Archives for March 21, 2012
Dawn’s Details of Vesta Unexpected
Posted by Greg Laden on March 21, 2012 NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. New images and data highlight the diversity of Vesta’s surface and reveal unusual geologic features, some of which were never previously seen on asteroids. These results were discussed today at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference at The Woodlands, Texas.…
What is the Creationism du Jour?
Posted by Greg Laden on March 21, 2012 A talk by Genie Scott of the NCSE:
The Saints Did In Fact Strategize to Injure Favre (I told you so)
Posted by Greg Laden on March 21, 2012 On January 29th, 2010, I wrote: I do not appreciate the fact that the New Orleans Saints defense, when playing the superior Minnesota Vikings, clearly designed, practiced, and successfully implemented a strategy that if adopted by other teams and not stopped by new rules, will change the way the sport is played forever. During the…
Don’t Baloon In Stormy Weather Without a Parachute.
Posted by Greg Laden on March 21, 2012 Academic Freedom and Aids Denialism
Posted by Greg Laden on March 21, 2012 There is an interesting development in the area of Aids Denialism (and by extention climate change denialism and the rest of it) in Italy: The University of Florence has launched an inquiry into the teaching activities of an academic who assisted on a course that denies the causal link between HIV and AIDS, and supervised…
Gun Laws: What they do and what they mean
Posted by Greg Laden on March 21, 2012 These are not the same thing, and the distinction is important. Please have a look at: The real impact of gun laws, and what that means
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