Friday, January 06, 2006
David Silver, oh dj, oh rapper, oh actor, oh string theorist
I think I posted this before: Some Hasidic Jews participate in a circumcision custom in which a mohel sucks blood from a baby's wound to "clean" it. Not suprisingly, the custom has become a controversial issue as it poses a health risk to the infants on which it is performed. In the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, the ritual has led to three cases of neonatal herpes.
New insights on the genetic evolution of cats.
I just saw "The Elegant Universe," a NOVA special based on the book of the same name by Brian Greene, the famous physicist from Columbia University and, coincidentally, second string to the more talented, more intelligent Brian Austin Green. The series is meant to be a layman's introduction to string theory, the notion that all matter and all forces in our universe are composed of tiny "strings" of energy, smaller than the smallest atom or any known subatomic particle. Some physicists believe that String Theory is the all-encompassing "unified theory" that Einstein spent his last decades trying to find.
Mayor Daley profiled in the times.
Home inspections and buying a house. What a seller must tell
a buyer. More about home inspectors.
New insights on the genetic evolution of cats.
I just saw "The Elegant Universe," a NOVA special based on the book of the same name by Brian Greene, the famous physicist from Columbia University and, coincidentally, second string to the more talented, more intelligent Brian Austin Green. The series is meant to be a layman's introduction to string theory, the notion that all matter and all forces in our universe are composed of tiny "strings" of energy, smaller than the smallest atom or any known subatomic particle. Some physicists believe that String Theory is the all-encompassing "unified theory" that Einstein spent his last decades trying to find.
Mayor Daley profiled in the times.
Home inspections and buying a house. What a seller must tell
a buyer. More about home inspectors.
