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Oars 'n' Others
The best of the rest from the physics arXiv this week:
Mathematician Solves Rowing Boat "Wiggle" Problem
A mathematician has discovered two entirely new arrangements of rowers in a racing eight in which the rowing forces cancel to make the boat wiggle-free.
Explaining the Air Traffic Breakdown
It wasn't the fault of a creaky old radar system, but of high-tech flight-monitoring computers.

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Oars 'n' Others
The best of the rest from the physics arXiv this week:
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Designing Astronaut Gloves
A NASA-sponsored event challenges inventors to create the next astronaut glove.
Fuzzing Snags a Serious Flaw in Windows
Vulnerability hunters increasingly rely on "fuzzing", a technique that tries to break programs with pseudo-random inputs.
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The Big Losers in Energy
Several people holding the purse-strings agree that algae, hydrogen vehicles, and carbon capture and storage won't make money.
Ghosts in the Machine
How my personal experiences prompted "Prescription: Networking."

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BQP Aarlines
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Predictably Irrational

Religion As a source for research ideas
Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me. Redeem me from the...

Feld Thoughts

Can A Soundtrack Make or Break a Tech Conference?
I’ve been to my share of tech conferences that either don’t have any music playing or have some...

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Civilization as Experiment
From birth, parents raise us in different ways, teachers teach us in different styles, and...

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The Clean Energy Economy: A New Industrial Revolution Rising From Challenging Times
In the last five years, many venture capitalists (myself included) have committed to backing...

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Why Don’t Venture Capitalists Tell You Why They Won’t Invest?
Today, we were asked the following question: '”Why don't VCs tell you the reason why they don't...

Information Processing

IQ, compression and simple models
I get yelled at from all sides whenever I mention IQ in a post, but I'm a stubborn guy, so here...

The Experimental Man

DeCode is Bankrupt; So is The Idea of "Pure" Genomics
A decade ago, genomics-based companies were all the rage. Then one by one nearly all of the...

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Norman Borlaug, Agronomist Who Fought World Hunger, Dies
Norman Borlaug. Credit: United States Department of Agriculture. Norman Borlaug, the world's...

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