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Ignorance & Confidence

February 19, 2008

Kruger and Dunning noted a number of previous studies which tend to suggest that in skills as diverse as reading comprehension, operating a motor vehicle, and playing chess or tennis, “ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge” (as Charles Darwin put it). They hypothesized that with a typical skill which humans may possess in [...]

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Topology

January 3, 2008

Science News has a great description of Topology in their article Tied Up in Knots, which is the field of study my good friend Ken has decided to use as his focus for his academic research (he has a doctorate in the field). His explanations always make sense when he lays it all out, the [...]

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Intelligent Curves

November 14, 2007

The study, to be published this week, shows that men who admire women with hourglass figures do so because they are more intelligent and therefore produce more intelligent children than waif-like women or those of “apple-shaped” proportions.
As noted in the Telegraph article, Another reason why men like curves, a test of 16,000 women and [...]

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DNA 11

September 25, 2006

DNA 11 creates high quality prints from your DNA or fingerprint. The geek in me cries out to hang (at least) one of these pieces on our walls.

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It’s a small world

June 28, 2006

The Size Of Our World is a great visual comparison of Earth, the other bodies in our solar system and some stars within our galaxy. While the site is far from polished, this simple page does a great job displaying the enormous scale of the larger planets and stars compared to our rock and each [...]

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Dream Anatomy: A National Library of Medicine Exhibit

February 2, 2006

Dream Anatomy Provided by the National Library of Medicine “shows off the anatomical imagination in some of its most astonishing incarnations, from 1500 to the present.” There are some gorgeous pieces ranging from educational to entertaining. Even better, the work is in the public domain!
The invention of the printing press in the 15th century-and the [...]

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