Daily Archives: 29 June 2011

Not another new open access journal

Posted on 29 June 2011 by Frank Norman

Or, rather, not just any other new open access journal. The Wellcome Trust, the Max Planck Society and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have announced that they are to launch a new top-tier open access journal for biomedical and life … Continue reading →

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Google: how to un-personalise your search

Posted on 29 June 2011 by Frank Norman

Google never stands still. It is forever seeking to improve the way it tries to match your search request to its database, and then to show you potentially useful websites. Mostly we are not aware of how it does this, … Continue reading →

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Visual cymbal

Posted on 29 June 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s an astounding slo-mo video of a cymbal strike: Isn’t that amazing?! I mean, you know at some intellectual level that sound is a wave caused by the vibration of a solid object… but actually seeing that?

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