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Date: August 23rd, 2008

That First Step is a Doozy

23 August, 2008 (12:12) | Sports, Tech | No comments

And they expect you to go head-first.
Panoramic view from the 10m divers’ platform

They’re There, and You’re Not

23 August, 2008 (12:09) | Sports | No comments

In a similar vein to finishing last in the Tour de France, there’s a website chronicling the last-place finishers in the Olympics. DFL
And if you’ve asked yourself, “Self, I wonder if I could compete in the Olympics?” The answer is almost certainly not.
During the 2006 Winter Games, I embarked on a study of [...]

What’s the Rolls Royce of Chemistry?

23 August, 2008 (05:08) | Business, Humor, Other science | No comments

Disciplines of chemistry as retail chains. The IKEA of Chemistry
Total Synthesis- The Wal-Mart of Chemistry. Okay, before I alienate my tot. syn. friends with this one, let’s think about it. Typically, when modern reactions are developed, they are almost immediately put to task in syntheses of natural products, as proof of their usefulness. People [...]

 

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