Anisotropic Perspectives

An updated version of the Horizon version…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j949RyNXqc

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOid4jrCeFE

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8777381378502286852

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…but in Canada.  Who’s the best lecturer?
BIG IDEAS

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Wired.com: Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research
After six Nobel Prizes, the invention of the transistor, laser and countless contributions to computer science and technology, it is the end of the road for Bell Labs’ fundamental physics research lab.

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What a testament to the power of suggestion!  As the heartbreaking followup investigation confirms, the reality of disease continues long after the large (often unaffordable) donations to Benny Hinn are spent and the limbic system is calmed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEvHflzKStU

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Maybe it’s because you’re “not Bayesian”…
Maybe you see the theorem, and you understand the theorem, and you can use the theorem, but you can’t understand why your friends and/or research colleagues seem to think it’s the secret of the universe.  Maybe your friends are all wearing Bayes’ Theorem T-shirts, and you’re feeling left out.  Maybe [...]

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Bravo, ladies.  I expect we’ll see more projects using increasingly powerful and affordable genetic testing technologies in the future.
They found that one-fourth of the fish samples with identifiable DNA were mislabeled…  Seven of nine samples that were called red snapper were mislabeled, and they turned out to be anything from Atlantic cod to Acadian redfish, an endangered [...]

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Cool.
Philadelphia’s Monell Center sampled the air directly above basal cell carcinomas [using GC-MS -ed] and found it was different to similar samples from healthy skin.
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[Another group -ed] has trained dogs to detect subtle changes in the odour of urine which could indicate bladder cancer, and is hoping to detect prostate and skin cancers the same [...]

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I used to dream about things like this.
Photos from the Daily Mail
More from the Source (Hong Kong LEGO Users Group)

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