Archives for December 5, 2008
Latest LHC Press Release
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 LHC to restart in 2009 Geneva, 5 December 2008. CERN today confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will restart in 2009. This news forms part of an updated report, published today, on the status of the LHC following a malfunction on 19 September. “The top priority for CERN today is to provide collision data…
Our own star tribune FAIL
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 Notice the viking. I’m so embarrassed.
Slender-billed curlew. Extinct?
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 The RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) and other partners have launched a last push to find one of the world’s rarest birds. They have issued a call to search for and find any remaining populations of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris. This announcement was made at the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to…
Luge Blorgs
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 A new wild child? See: “Tarzan of Suburbia” Case Being Investigated Read about Russia’s Darwin Museum. .. And the Perils of Electron Microscopy. But be careful about the Mormons. Friday Weird Science: mmm, I love the taste of man-flesh in the morning! What are the top 100 Anthropology blogs? (Hey, wait. I’m not one of…
Allen’s Rule, Phenotypic Plasticity, and The Nature of Evolution
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 Allen’s Rule. One of those things you learn in graduate school along with Bergmann’s Rule and Cope’s Rule. It is all about body size. Cope’s Rule … which is a rule of thumb and not an absolute … says that over time the species in a given lineage tend to be larger and larger. Bergmann’s…
IBM makes a move
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 IBM launches first Linux-OpenOffice desktop with virtualization features … IBM has added a Linux desktop with new virtualization capabilities to its portfolio. The Virtual Desktop, which bundles Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux, Virtual Bridges’ KVM-based desktop virtualization software and IBM’s Open Collaboration Client Solution, is available now, Big Blue announced on Thursday. None of the pieces are…
The Franken Coleman Recount: What next?
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 All but one precinct has been counted (and I understand that will be done momentarily). However, there is a box (or bag or envelope) of ballots missing in Minneapolis. The Secretary of State has indicated that the recount deadline is extended to allow these missing 130 or so votes to be found and included. (Coleman’s…
Is the OJ Simpson Verdict Racist? Almost certainly.
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 Getting sentenced is a drag. One time, when I got sentenced, a conjuncture of highly unlikely events occurred that made the whole thing rather more scary, and more of a circus, than usual.
Friday Cat Blogging
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 This tiger was owned by a large cat breeder and handler who provides tigers, lions, and some other beasts for the entertainment industry. Notice the white spots on the tiger’s ears. I spent a fair amount of time with this tiger, in its enclosure, photographing it as various other things were going on. As I…
The Rwenzori Mountains
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 Sometimes called the Mountains of the Moon. The Rwenzori is really one giant mountain with several peaks. Since it is not formed through the usual process of tectonic folding, it is not really like other mountain “ranges.” It appears to have been pushed up in the middle of the Western Rift Valley. Lots of bits…
20,000 Comments
Posted by Greg Laden on December 5, 2008 As expected, the twenty thousandth comment was made over night! I’ve contacted the twenty thousandths commenter (plus or minus one) and assuming I hear back from each of the three of them, they will be receiving their awards some time over the next week! After verification, I’ll announce their screen names as the winners. Next…
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