6 November 2008, 16:51 UTCGelman on the Election
Gelman has a nice quick analysis of election results, suggesting that state-by-state there was overall a uniform blue shift of about 4% (+- 3%) compared to 2004. However, since 2000, the youth vote has become increasingly blue shifted:
9 October 2008, 3:32 UTCRail vs. Bus
Mostly a convenient place to bookmark items relevant to the debate. If I keep up, this will change periodically.
5 August 2008, 12:12 UTCBicycle Helmets & Pedestrian Casualties
9 July 2008, 14:58 UTCReston to GMU Bike Route -- Updated
1 July 2008, 21:45 UTCCorrelation & Causation
18 June 2008, 20:38 UTCThe Crowd Within
16 June 2008, 19:40 UTCAudiophiles, Significance Tests, Greenspun's Tenth Rule
10 June 2008, 13:27 UTCDemocracy
13 March 2008, 0:24 UTCKrugman on Interstellar Trade
6 March 2008, 1:33 UTCScience & Magic
29 November 2007, 1:58 UTCFixed Links
10 October 2007, 16:41 UTCAviation collision experiments
22 September 2007, 14:52 UTCPay for free software
I bet this experiment had an interesting ethics board review.
A research project conducted by John W. Andrews of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory involved 24 general aviation pilots flying a Beech Bonanza on a VFR cross country. The pilots were not aware that their aircraft would be intercepted several times by a Cessna 421 flying a near-collision course.
As the full article notes, the physiology of see-and-avoid at jet speeds is sobering.