Pinboard: bookmarks for domnit tagged 'science'

Theory that longevity from calorie restricted diets is caused by gene activation. A "CR mimetic" is a substance that activates said gene without dietary restriction.

calorie_restriction health aging biology science food medicine
november 2006 by domnit

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pig.jpg
russia animals pig science aeronautics cannon photo
november 2006 by domnit

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Test your musical skills in 6 minutes!

72.2% (Update, take 2, 2007-09-17: 80.6%)

music brain test science
november 2006 by domnit

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Everyday Things Placed in a Microwave
microwave science fire humor video
november 2006 by domnit

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Who Wants to Be a Cognitive Neuroscientist Millionaire?
biology brain psychology tv science
november 2006 by domnit

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USDA Agricultural Research Service: Beltsville Electro Microscopy Unit
photo microscope science
november 2006 by domnit

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Radio Lab: Emergence (February 18, 2005)
science emergence economics insect radio brain internet eugenics democracy
november 2006 by domnit

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Ask reddit: I plan to travel back to the 1400s. Any advice on how to recreate the Internet? :-)
internet history humor time science scifi
october 2006 by domnit

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Horniest male beetles have the tiniest testicles
sex science insect animals biology humor anatomy
october 2006 by domnit

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Imagine Earth without people

"Imagine that all the people on Earth could be spirited away tomorrow. (Let's not invoke the mother of all plagues to wipe us out, if only to avoid complications from all the corpses). Left once more to its own devices, Nature would begin to reclaim the p

environment future animals science
october 2006 by domnit

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UNSTRUNG: In string theory, beauty is truth, truth beauty. Is that really all we need to know?
string physics science culture academia books
october 2006 by domnit

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The Perils of Obedience - Stanley Milgram

As it appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1974. Abridged and adapted from Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram.

psychology science ethics mindcontrol nazi milgram
october 2006 by domnit

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Stevey's Blog Rants: Egomania Itself

Everything written on Steve Yegge's blog in the last month or so (as long as I've been reading) has been fantastic, but this is only my second time linking. It's about software, but also a lot more than that.

software agile psychology humor culture google logic science
october 2006 by domnit

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The Myth of the Flat Earth
history science
october 2006 by domnit

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Subway Sleuth Clears Dinosaur of Cannibalism

"A graduate student in paleontology was standing on the downtown subway platform at the American Museum of Natural History stop ... and wiped clean a dinosaur’s reputation that had been besmirched by suspicions of cannibalism."

science subway dinosaur paleontology animals cannibal
september 2006 by domnit

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"Cargo Cult Science" by Richard Feynman
science philosophy cult culture feynman freedom truth education
september 2006 by domnit

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Pluto loses status as a planet, enters new catergory of dwarf planets

"Pluto was automatically disqualified because its highly elliptical orbit overlaps with Neptune's."

space science pluto planet
august 2006 by domnit

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Hydrogen Atom Scale Model
chemistry science
june 2006 by domnit

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Capacitor + nanotubes = Fast-charge, non-degrading battery
nano electricity science energy battery
june 2006 by domnit

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Singing Science Records
science music children
june 2006 by domnit

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Two Eggs - Hold the Sperm
sex biology science women animals
may 2006 by domnit

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The nest architecture of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius

Plaster filled ant hills

animals ants biology science architecture insect
may 2006 by domnit

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Medical marijuana catch-22
medicine drugs marijuana politics science
april 2006 by domnit

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Quantum Key Distribution

Cryptographic key is distributed one photon at a time. Attempts at interception are detected by the uncertainty principle.

quantum light crypto internet science physics
april 2006 by domnit

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cadbury egg cake

Hypothesis: awesome. Result: not awsome.

food humor science cake
april 2006 by domnit

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Lucid Decapitation
punishment death trauma biology science
april 2006 by domnit

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Speech Accent Archive
language geography science reference speech english
march 2006 by domnit

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Quantum Physics Made Relatively Easy - Personal and Historical Perspectives of Hans Bethe

I haven't watched these yet, but I'm in a class about modern physics, and this seems to be relevant and interesting.

physics quantum science education school
february 2006 by domnit

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Make-Believe Martian Exploration
mars space science
february 2006 by domnit

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The Not-So-Legendary Chimera

Two fraternal twin embyos merge into one fetus, and ultimately one person.

biology science twin
february 2006 by domnit

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DNA DDR
biology science gaming ddr education
january 2006 by domnit

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Marijuana Water Pipe and Vaporizer Study

"The notion that high-potency marijuana is less harmful directly contradicts official government propaganda, which maintains that marijuana has become more dangerous since the '60s due to increased potency."

drugs marijuana health science
january 2006 by domnit

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Seed Vaults

Bond movie idea: Seedfinger

science biology farm security bondideas
january 2006 by domnit

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Find Music You'll Love - Pandora

I saw this a bit ago but ignored it. Now I made myself a radio station based on my favorite artists, and it's really sweet.

music radio apps science
january 2006 by domnit

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Smoke Detectors and a Radioactive Boyscout

I keep linking to Damn Interesting, but it really is