I've incorporated John Scalzi's Law of Online Communication into the ground rules. The Law: Anything bad you ever write about someone online will get back to them sooner or later.

posted: 10:31:23 PM  

There's still room for good old macro-level empirical work in the physical sciences. University of Minnesota researchers Edward Cussler and Brian Gettelfinger settle an old argument between Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens: do humans swim faster in water or syrup?

posted: 11:41:00 AM