Archives for February 5, 2010
Diverse Tidbits
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 Time for Atheists to Stop It Man-made mud volcano starting to look like a real volcano Pachyderms Vandalize Small Indian School
Huxley reads his first book by himself
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 My son is brilliant!
Sports and Politics
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 Check out the latest cover of Sports Illustrated. The Raging Grannies address the Super Bowl Ad maneno.
Why the bad guys are always bad shots….
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 …. because they always shoot first! And it turns out that reaction is faster than action, so the Marshall can shoot the Varmint Bad Guy, and the Sar Wars Storm Troopers didn’t have a chance. [Niels] Bohr was seemingly unhappy with the Tinseltown explanation that the good guy, who never shoots first, always wins. Legend…
The truth untold
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 There is a certain religion in which a man utters the same prayer every morning on waking. He says “Thank you god, that I was not born a woman.” That sounds really bad. But then you read this and it all makes sense: What pregnant women won’t tell you. Ever.
Autism, Narcotics and Lost Language
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 Journal Retracts Study Backing Vaccine-Autism Link Narcotic Therapy Contracts Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: No USD Faxes!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 Be aware: The USPTO will no longer accept USD (up-side-down) faxes. You are now informed. Details.
What happens when you take away our blogs
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 … things can get a little tense …
LHC schedule change
Posted by Greg Laden on February 5, 2010 The world’s highest energy atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will run at half its maximum energy through 2011 and likely not at all in 2012. Officials at the European particle physics laboratory, CERN, had previously planned to run the gargantuan accelerator at 70% of maximum energy this year. The change raises hopes at…
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