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Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
March 31, 2009
With all precincts reporting, Democrat Scott Murphy leads Republican Jim Tedisco by 65 votes (77,344 to 77,279). It looks like this one might not be finalized for a while. According to the AP, there are 6000 absentee ballots to...
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Category: Misc
Just a quick programming note: Starting tomorrow, and running through at least all of April, I'm going to try something new. Every day, I'm going to post one quote and one picture. The pictures will all be my own,...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 7:39 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
Knowledge is power, but apparently ignorance is "empowerment".
Posted by Mike Dunford at 12:54 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 30, 2009
Category: Science and Politics
Last night, Matt Nisbet posted a section from the first draft of a new book chapter he's working on. In this particular chapter, he says he's trying to "lay out a detailed ethical framework" for science communications. At least...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:54 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 27, 2009
Category: Climate/Weather
The New York Times has recently taken some flack as the result of Nicholas Dawidoff's New York Times Magazine profile of Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson. Times science blogger Andrew Revkin has also received some less than favorable reviews of...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 4:48 PM • 46 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science
It looks like there are quite a few police officers in Germany with egg on their face right now. They spent several years, thousands of man-hours, and over $14 million trying to track down a criminal mastermind, only to...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:18 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2009
Category: Accidental
Like many people, I was amused by the "budget" that the Republicans in Congress unveiled today. If you count both the front and back covers, it's 19 pages long - but even that's a generous estimate. Three of the...
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Category: Geology
As many of you probably know by now, Alaska's Redoubt volcano has been erupting for several days now. If you're interested in the details, head over to new SciBling Erik Klemetti's Eruptions blog. If you're interested in the latest...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:30 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Accidental
Some of you might be familiar with the work of Walter ReMine. He's been around the fringes of the online creation-evolution thing for quite a while now. His typical schtick involves the relentless self-promotion of his self-published book The...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:01 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 25, 2009
Category: Science, Policy, and Management
The Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch is one of the only reality shows I can watch without rooting for the painful demise of 2/3 of the cast, preferably before the first commercial break. I genuinely enjoy the show, not just...
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Highly Allochthonous 11.05.2009
Eruptions 11.05.2009
Not Exactly Rocket Science 11.05.2009
Corpus Callosum 11.05.2009
Starts With a Bang 11.04.2009
