Archives for January, 2009
Atheist Talk Radio
Posted by Greg Laden on January 28, 2009 Science is moving onto the internet. Collection of data, collaboration between researchers, communication and critique of results, teaching and learning–all are increasingly being done online. ScienceOnline, held January 16 – 18 in 2009, is a conference dedicated to discussing the intersection of science and online technologies. Bora Zivkovic, one of the founders and organizers of…
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A Day In the Life (Bathing with the Hippos)
Posted by Greg Laden on January 27, 2009 Condoms. Three or four varieties, about a hundred all told, all in their little packages, ready and waiting. For what, I’m not quite sure. One wonders what the boy was expecting… But enough of that. On to the next installment of the Congo Memoirs….
Check out our new Front Page
Posted by Greg Laden on January 27, 2009 Science Blogs Dot Com has revised the way its own Front Page looks. Here. Please have a look and tell us what you think!
Post Bush FDA OKs Human Trials of Embryonic Stem Cells
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 The Federal Drug Administration has approved the first human trials of embryonic stem cells — a sign of a new, liberal attitude toward stem cell research, which was hamstrung by the Bush administration. Starting this summer, the biotech firm Geron will treat a small group of spinal-cord injury patients using neurons derived from stem cells,…
Tara Smith: New Staph Strain Found in U.S. Pigs
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 A strain of drug-resistant staph identified in pigs in the Netherlands five years ago, which accounts for nearly one third of all staph in humans there, has been found in the U.S. for the first time, according to a new study. Seventy percent of 209 pigs and nine of 14 workers on seven linked farms…
Don’t be a minion of Satan
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 … But if you must, here’s how. How to make Microsoft formats the default when working with OpenOffice.com.
Firesign Unplugged
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 Posted on facebook by David Roberts:
Franken-Coleman Senate Race Recount: Restart
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 At 1:00 PM Central Time court procedings being in the Franken-Coleman senate race. A three judge state court will ultimately hear and rule on a lawsuit essentially filed by Coleman’s team. The suit, an “election contest,” alleges a number of problems with the current nearly-certified recount which gives Franken a small lead over Coleman. All…
Example of Bad Science News Deployment: Caffeine – Leukemia Link
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 In an astonishing demonstration of the evils of Marketing in a Research University Context, the University of Leicester today announced that an upcoming research project would find a link between coffee consumption by pregnant women and leukemia to develop later in their offspring. This is a statement made by scientists involved in the Research That…
Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 I thought we already knew this, but here goes: Schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by over-activating a brain system that is involved in self-reflection, and thus causing an exaggerated focus on self, a new MIT and Harvard brain imaging study has found. The traditional view of schizophrenia is that the…
Graham Lawton Sells Out Darwin, Science, and Teh Blogosphere
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 New Scientist Cover Controversy Continues with Coturnix. Details here.
Unfortunately, the dime was in Mr. Rococo’s Pocket…..
Posted by Greg Laden on January 26, 2009 Everyone has pieces of literature or art that have influenced them the most. For me, it’s this:
Why They Love Monty Python
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 What happens on February 14th?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 Lots of important things. For one, it’s Amanda’s birthday! Then, there is some holiday on that date, can’t remember. Labor day or something. Then, the 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards for Linux Journal come out! Between now and then, go ahead and vote on your favorite Linux Stuff. To take the survey, must insall lynx if…
Linux 2.6 kernel on the iPhone?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 Not a problem. Place your iPhone near the screen and click here.
What Would an Atheist Linux Distro Look Like?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 Such a thing may be redundant, what with “Scientific Linux” and all. But I ask the question seriously. There is a fair amount of religious gobbledygook mixed in with Linux and IT generally, and a Distro like Godlessbuntu might be just the trick. Where is the religion in Linux now? Well, there’s Larry Wall, inventor…
Science Tidbits
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 Snow blankets part of Arabian Peninsula, proving Global Warming is a Myth: UAE mountain covered in rare snow A blanket of snow has covered a mountain in a part of the United Arab Emirates, a rare phenomenon for the desert Gulf country, according to local media report. Human Evolution Exhibit Fail: Seattle shows little love…
The Moon Had a Spinning Liquid Core
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 There are several things that can cause a magnetic signal to form in a rock (and this depends a lot on the rock). One is simply residing on a magnetic planet, like the earth. The other is being shocked by having, for instance, a meteor strike nearby. Another is heating from some other source. Many…
Change in Publication Policy: Journal of Neurophysiology
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 If you are interested in OpenAccess and related issues, please attend to this item at DrugMonkey: Pre-Publication Policy at the Journal of Neurophysiology
These shoes rule (These shoes suck)
Posted by Greg Laden on January 25, 2009 Now that the shoe embargo is lifted… Hat Tip Ghetto Solutions
Have a look at the International Space Station
Posted by Greg Laden on January 24, 2009 The LHC will not destroy the planet earth
Posted by Greg Laden on January 24, 2009 Because the black holes that the big machine will probably create will decay too quickly to start an irreversible sucking-into-the-black-hole kind of effect. But wait, there is a glitch in that theory. As being reported by the Physics arXiv blog, Black holes from the LHC could survive for minutes. In 2002, Roberto Casadio at the…
Happy 25th anniversary!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 24, 2009 To the Mac.
What happens when a long-time Linux user is pushed back into Windows?
Posted by Greg Laden on January 24, 2009 He starts a blog called Linux in Exile. This is a must read blog. It addresses the fundamental nature of evil. And it’s a new blog. Have a look, lend support, and enjoy, because eventually, Agents from the Dark Side will probably come and take him away. (Although, I understand the blog writer had some…
Dusty Trice and his Magic Doggie
Posted by Greg Laden on January 23, 2009 Not since Helen Keller’s Dog learned to say “I Ruv Yur” and Skoobie Do learned to say “Rorri Crap Rets Ret Routa Rere” has anything this amazing happened in Dog World. Former Franken Campaign Staffer Dusty Trice is working on learnin’ his dog to say “Obama” when asked “Who’s your President?” And it’s going pretty…
The End is Near, You IT Bastards!
Posted by Greg Laden on January 23, 2009 A special guest post by Jimmy James Bettencourt The way IT is managed is totally borked. This is a travesty. But a change is coming. A change we can use.
Symbols matter
Posted by Greg Laden on January 23, 2009 Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
I’m a little worried
Posted by Greg Laden on January 23, 2009 The following is a proof developed by a number of economists at Harvard. It is a proof of the inability of women to understand technologically complex problems, math, engineering, that sort of thing. it is claimed that it almost always works. Now, I’m not saying that Larry Summers was party to this proof, or even…
With each breath, the borg grows, ever larger, ever more consuming
Posted by Greg Laden on January 23, 2009 Welcome Science Punk‘s Frank Swain.
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