Thursday, August 13, 2009

Potpouri (the sequel)

I'm immersed in writing this week, so this post is going to be mostly a set of pointers -- with less commentary than usual -- to interesting stuff. (Well, I find it interesting. Your mileage may differ.)

August's Year of Science theme is Celebrate Weather and Climate. Important topics, to be sure. Much interesting stuff to be reviewed, and well-deserved credit for the increasing accuracy of weather forecasts. I'm less enamored of the superficial treatment of climate change.

Here's more news about the (in)security of RFIDs, in this case the cloning of proposed "unforgeable" UK identification cards.

Here's a recent fascinating extrasolar planet find: a world that orbits backward.

And a really humanoid robot.

Sorry to be so terse, but the muse is with me. Gotta write.

5 comments:

Catreona said...

Thanks for taking time out to post, Ed.

Good writing!

Catreona said...

A little bit of PR for Science education for the blind:

http://www.blindscience.org/ncbys/

Edward M. Lerner said...

A cool link -- thanks, Catreona.

- Ed

Catreona said...

May one ask what you're writing?

Edward M. Lerner said...

I'm immersed in Betrayer of Worlds, the next installment of the Fleet of Worlds series.

- Ed