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February 10, 2012
EvolutionBlog
The Contraception Kerfuffle Over the last few days, there has been no shortage of crazed invective on the contraception issue from certain religious folks. For them, the notion that religious institutions providing public services ought to play by the same rules as everyone...
Uncertain Principles
Language and Statistics Poll: Define "Vast" Prompted by a number of people using the phrase "vast majority" recently, I wonder where the line between "majority" and "vast majority" is. Thus, a poll: What is the minimum level of support that constitutes a "vast majority" Assume for...
denialism blog
A global warming conspiracy theorist has won 4 states, should we be worried? The states in Green have gone for Rick Santorum, who besides having a a Google problem also believes in...
Dynamics of Cats
Ominous signs for NASA There are several signs o'doom for NASA bubbling up out there...
February 8, 2012
Deltoid
Robert Manne on Monckton's plan for the Australian media Over at the Monthly, Robert Manne writes about Monckton's plan for a super-rich person to establish a Fox News for Australia. I thought we already had that in the Australian....
Respectful Insolence
An animal rights zealot faces her comeuppance I was going to write about that article about massage therapy and the gene expression changes it causes, but when I went to look up the actual paper and found out, to my great disappointment, that our institution still doesn't...
February 7, 2012
denialism blog
The Great UN Conspiracy to (gasp) increase green space! You heard me. There is a shocking conspiracy, directly from the nefarious leaders of the one world government at the...
February 6, 2012
A Few Things Ill Considered
Another Week of GW News, February 5, 2012 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup...
Confessions of a Science Librarian
Around the Web: Research Works Act & Elsevier boycott This post has superseded my previous post which focused solely on the Research Works Act. I have added some coverage of the Elsevier boycott which at least partially grew out of opposition to the RWA. I'm not attempting to be...
Dean's Corner
Comeback Kids: Job Creation and NY Giants NY Giants net wins 2011 season (source.) Everybody loves an underdog winning the day. Congratulations to this year's Super Bowl Champions! Will the US economy follow suit?...
denialism blog
End the occupation No one likes occupiers. They're like fish and houseguests, they start to stink after a short period of time. And...
February 5, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
We Need Sharon Sund in Minnesota's Third District This blog officially endorses Sharon Sund for Minnesota's Third District
February 3, 2012
Aardvarchaeology
Roy Zimmerman: You're Getting Sleepy I don't really need to have my anti-Conservative flame fanned. I listen to Zimmerman for his razor wit and his musicianship.
February 2, 2012
EvolutionBlog
That School Prayer Banner in Cranston By now I'm sure we are all familiar with the Jessica Ahlquist case in Cranston, RI. The New York Times provides a helpful summary: She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves...
January 30, 2012
The World's Fair
Hands Off Introductory Biology LSU is working hard to include hands-on science in Introductory Biology for Non-Majors, while CUNY is making news by eliminating hands-on science.
A Few Things Ill Considered
Another Week of GW News, January 29, 2012 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup...
erv
Tennessee senator not concerned about dead babies, women, or men. If they were HIV+, they werent 'regular' anyway. HIV/AIDS scientifically is a homo disease, rite? From a homo having sex with a monkey?
January 29, 2012
denialism blog
"Incentives" for 5 Star Reviews on Ecommerce Sites In case you missed it, here's a pointer to a recent Times story concerning baked reviews on Amazon and the...
January 28, 2012
Dean's Corner
Mass Arrest in Occupy Oakland Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com I've been following use of social media in freedom of speech throughout the Arab Spring...but something is going on in Oakland, California that deserves some attention....
January 27, 2012
EvolutionBlog
In Praise of Teachers's Unions Over at Talking Philosophy, Mike LaBossiere offers a defense of teachers's unions. He is a bit too tame for my taste, and he is far too respectful towards anti-union arguments that have far more to do with general hostility to...
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H.R. 3699 Threatens Free Publications On Discovering Biology in a Digital World, Sandra Porter imagines the fallout of HR 3699, a bill that would eliminate the requirement for free public access to NIH-funded research papers. Porter writes, "The reasoning behind this requirement is that taxpayers...
Pharyngula
Indiana fails Indiana is preparing to promote creationism in their science classrooms. A legislative committee has advanced a bill that endorses creationism and "alternative theories" to the vote of the full senate. So it's not a law yet, but it's advancing down...
January 26, 2012
erv
Oklahoma senator concerned about dead babies in his Mountain Dew Yeah, I am not joking... Oh, *shocker*, he played cards in high school biology, instead of, you know, *learning*. *blink*
Dean's Corner
How Romney is Underpaid at $57,000 per day Photo AP. The release of Gov. Mitt Romney's tax returns on Tuesday highlights the Presidential candidate's wealth and the low 14% tax rate that investors enjoy, far less than the 25-35% tax rate that the average American pays for...
January 25, 2012
Greg Laden's Blog
Climate Change and the State of the Union Address I liked Obama's State of the Union Address, and I liked the fact that a lot of other people seemed to like it. He made strong and positive statements about energy. Imagine what we could accomplish ... A future where we're in control of our...
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