Invitations to join various communities have greatly reduced the utility of G+ notifications for me.
All of a sudden over the past month or so, I get many invitations a day to join communities that have nothing to do with my interests.
Now I need Gmail's spam technology for my G+ notifications.
Originally posted on Google+ · June 1, 2013
The size of asteroid 1998*QE2* (the one that's approaching close to Earth) compared to the QE2 ocean liner.
Originally posted on Google+ · May 31, 2013
I'm trying to explain dark matter to my three year old daughter, and she goes "Why don't those silly scientists just shine a bright light on it?"
Originally posted on Google+ · May 25, 2013
Here's a video preview of some of the techniques being explored.
If you're not familiar, SIGGRAPH Is where people get together and talk about stuff like making 3d graphics more realistic.
Originally posted on Google+ · May 24, 2013
The splint was surgically sewn around Kaiba’s airways in February of last year. Just 21 days later he was taken off the ventilator and hasn’t been back on it since. His trachea is now growing normally around the splint, which will fully absorb into his body after two to three years. With a little ingenuity, a condition that could’ve plagued Kaiba for his entire life–and likely would have had he been born ten years ago–has been cured.
Read more: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/3-d-printed-piece-bioplastic-saved-babys-life
Originally posted on Google+ · May 23, 2013
A shockingly long list of actions the Canadian government has done to attack science.
It's almost as if I'm reading a list of anti-science governmental actions from the United States!
The Canadian War on Science: A long, unexaggerated, devastating chronological indictment
This is a brief chronology of the current Conservative Canadian government’s long campaign to undermine evidence-based scientific, environmental and technical decision-making. It is a government that is beholden to big business, particularly big oil, and that makes every attempt to shape public policy to that end. It is a government that fundamentally doesn’t believe in…
Originally posted on Google+ · May 22, 2013
Originally posted on Google+ · May 22, 2013
Reshared post from gwern branwen
'This is the perfect finger food. I usually eat a handful at a time. Though to be honest, when asked how they taste, I say, "It varies from person to person."'
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Originally posted on Google+ · May 21, 2013
The kids have worse grades, and they are more depressed and more alienated from their parents.
When Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out in 2011, it sparked controversy among many people but especially psychologists and experts in child development. The book, they felt, had lodged in the culture certain stereotypes about an Asian parenting style that was not well-studied or well-understood and certainly not ready to be held up as some kind of model.
Unsurprising, really. Most "philosophies" advocating parenting styles, diet choices, wealth building seem to gain popularity before there is much, if any, science to support them.
Kids of Tiger Moms Get Worse Grades and Are More Depressed
When Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother came out in 2011, it sparked controversy among many people but especially psychologists and experts in child development. The book, they felt, had lodged in the culture certain stereotypes about an Asian parenting style that was not well-studied or well-understood…
Originally posted on Google+ · May 21, 2013
When asked what kind of coffee they like, most Americans will say: "a dark, rich, hearty roast". But actually, only 25-27% want that. Most prefer weak, milky coffee. Judgement is clouded by aspiration, peer pressure and marketing messages.
Interesting piece on the psychology of restaurant menu design.
As an aside, I'm a decently smart guy who at a young age was singled out for advanced classes because of my great-for-my-age vocabulary…and yet I can never remember how to spell "restaurant"!
Restaurant menu psychology: tricks to make us order more
From wine-appropriate music to authentic-sounding foreign names, restaurateurs have many ways to persuade diners into ordering high-profit meals
Originally posted on Google+ · May 21, 2013
