed to.
- Jan Wessnitzer
SNA: Visualising an email box with R http://www.r-bloggers.com/sna-vis...
on the subject of R: Google's style guide http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn...
Graduate students: Aspirations and anxieties http://www.nature.com/naturej...
This works for postdocs too (based on my own experience)....
- Jan Wessnitzer
Treehoppers put obsolete genetics to fashionable use http://www.newscientist.com/blogs...
Sticks insects survive one million years without sex
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature...
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Language graph of the web (minus English) http://i.imgur.com/CTRxt.png
Parasitism: Wasp Uses Ladybug as 'Zombie Bodyguard' http://www.sciencedaily.com/release...
Using the Google Visualisation API with R http://code.google.com/p...
One-liners which make me love R: Make your data dance (Hans Rosling style) with googleVis http://jeffreybreen.wordpress.com/2011...
Biology of dads http://www.bbc.co.uk/program...
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Is there something personal to this article, Jan?? wink, wink
- Björn Brembs
Lol, frightening thought... Not sure I could cope with that much responsibility!
- Jan Wessnitzer
Just their real life counterparts - UK robot World Cup hopes dashed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
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Edinburgh University was knocked out in the group stages!
- Jan Wessnitzer
CompuCast - the computer science podcast http://www.computersciencepodcast.com/podcast...
Jul 2, 2011
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E.O. Wilson on the future of biology http://earthsky.org/human-w...
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"Renowned Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson, one of the world’s best-known scientists and science communicators, talked to EarthSky about where science is going. Wilson said he believes the 21st century will see profound advances in biology."
- Jan Wessnitzer