Delicious LiveJournal Links for 11-17-2010

[andrewducker]

• Scientists engineer a bacteria that burrows into cracks in concrete and 'glues' them back together.
  (tags: bacteria architecture biology nanotech bioengineering concrete)
• Maxim's Tips For Curing Feminists
  (tags: feminism women patriarchy)
• A scientist explains why the arts and humanities are vital
  (tags: education science humanities university)
• Unemployed English Girl to Wed Soldier from Welfare Family
  (tags: uk news royalty wedding)
• The Sound of Silence - can John Cage sue the Royal British Legion over their single of the two minute silence?
  (tags: music law)
• The age at which people in the U.K. are coming out has gone from 37 to 17 in about two generations
  (tags: uk lgbt society)
• Movie soundtracks mimic primordial sounds of animal distress
  (tags: nature movies sounds)
• Smart people are nocturnal. I knew it!
  (tags: sleep intelligence iq psychology health)
• British Government settles with ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees. Out of court, of course.
  (tags: government torture guantanamo uk)
• Police get anti-police blog taken down. Streisand Effect kicks in instantly. Do they never learn?
  (tags: police censorship uk EpicFail)

Comments

[anef.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting the open letter from Petsko. What he said.

[andrewducker]

Yup. The idea that arts and humanities are not important boggles me. They strike me as being a major reason reason _why_ we do all the other stuff.