Entries from January 2009

January 24, 2009

Thought for the day

Being honest when disseminating research results is not a great idea.
I should know this.

January 22, 2009

What is CCS?

The McKinsey Quaterly presents a quick introduction to Carbon Capture and Storage via an interative feature. If you have no clue as to what CCS  is, this is a  good place to start.

January 8, 2009

Best job?

JobsRated.com have put up, what they call, a comprehensive ranking of 2oo jobs (Hat tip: Cosmic Variance). As per the rankings, a mathematician has the best job in America, followed by an actuary, statistician, biologist, software engineer etc . Twelfth on the list is a philosopher. Yes, a PHILOSOPHER. If P.G. Wodehouse were alive today [...]