Random Thoughts

A Personal Victory

Chess is a game, a sport, and a very radical way to test one's concentration and discipline in pure thought. Besides liking it as a game (a precondition to enjoy the other benefits), I also enjoy immensely the demands that a chess game puts on your br ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - May 3 2012 - 10:04am

Find The Winning Move

To the couple of positions I posted yesterday from the Chess Tournament I played this weekend, let me add one I played on round II, when I was white against Fausto Scali, the blind player. The position arose from the Advance variation of the French defense ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - May 3 2012 - 7:08am

I have a New Position, but Why?

As you may already know from the Science meets Society “ interview ” with me (from SMS’s published German version), Sascha Vongehr has finally left the postdoctoral limbo and entered some different limbo at one of the best universities of the new internat ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 17 2016 - 10:28pm

All Good Things: Reflections on My Father's Retirement

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - May 12 2012 - 6:17pm

Pinterest Hype Is Not Translating To Advertising

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Article - Newswire - May 15 2012 - 6:27pm

Introducing Life-Dialogues

I have recently created a blog-site called Life-Dialogues that covers the latest topics in neuroscience, stem cell biology, cancer and molecular biology.  So- if you were wondering where all my contents went- you can find my recent contents at life-dialogu ...

Blog Post - Jennifer Wong - May 23 2012 - 3:22pm

Tax Talk

After reading this article "Sociologists' research study finds everyday tax talk is 'morally charged'", I was somewhat stunned that in 2012, it would still be a topic of research to consider what the American taxpayer is upset abou ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - May 23 2012 - 7:02pm

Memorial Day

I spent the day with the family at the zoo, idly thinking about physics, but not enough to blog about it yet.  Since it is Memorial Day, a day when one should think about those who gave their lives for our liberty, I considered a war story from my family. ...

Blog Post - Doug Sweetser - May 28 2012 - 11:21pm

Oh Won't You Come Home: On Letting Go (Just a Little Bit)

Change is a heartless bitch at times and a welcome friend at others--guess it depends on what the change is and whether you saw it coming and welcomed it. Part of being a teacher is accepting a routine of change--semesters pass, summer sessions and minimes ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jun 2 2012 - 8:43am

Driving While Sleep Deprived

Having come across this article, " Sleepy medical staff run increased risks of accidents driving home after a night shift ", I couldn't help but be struck by two obvious questions. (1).  Since when does being a medical staff member make any ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Jun 9 2012 - 1:32pm