Being Slashdotted

Sadly, this blog has suffered serious radio silence due to other priorities, but I couldn't result pointing out that NSCL has been Slashdotted, a first that I'm aware of. It's interesting to see the article sliced and diced by a smart crowd, though the conversation does veer all over the place, from science fiction to discussions of quarks and gluons. Some researchers would be taken aback by such unfiltered bantering about their work. But Brad Sherrill, the author of the piece in Science generating the hubbub in the first place, sent along a nice note to say that he thought the all the discussion was great. (Make sure to check out the video of Brad discussing his paper.) I couldn't agree more.