Archives for October 9, 2009
Linux Calendar, Larry Craig, and Moving On
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 I just love my Linux “calendar” command. It’s an old Unix trick. *nix (Linux, Unix) systems have these special files on them where dated information is stored, for the user, the system, or just because it’s there. If you have a Linux computer, you have several such files already installed. If you go to a…
How to teach evolution in the college classroom
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 An item from the NCSE:
An Open Letter to Americans Who Are Annoyed at Obama’s Nobel Prize
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 If you are a right wing Republican conservative Yahoo, this letter is NOT for you. If you are a moderate, progressive, liberal, centrist, or anyone associated with the legitimate (i.e., not FOX News) press, this IS for you.
Los Angeles Venue Cancels Intelligent Design Film
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 You’ll recall that it was recently reported that the Californial Science Center, which is loosely affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, had planned a screening of “Darwin’s Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record” which is apparently a creationist documentary. Well, now, the venue has cancelled the showing and the ID people are all lathered…
The latest on evolution from the Vatican
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 A recently published statement on current scientific knowledge on cosmic evolution and biological evolution from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences concludes: “The extraordinary progress in our understanding of evolution and the place of man in nature should be shared with everyone. … Furthermore, scientists have a clear responsibility to contribute to the quality of education,…
New Ring Discovered around Saturn
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered a new ring around Saturn. This ring is very different from those previously known. In some ways, this ring resembles the “accretionary disk” found around some stars more than it resembles the thin, orderly rings that Saturn is famous for. Read about it here.
Tuberculosis Detected in Bones from 9 kya Israeli Neolithic Site
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 A team of archaeologists working offshore from Haifa, Israel in the Mediterranean has discovered both direct and indirect evidence of human tuberculosis. This is important because, if confirmed, the TB cases date to 3,000 years earlier than expected: The disease should not be in skeletons this old. Also, this research seems to indicate that Tuberculosis…
The LCROSS mission: The video
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 Massachusetts Bill To Push Creationism Into Schools?
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 This just in from the NCSE:
If the moon mission failed
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 … there was a speech and a plan … Posted here on Collective Imagination.
Liveblogging the Lunar Impact
Posted by Greg Laden on October 9, 2009 The big machines are going to whack into the moon in a few minutes. They just said “Ten minutes to impact. Fight, are you go?” (go) “Payload, are you go?” (go) “Command, are you go?” (go) “Somebodyelse I can’t remember are you go?” (go). We are seeing images being beamed back from the moon. There…
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