Archives for June 24, 2010
The Pope Visits Pandora?? What?
Posted by Greg Laden on June 24, 2010 Oh, no, I read it wrong. It’s “hope.” And not THAT Pandora. But it is my birthday!
Religion. It gives comfort.
Posted by Greg Laden on June 24, 2010 … or, this:
Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster
Posted by Greg Laden on June 24, 2010 Interesting piece: …Certain topics never fail to generate a flood of impassioned reactions online: immigration, President Obama, federal taxes, “birthers,” and race. This story about Obama’s Kenyan aunt, who had been exposed as an illegal immigrant living in public housing in Boston and who was now seeking asylum, manages to pull strands from all five…
Florida chickens have come home to roost
Posted by Greg Laden on June 24, 2010 Over that last day or so, tons of BP oil have been removed from Florida beaches. The news shows people who live along the beaches crying. Sorry, Floridians, I do not cry for you. I cry for the clams, but not the people. You put that oil there.
Haeckle, Health, and Humanism
Posted by Greg Laden on June 24, 2010 Does Haeckel get your hackles up? Just thumb your nose at him. Health Insurance Execs Face White House Grilling Humanism is not a religion
Given enough time, the most improbable things happen. Probably.
Posted by Greg Laden on June 24, 2010 Is it possible for all the oxygen molecules in the room, which are moving around randomly, to randomly all move to one corner so everyone is breathing just nitrogen for a while and they die? Is is possible for a World Cup soccer game to have a score of, say, 24 to one? Is is…
Peter Tyack: The intriguing sound of marine mammals
Posted by Greg Laden on June 24, 2010 Peter Tyack of Woods Hole talks about a hidden wonder of the sea: underwater sound. Onstage at Mission Blue, he explains the amazing ways whales use sound and song to communicate across hundreds of miles of ocean.
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