Archives for January 17, 2008
Today’s Linux Calendar Output
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 Jan 17 Benjamin Franklin born in Boston, 1706 Jan 17 Justice Dept. begins IBM anti-trust suit, 1969 (drops it, January 8, 1982) Jan 17 Fellowship reaches Lorien Jan 17 Led Zeppelin’s first album is released, 1969 Jan 17 Aujourd’hui, c’est la St(e) Roseline. Jan 18 Grey whale migration, California Jan 18 Revolution Day in Tunisia
Happy Birthday Benjamin Franklin
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 Hey, Ben, you were born in 1706.
Natural Selection
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 Every time I put this video up, You Tube eliminates it. So look quick before it goes away again.
Science As Art
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 The Materials Research Society has an annual competition called “Science as Art.” There are some pretty spectacular images on their web site, here. Hat tip: Canned Platypus
Euvin Naidoo: Africa as an investment
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 In the talk that opened TEDGlobal 2007 (“Africa: The Next Chapter”), South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo sets the scene, framing the conversation that would unfold over the four-day event. “What’s the worst thing you’ve heard about Africa?” he asks. After fielding call-outs of “famine,” “war,” “corruption,” he urges the audience to move past these…
The Evolution of the Modern Climate: New Evidence from Plant Remains
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 Things are just not like what they used to be. You know this. You know that the Age of Dinosaurs, for instance, was full of dinosaurs and stuff, and before transitional fossil forms crawled out of the sea to colonize the land, all animals were aquatic, etc. But did you know that from a purely…
Things you can do on Scienceblogs.com
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 I have discovered that a number of our readers are unaware of several of the cool features available here on Science Blogs Dot Com, so I thought I’d point them out.
Asking The Candidates Questions
Posted by Greg Laden on January 17, 2008 Science Debate 2008 people may be intereted in this effort by SlashDot: This is your usual Slashdot reader-generated interview, except we’re only going to pick five questions, not 10, and we’re going to send the same five questions to all the major-party presidential candidates and publish each one’s answers (in our Politics section) as soon…
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