Which was based on a real-life instance of an island which emerged from the sea, then disappeared again (through erosion) before the squabble over it had been settled.
"The simplest application is when you want bulking," Mooney explains. "If you want to introduce some material into the body to replace tissue that's been lost or that is deficient, this would be ideal. In other situations, you could use it to transplant stem cells if you're trying to promote tissue regeneration, or you might want to transplant immune cells, if you're looking at immunotherapy."
Consisting primarily of alginate, a seaweed-based jelly, the injectable sponge contains networks of large pores, which allow liquids and large molecules to easily flow through it. Mooney and his research team demonstrated that live cells can be attached to the walls of this network and delivered intact along with the sponge, through a small-bore needle. Mooney's team also demonstrated that the sponge can hold large and small proteins and drugs within the alginate jelly itself, which are gradually released as the biocompatible matrix starts to break down inside the body.
That may take care of Cthulhu, but what about the geometry of the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth? It had a tessellation made of octagons. Assuming that they were convex octagons, what kind of non-euclidean geometry would be necessary for such a tiling to exist? (In euclidean geometry, no convex polygon with more than six sides can possibly tile the plane.)
Fadiman had a second collection called The Mathematical Magpie, though it hasn't been reprinted since 1997. It's probably worth noting that Fantasia Mathematica includes the story "A Subway Named Mobius" which someone above recommended.
You see, when Confucius defined the five major relationships, he forgot to include people you don't know. There is no equivalent to Christianity's "do unto others as you would have them do unto yourself" in China.
It's a strong word if you use it literally. But he wasn't doing so; he was riffing on a famous Pogo quote, and I imagine that was the only reason he used the word "enemy" at all.
Here is an article with one photo of the skull, at least. And this one shows the scientists reassembling the fossil like a jigsaw puzzle (and has an interesting writeup in general).
But the OP didn't say there was! I actually thought that was a neat phrase, which sidesteps the usual ludicrous arguments about the meaning of "to beg the question".
And as a final note for now: we're in no danger from this. I normally wouldn't bother writing that, but a lot of people seem jittery due to 1) the 2012 nonsense, b) the recent (coincidental) solar flares, and Î) the asteroids (DA14 and AG5) I wrote about last week. So to proclude any fear-mongering, I'll just say this supernova is something like 400 million trillion kilometers away, and probably won't even get bright enough to see in binoculars. I hope that helps assuage any fears.
Unfortunately, Slashdot refuses to display the lowercase gamma correctly, ruining Phil's joke.
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Actually, they're flying – under the Arthur Dent definition. (1. Aim yourself at the ground 2. Miss)
Which was based on a real-life instance of an island which emerged from the sea, then disappeared again (through erosion) before the squabble over it had been settled.
That may take care of Cthulhu, but what about the geometry of the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth? It had a tessellation made of octagons. Assuming that they were convex octagons, what kind of non-euclidean geometry would be necessary for such a tiling to exist? (In euclidean geometry, no convex polygon with more than six sides can possibly tile the plane.)
A Georgia cracker; so did you do that on purpose?
Fadiman had a second collection called The Mathematical Magpie, though it hasn't been reprinted since 1997. It's probably worth noting that Fantasia Mathematica includes the story "A Subway Named Mobius" which someone above recommended.
Well – Italy is hardly the only country where that is so.
Freudian typo?
What's more, there is no Nobel prize in math.
What's this, then?
Forget XKCD, here is the obligatory Mark Twain quote!
Agreed. In fact 1975 was part of the detente period, and the joint mission was by intent a manifestation of that thaw in the Cold War.
It's a strong word if you use it literally. But he wasn't doing so; he was riffing on a famous Pogo quote, and I imagine that was the only reason he used the word "enemy" at all.
Wikipedia has a translation of Laplace's quote (of course, the original was in French, so you couldn't have the quote exactly right in English).
There's also scamorama.com; IIRC they got several dollars from scammers.
This write-up gives reasons for doubting that the new technique does show dinosaurs were significantly lighter than previously thought.
It sounds like you're talking about the Jevons paradox?
"released an working prototype" should be "released a working prototype".
Here is an article with one photo of the skull, at least. And this one shows the scientists reassembling the fossil like a jigsaw puzzle (and has an interesting writeup in general).
But the OP didn't say there was! I actually thought that was a neat phrase, which sidesteps the usual ludicrous arguments about the meaning of "to beg the question".
I don't have a link handy, but I've read that Rowling changed her mind about ebooks after she herself got a Kindle and became an enthusiast.
I've seen this anecdote many times, but nearly always with Norbert Wiener in place of Einstein.
And as a final note for now: we're in no danger from this. I normally wouldn't bother writing that, but a lot of people seem jittery due to 1) the 2012 nonsense, b) the recent (coincidental) solar flares, and Î) the asteroids (DA14 and AG5) I wrote about last week. So to proclude any fear-mongering, I'll just say this supernova is something like 400 million trillion kilometers away, and probably won't even get bright enough to see in binoculars. I hope that helps assuage any fears.
Unfortunately, Slashdot refuses to display the lowercase gamma correctly, ruining Phil's joke.
It's been tried. But the idea never really took off; there's evidently almost no traffic on Usenet II.