Basin Street Blues

Louis A.

Fastest no longer

Rumors that the faster-than-light measurements by OPERA might have been flawed. There is a lesson here: if you are going to unravel physics be extra careful.

The stars are indifferent to astronomy

Latest from Nada Surf.

Coauthor with a Nobel

As of last year, I am co-author of two articles with a Nobel Prize winner here and there. None other than Brian Schmidt.

Things we do

Nils Krogh.

Dim

A very relevant article about the current research landscape in Spain.

Covers

Klaus & Kinski. Not the original.

New week

Aretha Franklin.

Let it be me

Ray LaMontagne.

To c or not to c, that is the question

Interesting column about collaboration/competition in Nature this week. Apparently Max Planck once said "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it"

Complexity

Jorge Drexler.

Postcard from Stockholm

A good friend sends along a nice postcard from Stockholm. -10 degrees.

Life of Brian

Monty Python. Genius.

New Mona Lisa

Nice finding by people at Madrid's Prado Museum. It never hurts to look at the archives.