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Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science and science policy. I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever. And, of course, cats.

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July 30, 2007

all ur sciantist r belong to us

Category: astro

NASAwatch reports more top level moves at NASA time to start managing the crisis that keep popping up...

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got bottle?

Category: random

Domestik Goddess shows us a SIGGart Eco Style contest winner I like it. Elegant, subtle, concise. h/t powers of four...

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little pleasures

Category: random

Receiving "Back in the DHSS/Trumpton Riots" CD in the mail, finally replacing my very beat up cassette copy... Half Man, Half Biscuit are one of the most underappreciated UK bands around, and they've been around for a long time. 'course...

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July 28, 2007

losing the battle

Category: random

didn't check my e-mail for 24 hours, weekend, very light on "real e-mail" so I got good statistics on the spam we're losing...

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July 27, 2007

one down

Category: astro

Congratulations Dr Smith! The Transition from the First Stars to the Second Stars in the Early Universe...

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iPod iChing - doctor who?

Category: random

Frazzled friday, and we ask the iPod, quickly: so, iPod dood, what will come out of this afternoon's proceedings? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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July 26, 2007

The Telescope: Review

Category: astro

Geoff Andersen is a USAF Academy physicist and he has written a book on the Telescope...

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explosion at Scaled Composites

Category: astro

news reports of an explosion killing two people at the Scaled Composites (makers of "http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/index.htm">SpaceShipOne) facility at the spaceport in Mojave, near Edwards AFB Ca. Sounds like a fuel tank rupture, four people injured. SF Chronicle report - they say...

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July 25, 2007

what if there was a terrorist attack and nobody noticed?

Category: random

There was a fire in Spokane...

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how did that happen...

Category: random

Three PhD defences, and a comps exam in 12 days. Ouch. And I'm chair of all the vivas, and the comps is in meteo... Some sort of subliminal overcompensation, I guess....

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NASA veto threat

Category: astro

President threatens veto of NASA appropriations: too much science dontcha know......

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July 23, 2007

confessions in higher ed

Category: academia

InsideHigherEd appears to have assimilated the Confessions of a Community College Dean blog hope it is a permanent arrangement, the CoaCCD blog is a good read, and enhances the IHE web site current advice to adjunct looking for tenure...

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July 20, 2007

In which I join the Order of the Shrill!

Category: random

"...the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials once the president has invoked executive privilege"...

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iPod iChing - which came first?

Category: random

Cool and busy friday, and we ask the Mighty iPod One: PNA or RNA? Which came first? Oh, and how will The Party go tomorrow? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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July 19, 2007

NASA: nuthin' new

Category: astro

I haven't spent much time in that den of iniquity, DC, lately but... third hand rumours percolate back to me, and if I can't sleep, neither should you...

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we'll fight 'em over here then...

Category: random

Max Blumethal goes wild...

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Chief Scientist in the State Department

Category: science

Prof Nina Fedoroff is to become Chief Scientist at the State Department and science advisor to Condoleezza Rice...

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July 18, 2007

incoherently pondering academic efficiency

Category: science

The incoherent ponderer has interesting advice on efficiency in research Take note....

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Galaxy Zoo

Category: astro

Find and classify your own damned galaxy.......

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Help Harvard...

Category: academia

Where Most Needed worries about elite university endowment, and InsideHigherEd decides to be helpful...

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Freaky Foreigners

Category: random

Roasted beagle, with schmear......

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July 16, 2007

Pirate anniversary

Category: random

It was 380 years ago today that "turkish pirates" raided the southwest of Iceland and took 242 slaves into captivity in Algiers......

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Rob gets a second life

Category: academia

Read it and ponder......

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July 13, 2007

Food for thought

Category: academia

The Female Science Professor lays it down: ...would you rather be a professor at: 1. A university that is located in a city/region in which you would love to live, but at which most of your faculty colleagues would...

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iPod iChing - hot august?

Category: random

It is cool, sunny festive friday, and so we cheerfully bop along over to the iPod, and ask: what is in store for us in August now? Anything hot? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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July 11, 2007

Detection of water on extrasolar planet

Category: astro

IR spectroscopic detection of water on extrasolar planet. Nature paper.

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"No solar link to global warming"

Category: science

duh...

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July 10, 2007

shortest feature ever

Category: random

The Science of Harry Potter?...

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naval chess

Category: random

So, the rumours are true, the USS Enterprise is scooting back to the Persian Gulf - usual game issue - could be regular rotation, with one of the two carriers already there going home (Stennis should head back in August...

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July 9, 2007

apropos nothing

Category: random

So I'm catching up on e-mail with half an eye on the idiot box where my better half is watching the new episode of the "Closer"... it is good, almost good enough to make me stop what I'm doing...

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July 6, 2007

JDEM selection

Category: astro

I just noticed curious language in the DoE Senate Appropriations Committe statement on JDEM...

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More interesting planets

Category: astro

High mass planets around metal poor red dwarfs, may put small crack in big theory...

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iPod iChing - Carter's Argument

Category: random

Sunny, happy friday. We approach the iPod, and we ask - is Carter's Large Number Coincidence Argument valid, or does it fail for one or both of the two obvious reasons? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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July 5, 2007

Ideals

Category: science

Bush may like to think he is non-abelian, but we know he has a nilpotent subgroup. Not only does he have a nilpotent subset of ideals, but the interesection of his prime ideals is nilradical! Phbt!...

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July 3, 2007

Dr May

Category: astro

Congratulations Dr Brian May Hm, I wonder if he will be looking for a postdoc......

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Competence in Government

Category: random

It was a rough week for the UK, with record floods and terrorist attacks in the middle of a change of government. As the Y-Ranter points out, the bureaucracy dealt with it in stride Y'know, they really did. The...

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July 1, 2007

what is planet

Category: astro

the planet definition wars are going to start heating up soon

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Clean Tech: Review

Category: random

"The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity"...

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