Basically just a boatload of interesting stuff.

Quoted: Tversky and Kahneman conducted the following experiment
When contemplating the purchase of a $25 pen, the majority of subjects would drive to another store 15 minutes away to save $7
When contemplating the purchase of a $455 suit, the majority of subjects would not drive to another store 15 minutes away to save $7
The amount saved and time involved are the same, but people make very different choices

Very cool. Get it? I amuse me.

Quoted: In this companion Web site to the NOVA program Absolute Zero, learn about the theoretical upper limit of temperature, find an article by author Tom Shachtman on the cultural impact of artificial refrigeration, read an interview with physicist Luis Orozco on ultracold Bose-Einstein condensates, browse a list of notable temperatures ranging from absolute zero to the hottest theoretical temperature in the universe, and more.

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Cool.

Quoted: This color high speed video(zoomed in from original 1K x 1K resolution sequence) shows a close up of popcorn popping on a hot plate. Recorded by the Schmitz ...

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Very cool ... just remember, kids -- smoking kills!

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Cool!

Caught a couple of episodes of this show on Shiwani's recommendation -- great stuff.

Quoted: In a subtle and goofily educational way, the hosts of “Mythbusters” commit mayhem for science’s sake.

A neuroscientific look at speaking in tongues -- interesting.

Quoted: Scientists have used brain images to peer into the minds of those who speak in tongues.

I can't wait for 2011.

Quoted: A Harvard biologist argues that a mother and her unborn child engage in an unconscious struggle over the nutrients she will provide it.