Monday Science Links

This week's sciency goodness:

• fev at headsup: the blog looks at the social science of polling and what it means (or should mean) for reporters.


• Jennifer at Cocktail Party Physics tells us about an ordinary man, John Bardeen: transistors, superconductors, and two Nobels.


• Stefan at Backreaction looks at urban solar calendars (Stonehenge, eat your heart out).


• Ed at Not Exactly Rocket Science looks at India, the Ferrari of continental drift, or in this case, sprint.


• Kristjan at Pro-science tells us about the oldest known painting, some 11,000 years old.

Dig in!