These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/14/08 … please enjoy:
John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term “Black Hole,” Is Dead at 96 | New York Times
Eminent physicist John Archibald Wheeler has died from pneumonia at the age of 96. The coiner of the terms ‘black hole’ and ‘wormhole,’ Wheeler popularized the study of general relativity, and advised a distinguished list of graduate students.
Brain Scanners Can See Your Decisions Before You Make Them | WIred
You may think you decided to read this story — but in fact, your brain made the decision long before you knew about it.
HARDCORE MARILYN | New York Post
When it came to light in the mid-’60s, then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had his agents spend two weeks futilely trying to prove that Monroe’s sex partner was either John F. Kennedy or Robert F. Kennedy, according to declassified agency documents and inte
Last week at The Society meeting held at AARP’s headquarters, people were shown the winning video submissions in a contest for 20 year olds called ‘u@50′. This video actually won second place, but when they played it, everyone in the room was awe-struck.
14-Year-Old Creates Chemistry Trading Card Game | Wired.com
Making up your own games has been a childhood staple for as long as anyone can remember. 14-year-old Anshul Samar has taken this to its logical conclusion by creating his own science-based fantasy card combat game Elementeo.
Come back for more links tomorrow!!
