Archives for April 13, 2008
State of the Wild 2008-2009
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 State of the Wild 2008-2009: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans (State of the Wild) is a production of the Wildlife Conservation Society. …State of the Wild is a collection of evocative essays featuring emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild places. The book brings together international conservation experts and writers…
Ode To Ben Stein: A Poem
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 Do you know that this is National Poetry Month? Inspired by national poetry month, I’ve gone ahead and written a poem. I call it “Ode to Ben Stein” … but really, it is only a limerick.
Robot Rebellion Put Down by US Military …. This time…
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 The Robots have been very quiet lately, have you noticed? This is probably because they have been chagrined by recent events only now being made public. Kevin Fahey, US Army program executive officer for ground forces … said there had been chilling incidents in which the [Combat Robots] had … attempted to train … 5.56mm…
Microsoft Networt Gives Expelled! A Feel Good Interview
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 Former conservative speech writer discusses economy (he feels that the economy is very strong) and intelligent Design Creationism here. [Hat Tip: Peter M.]
Siegfried Woldhek: The true face of Leonardo Da Vinci?
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and work is well known — but his own face is not. Illustrator and activist Siegfried Woldhek used some thoughtful image-analysis techniques to find what he believes is the true face of Leonardo. Here, he walks viewers through exactly how he did it.
Technology News
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 Shouldda kept the guy with the hooker….. New New York Governor David Paterson will likely sign a bill now working its way through the final legislative steps that will add a sales tax to items purchases on the internet by New Yorkers. The controversial bill ends what for many New Yorkers had been tax-free online…
Dawkins on Maher
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 Dawkins Admits to Not Being Perfect Atheist: Consideres Possibility that Fairies and Green Unicorns May, just May Exist. (But almost certainly not.) Hat tip: Science and Religion News
NASA Science Web Site
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 The Open Source content management system PLONE runs the newly released NASA Science web site. The site has something for everyone (researchers, educators, kids, and “citizen scientists”). The Plone seems to be working quite nicely. Some of it is still a little rough. The Space Calendar link seems to be broken, and the email to…
David Hoffman: Catch Sputnik mania!
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 Filmmaker David Hoffman shares footage from his feature-length documentary Sputnik Mania, which shows how the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik in 1957 led to both the space race and the arms race — and jump-started science and math education around the world.
Paul Koontz: Tourist snapshots from North Korea
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 While in Asia in 2007, TEDster Paul Koontz got the priceless chance to spend a few days in North Korea. He brought his two kids — and his camera, capturing both quotidian detail (like the military bearing of a lonely traffic warden) and the grand spectacle leading up to the Mass Games. It’s a rare…
Earthwide Shakedown
Posted by Greg Laden on April 13, 2008 Is the earth falling apart? Have they started using the Hadron Colider early and not mentioned it to anyone? Are we experiencing a Global Coincidence? Have science reporters suddenly gotten interested in earthquakes? There must be some explanation for the nearly simutaneious occurrence of a powerful 7.1 earthquake in the southern ocean, Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano…
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