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November 30, 2009
Category: Environment
Last week, hackers pulled a data heist on the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, releasing thousands of stolen documents and emails that purportedly exposed a scientific conspiracy to fabricate evidence of global warming. Climate change skeptics...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 11:33 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 25, 2009
Category: Evolution
Charles Darwin's Origin of Species was published 150 years ago today, and it continues to inform, illuminate, and stir up controversy. Of course, some tortoises live longer than that, but Darwin's lasting legacy seems assured. On Gene Expression, Razib Khan...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 11:56 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 24, 2009
Category: Computer Science
Faster computers come out all the time, but it's what we do with a CPU that determines its true usefulness. On Good Math, Bad Math, Mark Chu-Carroll introduces us to Google's new programming language, Go. Noting the minimalist design of...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 10:42 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 23, 2009
Category: Science Fiction
Good science takes time, but good science fiction hinges on impatience. Why wait for the invention of real technological marvels when you can imagine them yourself or see them on TV? On The Quantum Pontiff, Dave Bacon ponders the formative...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 12:49 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 20, 2009
Category: Evolution
The pitched battle between evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design has become one of the signature conflicts of the decade. On Pharyngula, PZ Myers picks up the pieces after his debate with Jerry Bergman on whether ID should be taught in...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 2:15 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 19, 2009
Category: Genetics
Forget fashion; when it comes to expressing yourself, it's your genes that wear you! On Not Exactly Rocket Science, Ed Yong discusses the explosive evolution of AEM genes in humans and elephants—two long-lived, social animals with "very, very large brains."...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 10:40 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 18, 2009
Category: Nutrition
We often hear that "you are what you eat," but the relationship between what goes in our bodies and what our bodies make of it is really quite complex. On Respectful Insolence, Orac laments that "diet does not have nearly...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 11:21 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 17, 2009
Category: Astronomy/Space
On Friday, NASA scientists confirmed the discovery of water on the moon. Using spectral analysis to determine the composition of the plume resulting from last month's LCROSS rocket collision, they found more than 100 liters of water. Steinn Sigurðsson on...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 10:06 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 16, 2009
Category: Things We Like
In the increasingly competitive and admissions-driven world of high school, learning doesn't always come cheap. SAT-prep programs and college admissions counselors charge a pretty penny for the advantages they (claim to) bestow upon anxious juniors and seniors, and even...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 12:44 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
November 15, 2009
Category: Astronomy/Space
In Ethan Siegel's ongoing treatment of dark energy on Starts With A Bang!, he considers a number of alternative explanations for the dimming of redshifted supernovae. Could photon-axion oscillations be to blame, or does a "grey dust" pervade our universe?...
Posted by Wesley Dodson at 10:50 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
