Archives for January 21, 2008
The Robots Lie!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Holy crap! The Age of The Machines is nigh: a bunch of scientists in Switzerland have created learning robots that can lie to each other. Okay, so they don’t swill beer or put bends in girders–they just communicate to each other with benign flashing lights, thank goodness, instead of using lasers to destroy humans: The…
Gene Genie # 24
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 The Blog Carnival … is HERE at biomarker-driven mental health 2.0
Crazy Floridians
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 For your amusement, a selection from the public comments on the fight over science standards in Florida.
Hear the truth (Happy Birthday MLK)
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Today’s Linux Calendar Output
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Jan 21 Lenin died, 1924 Jan 21 Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson born in Clarksburg, VA, 1824 Jan 21 Our Lady of Altagracia in Dominican Republic Jan 21* Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia (3rd Monday) Jan 21* Robert E. Lee’s Birthday in Alabama & Mississippi (3rd Monday) Jan 21* Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday of January)…
Science News Tidbits
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Polynesians Not Close to Melanesians; Bird Flu in India; HIV; Tree Ant Elephant Relationship Gone Bad
Cyber attacks caused blackouts?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 The CIA on Friday admitted that cyberattacks have caused at least one power outage affecting multiple cities outside the United States. Interesting…
This is what happens if you get pulled over for DWI in Minnesota
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Don’ t drive drunk. Don’t let this happen to you!
New Web Carnival: Berry Go Round
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Berry Go Round is a new web carnival. It is … A plant’s Carnival, to be hosted at Seedsaside by the end of january 2008. Please submit your best posts before the 25th of January. Send contributions to seedsaside[at]gmail.com…
Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all. The project, known as Palimpsest and first previewed to the scientific community at the Science Foo camp…
The Internet
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Check out this picture of the Internet! Can you find yourself? I think I see my house!!!
the worst of scienceblogs.com
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 There is a new blog you should know about. It’s called “The Worst of Scienceblogs.com” and it contains, so far, only three posts (so maybe we are not so bad after all). I thank Terra Sigillata, one of WOS’s victims, for pointing this out.
Chimpanzee Food Sharing
Posted by Greg Laden on January 21, 2008 Is chimpanzee food sharing an example of food for sex? One of the most important transitions in human evolution may have been the incorporation of regular food sharing into the day to day ecology of our species or our ancestors. Although this has been recognized as potentially significant for some time, it was probably the…
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