[QUOTE=Xyzzy;383680]Is it safe to click the link? It could be a virus, right?

:jokedrum:[/QUOTE]
TL;DR version:
Ebola.
It's not lupus.
signed: Dr.House

BICEP2 results (gravitational wave 'evidence') have dust problem:
[URL]http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/gravity-wave-evidence-disappears-into-dust/[/URL]

Video:
[URL]http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/69bcd06f9fe78ef27a763290ae778441.htm[/URL]

Bug in Bash shell creates big security hole on anything with *nix in it
 

[URL]http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/09/bug-in-bash-shell-creates-big-security-hole-on-anything-with-nix-in-it/[/URL]
[QUOTE][URL="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-6271"]The bug[/URL], discovered by [URL="http://stephane.chazelas.free.fr/"]Stephane Schazelas[/URL], is related to how Bash processes environmental variables passed by the operating system or by a program calling a Bash-based script. If Bash has been configured as the default system shell, it can be used by network–based attackers against servers and other Unix and Linux devices via Web requests, secure shell, telnet sessions, or other programs that use Bash to execute scripts.[/QUOTE]

Thanks to the miracle of open source software and dedicated volunteer programmers, the fix for that bug was pushed out to our systems (Ubuntu) before we even read the news.

:tu:

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;383800]Thanks to the miracle of open source software and dedicated volunteer programmers, the fix for that bug was pushed out to our systems (Ubuntu) before we even read the news.

:tu:[/QUOTE]

Excellent response!

Turns out the first fix wasn't actually a fix...

[url]https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7169[/url]

[url]http://carnegiescience.edu/news/smallestpossible_diamonds_form_ultrathin_nanothread[/url]

Cave Paintings in Indonesia Redraw Picture of Earliest Art
 

[url]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141008-cave-art-sulawesi-hand-science/[/url]
[QUOTE]A hand painted in an Indonesian cave dates to at least 39,900 years ago, making it among the oldest such images in the world, archaeologists reported Wednesday in a study that rewrites the history of art.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.futurity.org/brain-volume-aging-mri-768612/"]BRAINS GROW AND SHRINK LIKE ‘RAINBOWS’ AS WE AGE[/URL]

[URL="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140925100404.htm"]How brain handles tactile sensations: New findings[/URL]

[URL="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/music-unlocks-teachers-voice-brain-090000911.html"]Music unlocks teacher's voice in brain aneurysm recovery[/URL]

[URL="http://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/runner-shows-resiliency-ingenuity-in-wake-of-accident"]Runner Shows Resiliency, Ingenuity in Wake of Accident[/URL]

[URL="http://chronicle.com/article/Madnessthe-Muse/148845/"]Madness and the Muse[/URL]

[URL="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/09/27/New-study-explains-the-brain-of-multitaskers/4691411862816/"]New study explains the brain of multitaskers[/URL]

[URL="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/15-words-you-didnt-realize-were-named-after-people"]15 words you didn't realize were named after people[/URL]

[URL="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/10/03/how.curiosity.changes.brain.enhance.learning"]http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/10/03/how.curiosity.changes.brain.enhance.learning[/URL]

[URL="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/genetics/how-tech-traced-hiv-to-its-beginnings-17270225??src=rss=="]How Technology Traced HIV to Its Very Beginnings[/URL]

[URL="https://medium.com/message/how-to-tell-when-a-robot-has-written-you-a-letter-701562705d59"]How to tell when a robot has written you a letter[/URL]

[URL="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/09241109-maven-returns-first-images-of-mars.html"]MAVEN returns first images of Mars' atmosphere[/URL]

[URL="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/24/how-social-media-is-reshaping-news/"]How social media is reshaping news[/URL]

[URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/nea-girls-leadership-study_n_5910944.html?ir=Science"]Boys Are Much More Likely To Take On Leadership Roles In Science And Math Class, Say Teachers[/URL]

[QUOTE=rogue;384981]
[URL="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/15-words-you-didnt-realize-were-named-after-people"]15 words you didn't realize were named after people[/URL][/QUOTE]
That's a lie! Only one of them (bloomers) was previously not known to me as an eponym.

[URL="http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/oct/09/are-weak-values-quantum-after-all"]Are 'weak values' quantum after all?[/URL][QUOTE]Ferrie and Combes say that their example shows that weak measurements are merely an artefact of classical statistics and classical disturbances, and they argue that when a classical explanation suffices, there is no need to invoke a quantum explanation. "Statistics can fool you," says Combes. "We think this particular weak-value puzzle is a statistical question, not a fundamentally quantum question. There might be something genuinely quantum about weak values, but to my eye that's not clear yet."
Rainer Kaltenbaek of the Quantum Foundations and Quantum Information group at the University of Vienna found the general idea underlying Ferrie and Combe's analysis very interesting. "In particular, it shows that there's often still confusion about what to make of weak values," he says.[B][/B][/QUOTE]