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A bit of code, and a single command: int main() { printf("Goodbye, world."); } world# echo "Thanks!" | ritchie

Place a ruler on your desk--the metal kind is best, but even a wooden ruler will do--and shine a laser pointer at its finest scale at glanci...

This isn't a joke about biologists, but rather the title of a fun manifesto on cellular signaling and control pathways: Can a biologist...

A subject far closer to my interest: There's now a Blog on Optical Tweezers , reporting on interesting or exciting papers on optical mi...

Warren Meyer, the soi-disant " Climate Skeptic ", has responded to my earlier post criticizing his discussion of feedbacks . Th...

From Encyclopedia Dramatica : Whenever you encounter someone who buys into Homeopathic cures, you should give them the Homeopathic Challenge...

Elsewhere , FOTB Martel Firing asks for my take on a bit of 'blog science : (would-be) "Climate Skeptic" Warren Meyer's th...