http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/ Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science and science policy. I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever. And, of course, cats. en Copyright 2009 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:05:46 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss DynamicsOfCatshttp://feedburner.google.com <p><br /> To the Dearborn graduate students.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/vindaloo.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/vindaloo.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/FRWlzAUOn6E" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/FRWlzAUOn6E/vindaloo.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/vindaloo.php random Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:05:46 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/vindaloo.php <p><br /> more assorted linky goodness</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/linkedy_links_xxi.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/linkedy_links_xxi.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/lgmtOa99DF8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/lgmtOa99DF8/linkedy_links_xxi.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/linkedy_links_xxi.php random Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:45:21 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/linkedy_links_xxi.php <p><br /> Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/quest-ce_que_cest.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/quest-ce_que_cest.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/wE1X16UxiGg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/wE1X16UxiGg/quest-ce_que_cest.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/quest-ce_que_cest.php random Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:35:56 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/quest-ce_que_cest.php <p><br /> It appears to be a MOND autumn in the science glossies, as Science publishes a review on our favourite alternative physics theory and the status of MOND like extensions to general relativity<br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/more_mond.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/more_mond.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/v7JTKqVhmSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/v7JTKqVhmSA/more_mond.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/more_mond.php astro Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:25:35 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/more_mond.php <p><br /> There is a radical proposal in Iceland to restore the economy and rescue the nation from bankruptcy: expand the tax base to recover revenue from the extensive underground economy.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/taxing_the_hidden_economy.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/taxing_the_hidden_economy.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/GdPVEGasiDo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/GdPVEGasiDo/taxing_the_hidden_economy.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/taxing_the_hidden_economy.php Iceland Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:14:40 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/taxing_the_hidden_economy.php <p>Ethan at Starts With A Bang did a <A HREF="http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2009/11/the_physics_of_touching_your_t.php">nice post the other day on an old chestnut</A> - why you can't touch your toes if you're backed against a wall.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lateral_thinking_on_your_toes.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lateral_thinking_on_your_toes.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/vGjgdOda9yo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/vGjgdOda9yo/lateral_thinking_on_your_toes.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lateral_thinking_on_your_toes.php science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:33:13 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/lateral_thinking_on_your_toes.php <p><br /> Hubble multicycle large proposals were due today...<br /> <A HREF="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/11/17/predicting-the-number-of-hubble-proposals/">Julianne tests the conjecture of proposal number invariance</A> under simple scaling.</p> <p>Looks to be annoyingly close to correct with about 40 proposals in by the deadline.</p> <p>I still think we need to check the proposal success probability as a function of proposal rank number.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/proposal_invariance.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/6mMeNeQ_Dh0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/6mMeNeQ_Dh0/proposal_invariance.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/proposal_invariance.php astro Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:26:10 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/proposal_invariance.php <p><br /> <A HREF="http://decode.com">deCode</A>, the genetics startup that genotyped the entire population of Iceland and reconstructed the Book of Icelanders is going down</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/decode_defunct.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/decode_defunct.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/lE4S4z0zxzw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/lE4S4z0zxzw/decode_defunct.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/decode_defunct.php science Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:36:21 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/decode_defunct.php <p><br /> NASA's planet hunter mission ought to be announcing something at the American Astronomical Society in january, 2010. <br /> But what?</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/kepler_live_pool.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/kepler_live_pool.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/e6EgLEhWPwA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/e6EgLEhWPwA/kepler_live_pool.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/kepler_live_pool.php astro Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:06:35 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/kepler_live_pool.php <p><br /> Yup, the LCROSS crash did kick up some water.<br /> NASA shows proof.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/water_on_the_moon.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/water_on_the_moon.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/Ivlufp9uMoc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/Ivlufp9uMoc/water_on_the_moon.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/water_on_the_moon.php astro Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:58:12 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/water_on_the_moon.php <p><br /> A couple of years ago, a group of California theorists came up with a whacky theory for a new kind of thermonuclear supernova. </p> <p>It would be just like regular type Ia supernovae, but fainter and faster, and a bit more mixed up, as evidenced by its new label: the 0.Ia supernova, a perfect mallogos of a neologism.</p> <p>So now someone had to go and find one, with plenty more to come.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/sn_0ia.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/sn_0ia.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/jWb1oEV7kOY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/jWb1oEV7kOY/sn_0ia.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/sn_0ia.php astro Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:10:34 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/sn_0ia.php <p>Cash for Grades?<br /> In Middle School?<br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cash_for_grades_scandal.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cash_for_grades_scandal.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/zQHQ9tfoPPs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/zQHQ9tfoPPs/cash_for_grades_scandal.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cash_for_grades_scandal.php academia Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:59:09 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/cash_for_grades_scandal.php <p><br /> Awesome combined image from Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra, showing deep view of the centre of the Milky Way, in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/great_observatories_view_of_th.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/great_observatories_view_of_th.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/Nu0p-_ziihQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/Nu0p-_ziihQ/great_observatories_view_of_th.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/great_observatories_view_of_th.php astro Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:09:04 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/great_observatories_view_of_th.php <p><br /> Checking.<br /> Nope, <A HREF="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2008/11/1111.php">still</A> haven't learned. <br /> Much.<br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/1111_1.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/1111_1.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/o3P2xNHbD_o" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/o3P2xNHbD_o/1111_1.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/1111_1.php random Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:16:32 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/1111_1.php <p><br /> Sagan vs Sigur R&oacute;s </p> <p>Mash-up</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~4/nMoiMuyUFeM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DynamicsOfCats/~3/nMoiMuyUFeM/pale_blue_dot.php http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php astro Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:45:27 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2009/11/pale_blue_dot.php