Archives for June 8, 2010

Those bicyclists! They’re always doing this!

The iFour!

First, an objective review by Steve somebody: Now, a little trouble in Oz:

Too cute to be legal

Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo.

Apparently. In particular, this approach was tried with GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder). A current study in PLoS investigated whether iCBT (Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy) works when the process is guided by a clinician.

The Evidence for Climate Change

… is the topic of discussion on Skeptical Science, a blog that examines AGW denialism. John Cook, the author of that blog, did a recent Skeptically Speaking and the podcast of that discussion is here.

The Christian Colonies

… full religious freedom is the compromise between the competing rights of the followers of all the different sects that have fled to our land. Anything short of that is choosing sides, as the people of the time well knew, as the Baptists of the time well knew. Read more

It turns out the answer is “yes” …

Considering how right wing SC is, this is rather remarkable. Here’s the details:

Bird on a Branch

The iPhone 4 is announced

… and, since it will launch on my birthday I expect everyone to give me one!!!

Huh

I woke up this morning and the internet told me …

Maryn McKenna …

… is an award-winning journalist and author and a recovering newspaper reporter. She writes about public health, medicine and food policy, and finds emerging diseases strangely exciting. Visit Superbug, the latest Scienceblogs.com blog,and read her books: Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA and Beating Back the Devil

Pointers

Photographs from Luis Castillo’s “Michael Jackson Legacy Concert.” Today is World Environment Day Ajkaceratops, the dinosaur.

Mark Kirk, YOU LIE!!!!

Who voted for this guy?

BP, YOU LIE!!!!

As expected.

A new intelligence test is out, and the results are in some cases quite expected, and in other cases somewhat surprising. Briefly, the results indicate that women are smarter than men, people of retired age are smarter than 20 year olds, self declared “Republicans”, “Democrats” and “Conservatives” are all about equally stupid, but “Moderates” are…