Top 10 Most Cited Biology Articles Of 2009 – Fairly self explanatory. Unsurprisingly, stem cells came out on top. There are also articles on genome sequencing, lymphatic development, and protein structure.
Swine flu, space interest scientists most in 2009 – Nice to see this coming from a newspaper. A list of some of the most cited subjects across science.
Richard Feynman: Fire and Trees – Richard Feynman explains how fire works, and then explains where trees come from (hint: it’s not the ground).
World Science Festival 2008: Beyond Einstein – A panel discussion on unification. It’s a bit old, but it popped up on reddit, and it’s relevant to my interests.
A Quantitative, Parametric Model of Musical Tension [pdf] – A PhD thesis that analyzes musical tension as a function of pitch, loudness, onset frequency, harmony, and rhythmic irregularity.
This is a great list! I especially love the Feynman videos – he’s by far one of my top 3 favorite physicists.