Food for thought 1/2010

• Psychology and neurology:
  
  • Dan Ariely - TED talk on our (ir)rationality when we make decisions
  • Oliver Sacks - TED talk on visual hallucinations
• Philosophy:
  
  • David Albert - Big Think interview on philosophy of science
  • The PhilPapers Survey - Statistics on views of professional philosophers
• Space:
  
  • Telegraph - Space pictures of the year 2009
  • The Boston Globe - Fascinating pictures of Martian landscapes
• Robotics and Informatics:
  
  • PLoS - Evolution of Adaptive Behaviour in Robots by Means of Darwinian Selection
  • silicon.com - 55 years of artificial intelligence
• Science education:
  
  • Trailblazing - A virtual journey through science
  • Emerging universe - An interactive online education tool about emergent phenomena
• Scientific career:
  
  • Wired - ... the most important element of the lab meeting isn't the presentation but the debate that follows.
  • The New York Times - ... the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians!