[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Gravity lows mark burial sites of ancient tectonic plates
- Scientists have unearthed a new explanation for several low-gravity spots detected around the world. They’re blaming the anomalies on vast “slab graveyards” that lie buried deep near the planet’s core.
- This Cave House Was Built By A Cow. Seriously. [Design]
- Antón García-Abril's Trufa house in Costa da Morte, Spain was built by pouring concrete over bales of hay and then letting Paulina – a hungry cow – carve out the living space.
- Finally A Comment Thread That Gets Down And Dirty With Higher Math [Blogs]
- An erudite, intense discussion is taking place in the comments, over at the Computational Complexity blog. At issue: Is complexity theory (a discipline which studies "the power and limitations of efficient computation") a form of math, or physics? You can use it to describe physical processes, but does that make it a scientific discipline? The debates will make your head spin.
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