Archive for September, 2012

Lenski’s E. Coli Grow “New Legs”

Lenski’s E. Coli Grow “New Legs”

Lenski’s high-profile E. coli program represents an iconic case of experimental evolution.

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Review: Rage

Review: Rage

With its penchant for monosyllabic game titles and quick-twitch gunplay, Id has now dropped Rage into the first person fracas.

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Hysteria and 7th Century Literature

Hysteria and 7th Century Literature

The recently uploaded anti-Muslim video is a squalid piece of amateurish videowork to be sure, but the reactionary measures proliferated throughout the Muslim states have shown just how dangerous certain beliefs can be.

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Review: The Order of Things

Review: The Order of Things

Michel Foucault’s 1966 work on the history and meaning of Western thought is an intellectual tour de force that’s not for the faint of heart.

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Math Class Needs a Makeover

Math Class Needs a Makeover

In this brief TED talk, Dan Meyer discusses the backwardness of math education in America and how to improve the situation.

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