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March 31, 2007

Lazy Saturday YouTube: Black Disney Princess

Category: YouTube Obsessions

Hat tip Gina....

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March 30, 2007

Friday Grey Matters: The Biggest Parrot

Category: Friday Grey Matters

The world's biggest flying parrot is the beautiful Hyacinth Macaw, a bluish-purple macaw with yellow around their eyes and mouth. I say "flying parrot" because the ground-bound Kakapo can sometimes weigh the same or a bit more. However, the...

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March 29, 2007

Good Thing I Didn't Move Here.....

Category: Stupidity

When my family moved to South Carolina from Florida, we looked at houses in the cities of Simpsonville and Clinton. We, looks like it was a good thing we settled in Simpsonville. Just take a look at whats going on...

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Concert Highlights Climate Change As Politically, If Not Scientifically, Controversial

Category: Global Warming

Poor Al Gore, no good deed goes unpunished in his quest for climate change awareness. Only a few days ago he went before the Senate on a hearing on global warming. During which, climate change's biggest political foe, Senator...

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March 28, 2007

Baptists May See Justification in De-Gay-ifying Babies

Category: Blather

Hard to know what to make of this, or even if what they propose--to prenatally interfere with sexual orientation--is possible. Mr. Mohler [president of a Baptist seminary] said in the article that scientific research "points to some level of biological...

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March 27, 2007

Why Don't You See More Profs in Church?

Category: U of M

An interesting article ("Why You Rarely See Your Professors In Church") which appeared in the University of Michigan student paper was forwarded to me by its author, Kingson Man. Its tagline went something like this: Studies show that professors are...

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UM Study Explores Reason For Low Rate of Breast Reconstruction

Category: Health Care

Many post-operative women choose not to go through breast reconstruction. Why?

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March 26, 2007

Cooking for Engineers (and 24 Watchers)

Category: Fun

Not sure if there's any other watchers of the show "24" who read, but me and my friends usually get together on Mondays to watch it and enjoy some home cooking. We take turns cooking, and its my week this...

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Human-Animal Hybrids Here to Murder Us in Our Sheep...Er, Sleep

Category: Stem Cells

Remember Bush's speech last year where he denounced "human-animal hybrids"? Well, I don't know about you, but I about fell off the couch laughing. But now it looks like his worst fear has come to pass: a chimeric sheep with...

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March 24, 2007

New 'I Am A Scientist' Podcast: fMRI of the Spinal Cord

Category: Podcasts

Check out the latest "I Am A Scientist" podcasts, which every week interviews a scientist about their research topic. Last week, I was a guest, and this week's guest is Jane Lawrence. She discusses two types of imaging techniques:...

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