General Science:
Experiments that could teach us a lot, if they weren't so wrong - http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_swr/
Wildlife:
Octopus Tool Use - http://molluscpow.blogspot.com/2011/05/octopus-intelligence-tool-use-in-wild.html
Architecture:
Andres Duany doesn't like sky scrapers - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/21/my-conversation-with-andres-duany-an-ardent-critic-of-the-skyscraper-flies-into-a-rage-about-the-asian-skyscraper-boom/
Technology:
Cars that drive themselves - http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/6/leave-the-driving-to-it
More Robot Workers - http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/08/foxconn-aims-for-a-million-rob.html
Health:
Something called Immigration Delay Disease - http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/the-mystery-of-the-missing-fingerprints.html
Balanced Diets - http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/balanced-diets.php
Education:
Rediff reports on the other side of B-schools - http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-career-5-things-a-b-school-will-not-tell-you/20110809.htm
Health:
Something called Immigration Delay Disease - http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/the-mystery-of-the-missing-fingerprints.html
Balanced Diets - http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/balanced-diets.php
Education:
Rediff reports on the other side of B-schools - http://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-career-5-things-a-b-school-will-not-tell-you/20110809.htm
Journalism:
These guys built a retro newsroom - http://journoterrorist.com/2011/08/02/paperball2/
Amit Agarwal is compiling Twitter IDs of Indian journalists here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rbq85DibtYKWmpKInhgmgUn7YZeBj6-Jlxty2-AUVwY/edit?hl=en_US
Philosophy:
Atheism and Morality - http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-07-31-atheism-morality-evolution-religion_n.htm
Religious Virtues from Scientific Necessities - http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/making-religious-virtues-from-scientific-necessities/
Psychology:
These guys built a retro newsroom - http://journoterrorist.com/2011/08/02/paperball2/
Amit Agarwal is compiling Twitter IDs of Indian journalists here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rbq85DibtYKWmpKInhgmgUn7YZeBj6-Jlxty2-AUVwY/edit?hl=en_US
Philosophy:
Atheism and Morality - http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-07-31-atheism-morality-evolution-religion_n.htm
Religious Virtues from Scientific Necessities - http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/making-religious-virtues-from-scientific-necessities/
Psychology:
On the incorrect use of Psychology in the London riots - http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/cognoculture/riot_redux_stephen_reicher_qa
The troubled Life of Nim Chimpsky - http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/aug/18/troubled-life-nim-chimpsky/
5 Myths About Memory - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/08/05/five-myths-about-memory-and-why-they-matter-in-court/
Dan Ariely on his favourite Behavioural Economics books - http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
A note on Reasoning - http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/social-design/201107/why-so-smart-why-so-dumb
Cartoons:
How people in science see each other - http://graphjam.memebase.com/2011/08/21/funny-graphs-i-must-strive-to-become-a-chuck/
Harry Potter/Star Wars comparison - http://graphjam.memebase.com/2011/07/14/funny-graphs-so-are-harry-and-hermione-secret-siblings/
When Avadara Kedavra is acceptable - http://comixed.memebase.com/2011/07/15/koma-comic-strip-when-avada-kedavra-is-acceptable/
Dwayne Johnson is washed up - http://comixed.memebase.com/2011/07/11/koma-comic-strip-dwayne-is-washed-up/
Time vs Precision - http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=2965
On spelling mistakes - http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=302
Satire:
Al Qaida and future US attacks - http://www.theonion.com/articles/alqaeda-claims-us-mass-transportation-infrastructu,21008/?utm_source=recentnews
Videos:
Sesame Street spoofs Apple - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_8wY0FD1ZI&feature=youtu.be
Toad eating a Cricket in slow motion - https://plus.google.com/103122031762791562795/posts/EzzyMYViPf9#103122031762791562795/posts/EzzyMYViPf9
Other:
The Free Sound Project has some cool sounds - http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=25760
Weapons check at Comic Con uncovers serious stuff - http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/22/weapons-check-comic-con-uncovers-some-serious-stuf/
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