Archives for December 30, 2007
Judge Jones interviewed by Jewish Light Online
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 … about the Dover decision and judicial independence.
How to organize your papers
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 I would like to respond to a post, Ask Science Woman: How do I organize journal articles?, by Science Woman. I think this is a very important topic for all aspiring scholars. Science Woman’s advice is excellent. I have just a few suggestions to add.
A cool mammal evolution graphic, and a request
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 First, have a look at this (warning, large file): wow It is a PDF file of the unrooted mammal evolution tree that came from this research. Now, here is a question for you. There is a rumor that this graphic or something like it has been converted to a poster for sale. Anybody know where…
Techno Tips and News
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 Text based internet browsing; Brute-force dual booting; Gnome may kill KDE; Backup your Linux stuff.
Science News Tidbits
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 From Bird Flu to Global Warming…
World’s Oldest Known Orangutan Dies
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 Nonja, who was born on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and lived in Miami since 1983, was found dead Saturday morning, said Ron Magill, spokesman for the Miami Metro Zoo. “Everybody’s very sad, especially with an animal like an orangutan,” Magill said. “You see a lot of yourself in these animals. The great apes are…
Yet another size and scale video
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 I like the way this address spacetime instead of merely space. Or time . Do you recognize the languages i the background?
Human Time and Climate Change Time Converge
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 Perhaps there is a god
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 A town full of crazy people in Louisanna got fed up with having their telephone exchange be “666″ because of the link between this sequence of numbers and the devil. So they got their exchanged changed to 749. This is very funny.
More Robot News
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 Robot that sees you, draws you. It’s the “see and draw” robot …; Robot Draws Portraits, Holds Pen Like I Do Robotic researcher Sylvain Calinon developed a cute little robot that draws portraits. He sits there until he detects a face in his field of view, and then takes a picture and draws your face…
The Year in Reviews
Posted by Greg Laden on December 30, 2007 I’m not going to do the year in review. I mean, why would you care what I think about that. But there are a few out there that may be worth a look….
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