Guest Thinkers — November 26, 2010

Worst headline of 2010? The Sun may have nailed it.

Recovering from making all the Thanksgiving food (and now trying to avoid any and all stores) … so only one thing today:

Dear readers, have fun with this from the Sun (UK). I know I did.

Try and see if you can figure out what is actually going on. The Sun sure didn’t.

Enjoy the weekend!

cosmic epochs lookback hubble 13.8 billion

Starts With A Bang

What’s it like to approach the edge of the Universe?

With a finite 13.8 billion years having passed since the Big Bang, there’s an edge to what we can see: the cosmic horizon. What’s it like?

a notebook with a colorful dotted line on it.

Neuropsych

The science of habits

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a clock that is in the middle of a picture.

13.8

The first big question for cosmologists: Does time have a beginning?

If the evolution of the Universe is a movie, what happens when we rewind it all the way backward?

L&D strategy

Instructor-led training: 5 best practices in the new world of work

Recent changes have affected the design and development of instructor-led training. Read on to find out how.

a bottle of beer next to a toilet paper roll.

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Cans vs. bottles: Science finally solves the great beer debate

Beer’s flavor begins to change as soon as it is packaged. Are cans or bottles better at preserving flavor?

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