Best Of MetaFilter

Looking at the "make" and other things
"Here is how anyone can choose a nice strand of pearls."

why HIV research is difficult
"Here's a quick summary of the human immune system cells and how it works."

if that goes out the window, then we'd have to start from scratch
"Another reason that we scientists are so skeptical is that crazy happens a lot." physicsmatt discusses the new scientific discoveries about neutrinos.

A parrot story
"Birds are the best."

see previous post
Oh, hi Brendan.

wtf is javascript
On Javascript "it took many years before people started to figure out that Brendan's language was wrapped in an elaborate disguise and that it was actually cool."

Zzzzz
"Sleep is fascinating and even after decades of experimental research we only have a fragmented understanding of it."