Blogospherics:
More on bird self awareness (or not): Does Tweety have a secondary consciousness? Self-awareness in birds, mirror neurons, evolution and the mystery of consciousness. Almost Diamonds is not intolerant, but she is anti-tolerance, which is not the same thing. This post echoes my feelings exactly....
Posted on August 27, 2008 11:30 PM • 1 Comments •
A Field Guide to Surreal Botany The world of surreal botany has long remained hidden - since the 18th Century, this field of study was often derided even by trailblazing naturalists such as Carolus Linnaeus and Joseph Banks. What are they doing in the Olympics...
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Posted on August 20, 2008 1:41 PM • 11 Comments •
The latest video on bigfoot is in, thanks to Brian Switek at Laelaps: They are assembling a scientific team. Obviously, they lost my phone number. (Brian's got another interesting video, of a Texas Goat Sucker, that you must see.) Yet another possible example of fear...
Posted on August 14, 2008 11:01 PM • 1 Comments •
Two follow-ups on Sizzle. From Almost Diamonds, "Stereotypes in Comedy"... and from Uncommon Ground, "The crisis in science literacy" And then, this. If you are a US citizen living abroad you MUST click this picture:...
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Posted on August 5, 2008 10:42 PM • 3 Comments •
From the silly to the sublime. Starting with the silly: You must go HERE to read the punchline. Regarding energy and energy conservation (hey, I watched the Car Talk TV special last night, anybody see it? I mus say that The Car Talk Twins look...
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Posted on July 30, 2008 3:57 PM • 0 Comments •
This looks like something I would do. Flying through the tropics (in a plane) is worse than other flying, environmentally speaking. Or so it says here. "Zhongornis haoae is an itty-bitty, teeny-weeny juvenile bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. At just over 10 centimeters...
Posted on July 27, 2008 5:22 AM • 0 Comments •
... door bell ringing in the middle of the afternoon. Either a neighbor in trouble or trouble for whomever is bothering me.... I look through the peep hole and see two young men in white shirts and dark pants. Bloody Mormons. Vaguely curious as to...
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Posted on July 25, 2008 4:04 PM • 7 Comments •
Separated at Birth: Richard Dawkins and Emma Watson! Seriously! Check it out! This news just in courtesy of Bore me to Tears: Tiny Dog Has Been Barking Nonstop For 6 Years...
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Posted on July 24, 2008 8:29 PM • 3 Comments •
The recent salmonella outbreak, which sickened over 1200 people, has been traced to a single jalapeno pepper hiding out in McAllen, Texas. The pepper has been detained by Homeland Security officials and rumors have it that it will be transported to Guantanamo, the secret US...
Posted on July 22, 2008 9:09 AM • 2 Comments •
Two Blosospherics in one day ... the internet must be cookin' Do you find my Blogospherics posts useful? Useless? Or, do you find them offensive? If you find them offensive, then you better read this discussion of what "offensive" is and is not on the...
Posted on July 21, 2008 2:24 PM • 2 Comments •
