30 May 2007

Linkage and Learnage

Or Elementary my dear particle. As you may know I like to consider myself, basically, at heart, a scientist. I didn't get my degree but that's another story. Although I now slave away at the coalface of government contracting I still like to keep my finger on the pulse of what is going on out there in the world of hard science.

There are some fantastic science blogs and pods out there, for astronomy I've bigged this up before but Astronomy Cast is an excellent non mathematical discussion about our current understanding of the universe. Not only that their podcast archives are developing into a resource for anyone who wanted to know more than the popular science level but didn't want to/have the time to learn with the mathematics included.

Over the last few weeks I've begun to discover the rational thinking/sceptical blogisphere out there, it's a refreshing change after reading some of the brain melting numptiness of the American fundamentalist blogs that I read for the shear WTFness of them (no links I don't want you to damage your brains). If you are not already reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre you should be, also highly recommended is Respectful Insolence.

But to the proper linkage - via Cosmic Variance - The Hunt for the Higgs Boson

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 May, 2007

    Had a quick squizz at the linked sites and, dammit, they all look good!

    Don't get me wrong, I love learning but ... ohh my poor brain, MORE sites to keep up with! ;-)

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  2. Anonymous03 June, 2007

    I have a really nice telescope. It is an 8 inch (203mm) cassegrain.

    I do not recommend reading any numpty fundie American blogs. It is bad for your brain. Nobody here really pays much attention to them. They are just really loud.

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