- A list of gods that Christians and atheists don’t believe in (via Diax’s Rake)
- A Unified Quantum Theory of the Sexual Interaction
“Warning: while this is maybe kinda sorta NSFW, it is absolutely not safe for math/physics-phobes. This is high-level jokery about low-level topics,” says Phil Plait (=via). - Big pictures of Mercury and the Messenger probe.
- A universal size comparison (via Bad Astronomy):
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Links and Video of the Week (2009/24)
Links and Video of the Week (2009/15)
(I left out the German links again, so there’s not much left…)
- How does a detector for high energy physics work? at Quantum Diaries
- And the video: The Holy Gospel of the Easter Bunny, Jeshua Cottontail (via The Atheist Blogger):
Happy Easter!
I'll never see any side of heaven
I walk for miles through a blazing hell
It doesn't matter what you think I'm supposed to be
'Cause I myself know all too well
Saliva, "King Of My World"
Links and video of the Week (2008/41)
- German: Ernsthaft: Erklärungen zur Finanzkrise: Häufig gestellte Fragen bei zoon politikon
- German: Weniger ernsthaft: Die Finanzkrise und die Astrologie
- German: Überhaupt nicht ernsthaft: Die Wahrheit über Teilchenbeschleuniger in der Stupidedia (via zottels Kommentar, dem 558. bei “Kein Weltuntergang”…)
- Album covers built in Lego (flickr pool) (via Dravens Tales)
- From the sitcom “The Big Bang Theory”: How the discussion about string theory or loop quantum gravity can affect relationships… (via Mathlog):
And if you think that I don't make too much sense
That's because I'm broken minded
Stiltskin, "Inside"
Links and Video of the Week (2008/40)
- Phantastic photos from the Baikonur space center (via Bad Astronomy).
- German: Wozu eigentlich das Higgs-Teilchen? – eine gut verständliche Erklärung.
- Cartoon: What the Mythbusters could say about the existence of god (via Friendly Atheist).
- And Homer Simpson wants to vote for Barack Obama, but the computer’s got a different opinion… (via Captain Obvious):
Besides I'm worried abut my weight
I've got the pressure on
Roger Taylor, "Pressure On"
Links and Video of the Week (2008/38)
Starting with three LHC links:
- German: Higgs und Masse anschaulich erklärt auf dem WISSENSlog “Relativ einfach”.
- A poem by Tim Torkildson: Geneva Town
- A particle accelerator on Ebay
– already sold, however1 (via AnguloJuan via Bloggeramt)
And the video How To Read People’s Minds (via Bad Astronomy).
- “Teilchen” is not only the German word for “particle”, but also a name for pastries [↩]
We went around we went around and round and round
We didn't hear no violins
Roger Taylor, "No Violins"