XKCD wins again.
I like to play with data graphics and presentation, looking for ways to present complex information understandably. This video from BBC4’s “Joy of Stats” program (and how cool is that?) does something interesting with a pile of national health and economic data. I wish I had that capability.
This makes me very happy: Eight-year-olds do original research and get it published in a major journal. Most science classes get it wrong (and I can say that having both taken and taught them) and don’t convey anything of what doing science is like.
And finally, today’s science-themed Christmas song.
(Today’s other musical selection.)
