That Odd Thing, a Musicologist’

Another odd thing about unparticle physics

The peculiar propagator of scale invariant unparticles has phases that produce unusual patterns of interference with Standard Model processes. We illustrate some of these effects in e+e− → μ+μ−. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

It’s that “vision” thing:

Despite the creation of a myriad of Federal Reserve (Fed) special discount window facilities, unlimited swap lending to central banks worldwide, and the creation of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), there appears to be no improvement in financial market conditions. In particular, it is widely lamented that, even with massive capital injections, the banking system is not lending to suppo...

What’s that Thing Called Embodiment?

Embodiment has become an important concept in many areas of cognitive science. There are, however, very different notions of exactly what embodiment is and what kind of body is required for what type of embodied cognition. Hence, while many nowadays would agree that humans are embodied cognizers, there is much less agreement on what kind of artifact could be considered embodied. This paper iden...

What Is That Thing Called Philosophy of Technology?

A Thing of Beauty

A unique feature of birds is their varied and colorful plumage, replete with striking patterns. By coupling a careful mapping of distinct feather features such as pigment color, distribution, and their temporal variationwith a cellular andmolecular analysis of melanocytes, Cheng-Ming Chuong and colleagues provide a roadmap for studying feather patterning in chickens. Notably, feather patterns a...