Archives for November 16, 2007
Laugh at the Creationists
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Yet another way to make fun of the Creationists, the LOL Creashun Contest. This is hybrid of cat blogging and blasphemy.
Global Warming, the Blog Epic ~ 02 ~ Greenhouse Effect, Greenhouse Gas
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 This is the second in a series of reposts from gregladen.com on global warming. Why Greenhouses have nothing to do with the Greenhouse Effect, and more importantly, why CAN’T I microwave toast? A greenhouse is a glass house that is sealed to keep air in and insulated to keep heat in but at the same…
Want to be Influential? Try Harder!
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 I remember the first time I was called “Influential Science Blogger.” I don’t remember who said it, but it was during the First Framing Flaming Flurry. Then, Shanai Matteson over at the Bell Museum called me an “Influential Science Blogger.” That was cool. Then some other people did it. Now, that is how I introduce…
How much is your vote worth?
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Most New York University students would give up their right to vote for a full year’s tuition. One in five will give up their right to vote for an iPod touch.
Solar System To Be Engulfed, Details as Eleven
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 No kidding. Comet Holmes is now bigger than the sun, and is still growing, and astronomers do not know how much bigger it will grow. View Larger image
Health News
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Deadly Cold Virus; Genital arousal disorder…
Intelligent Design
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Here is a preliminary list of resources for people to find out more about Intelligent Design. Please feel free to put this on your own site. If you want, email me and I’ll send you the HTML code to make this one step easier. But you can also, if you are using Firefox, use “ctrl-u”…
Discovery Institute: Teach the Controversy
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 The Discovery Institute continues its terrorist-like tactics in the wake of a very successful airing of an anti-creationism Public Broadcasting System documentary. The DI is providing helpful information for teachers and administrators who want to cost their school districts millions in legal fees and experience deep embarrassment. School administrators: Be afraid. Some of your teachers…
IPCC Fourth Assessment Reports Available
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Here are the first three working group reports: Working Group I Report “The Physical Science Basis” Working Group II Report “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” Working Group III Report “Mitigation of Climate Change” The fourth report is said to be completed but is not yet posted. Likely, tomorrow.
Open Access News
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Medical Wiki; Creative Commons in OpenOffice; Dead Sea Scrolls; PLoS; Mesozoic Cow …
Tasmanian devils need your help
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Go here, read this.
Religious Scholors to Debate Flying Spaghetti Monster
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Hot off the presses: When some of the world’s leading religious scholars gather in San Diego this weekend, pasta will be on the intellectual menu. They’ll be talking about a satirical pseudo-deity called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose growing pop culture fame gets laughs but also raises serious questions about the essence of religion….
Reuters News Video
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 (note they say the surge was five meters)
Donating to Sidr Relief
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum are saying that it is now time to start plugging for donations for relief for Bangladesh in the wake of Sidr. I mildly disagree. Let me explain.
Sidr: Aftermath unfolding
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Do you remember the Christmas Tsunami? I remember well that it was a good example of the public’s demand for knowing the death toll and the press’s demand to feed that need interacting with a crappy network of information flow, to the extent that the early death tolls counts were utterly absurd and the rate…
Evolution of Birds: New Evidence for Foraging Behavior
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 Birds evolved during the Mesozoic, during the various “Ages” of the dinosaurs, as a subset of those dinosaurs. Many researchers believe that these early birds were different from their then very close dinosaur cousins because of their flight adaptations, and some have linked this idea to flight-based or tree- based foraging. Today, most birds fly…
The world is getting too strange II
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2007 More tools robots can use, and a random note about the latest Harry Potter(TM) related scandal.
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