http://exferens.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ When I die I'm going to leave my body to science fiction. en Vox Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:05:05 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/conservatives-think-colbert-only-pretends-to-be-joking.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/conservatives-think-colbert-only-pretends-to-be-joking.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/conservatives-think-colbert-only-pretends-to-be-joking.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:05:05 -0700 Many say that academia is biased towards liberalism. In some ways I believe this is correct, in that I believe more professors would describe themselves as liberal rather than conservative. I don’t think that this means they are unprofessio... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/conservatives-think-colbert-only-pretends-to-be-joking.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e0110181d4022860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conservative politics liberal stephen colbert political psychology http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/political-psychologywhat-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/political-psychologywhat-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/political-psychologywhat-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:02:09 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e0110181d3fd8860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e0110181d3fd8860f-50si" alt="LibsConserv1" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The video that I like to refer people to to give them an idea of what political psychology is about is the TED talk by Jonathan Haidt: The real difference between liberals and conservatives.http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/political-psychologywhat-is-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e011015fdf421860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conservative liberal psychology moral political psychology ted talks http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/the-future-is-now---viruses-engineered-to-build-batteries.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/the-future-is-now---viruses-engineered-to-build-batteries.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/the-future-is-now---viruses-engineered-to-build-batteries.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:38:21 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e011018195e61860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e011018195e61860f-50si" alt="_45623791_virus-battery2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "Our material is powerful enough to be able to be used in a car battery." The virus picks up a carbon nanotube after being genetically engineered This is from BBC news....http://ne... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/the-future-is-now---viruses-engineered-to-build-batteries.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e0110163edc5c860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science virus battery nanotech the future genetic engineering http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/hallelujahas-a-soundtrack-choice-it-must-be-earned.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/hallelujahas-a-soundtrack-choice-it-must-be-earned.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/hallelujahas-a-soundtrack-choice-it-must-be-earned.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:45:39 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e011015f81e1d860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e011015f81e1d860b-50si" alt="3-nite-owl-silk-spectre-ii" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Brandon Kim at IFC.com makes an excellent point about this overused Leonard Cohen classic...Watchmen, we're looking at you. "The latest "Hallelujah" shame (and mockery of that once magical evening) is the excruciating moment in which Cohen... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/hallelujahas-a-soundtrack-choice-it-must-be-earned.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e011017b867e6860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> movies hallelujah superhero leonard cohen soundtracks watchmen snyder nite owl silk specter http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/im-30.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/im-30.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/im-30.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:10:13 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e01101817392e860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e01101817392e860f-50si" alt="2582_59682135953_548585953_1656638_705226_n" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I had a very satisfying 30th birthday party. A musta che party. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/im-30.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e011016778e4d860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> birthday party mustache http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/map-representing-the-location-of-the-30-biggest-mega-slums-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/map-representing-the-location-of-the-30-biggest-mega-slums-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/map-representing-the-location-of-the-30-biggest-mega-slums-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:39:44 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e01101677849f860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e01101677849f860d-50si" alt="800px-Principaux_Bidonvilles" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> More here <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/map-representing-the-location-of-the-30-biggest-mega-slums-in-the-world.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e011017b82d49860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> world slums globe http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/track-space-junk-with-google-earth.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/track-space-junk-with-google-earth.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/track-space-junk-with-google-earth.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:15:45 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e011015f0bf7b860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e011015f0bf7b860b-50si" alt="Spacejunk2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This is SO cool. You can track space debrie on yout owon computer using Google earth and a few easy tweaks. Via Wired Science. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/track-space-junk-with-google-earth.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e011017b10cfe860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> science space google earth nasa http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/sexy-sexy-finance.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/sexy-sexy-finance.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/sexy-sexy-finance.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:54:52 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/video/6a00d414356c2d685e0110167062da860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e0110167062da860d-50si" alt="Todd Diamond, Episode Five: Economic Stimulation" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Finally someone explains all this in a language I can understand. Via Warren Ellis <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/sexy-sexy-finance.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e01101635890f860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> economics humor finance http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/nano-treatment-to-torpedo-cancer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/nano-treatment-to-torpedo-cancer.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/nano-treatment-to-torpedo-cancer.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:47:38 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e011018100b29860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e011018100b29860f-50si" alt="_45553781_006932051-1" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Nanotechnology has been used for the first time to destroy cancer cells with a highly targeted package of "tumour busting" genes. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/nano-treatment-to-torpedo-cancer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e011017b10b3c860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> medicine health cancer nanotechnology http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/gona-get-yah.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ex Ferens) http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/gona-get-yah.html?_c=feed-rss http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/gona-get-yah.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:37:33 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414356c2d685e011018100a7d860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d414356c2d685e011018100a7d860f-50si" alt="0007afdw1" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Via Riotclitshave <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://exferens.vox.com/library/post/gona-get-yah.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d414356c2d685e011016358833860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> funny cute guns hamster cute animal riotclitshave