Daily Activity Summary for September 30, 2014
These are the results of my activities* for September 30, 2014: Total steps: 6546 Calories burned: 2201 Traveled: […]
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently
By DOUGLAS QUENQUA A technique which early humans used to make knives by flaking off bits of stone […]
Rating Pain Relief
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY How is the effectiveness of pain relievers measured? Is there a list that quantifies […]
Science Events: Dancing Particle Physics and Science-Inspired Fashion
By JASCHA HOFFMAN In a piece choreographed by the artist-in-residence at the CERN physics laboratory, dancers will begin […]
Marmosets Find Videos Educational, if Not Viral
By JAMES GORMAN Wild marmosets in the Brazilian forest can learn quite successfully from video demonstrations featuring other […]
Growing, and Growing Vulnerable
By CORNELIA DEAN A new report from the National Research Council found that the effect of climate change […]
The Difficulties of Nuclear Containment
By SAM ROBERTS A recently declassified report makes it clear that the Manhattan Project was threatened by leaks […]
The Odds, Continually Updated
By F. D. FLAM In Bayesian statistics, new data is used to shape assumptions, the opposite of the […]
Unusual Rocks near Pahrump Hills on Mars
How did these Martian rocks form? As the robotic Curiosity rover has approached Pahrump Hills on Mars, it […]
Cloudy today in Pully, Switzerland!
Good morning This is the weather forecast for today: With a high of 19°C and a low of […]