games people play
Confession: I'm not much of a gamer. I know that loses me major "geek chic" points in the trendier online circles, but to really delve …
Epidemiology
a vexation of zombies
The next best thing to a Christmas feast has to be holiday leftovers, and the same is true at the cocktail party. In preparation for …
assume a spherical zombie
Physicists often use 'model systems', which are systems that share properties with more complex systems. We try to gain fundamental insight into the more complicated …
NEW VOICES: georgie boy
We continue to madly work on The Book, with a brief trip to Vegas last weekend for The Amaz!ing Meeting. To keep the cocktail party …
measles, mumps, rubella—or autism
Yes, that's a deliberately provocative headline. I chose it because that's what the media would like you to think your choices are. You can vaccinate …
virulent ramblings
Since we're all in mourning this week for the loss of Arthur C. Clarke, I thought I'd put in a good word for one of …
sneak attack
Hypochondriacs must have a love/hate relationship with the TV series House. On the one hand, the nonstop parade of obscure diseases and strange symptoms that …
a plague upon my house
We’ve been AWOL from the cocktail party the last week, partly because I was giving a talk and public lecture at Union College (where I …