This just deserved a greater calling-out: the evil geniuses over at The World's Fair have put together a "Science Spring Showdown", aka "the thinking person's ccomplement to the NCAA tournament!"
Take a look at the brackets, and thrill to such potential match-ups/epic battles as 'Darwin vs Jesus,' 'Caffeine vs High-speed internet,' and 'Fossil fuels vs Logic.' How are these rivalries going to get decided? Ben and Dave might have no idea, but that's all part of the fun. Head over there for a PDF of the bracket, fill it out, tape it to your computer and play along all spring.
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This one was immense. It was also a dual effort (and not by "one of the guys" at the blog). Like the Puzzle Fantastica, this one is very difficult to re-post in its entirety. Luckily, Dave made a great graphic with links embedded to each game.
It's March, and you know what that means: brackets. There are two ScienceBlogs brackets to keep your eye on:
One good thing about the election is that I don't instinctively flinch every time the White House releases new policy initiatives. Case in point: tax expenditures. What's a tax expenditure?
while technically true, yes, Dave and I have no idea how these games will be decided, it's more accurate to note that we just can't tell how much hustle a lot of these teams will show and how much heart they'll leave out there on the court. plus, with the coaching and conditioning these days, it might just come down to who wants to win it more, right?