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Archives for February, 2008
Valentine’s Day
Posted by John Lynch on February 14, 2008 I don’t do Hallmark holidays, but in the spirit of sharing something on Valentine’s Day, I give you this wonderful cartoon (source). Be sure and check this one out as well. Excellent stuff.
Today in Science (0214)
Posted by John Lynch on February 14, 2008 Events 1961 – Lawrencium is first synthesized at the University of California. 2000 – NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
A Darwin Day Beagle
Posted by John Lynch on February 13, 2008 Yesterday was Darwin Day. And a beagle won Best In Show at the Westminster Kennel Club. Coincidence? I think not.
Today in Science (0213)
Posted by John Lynch on February 13, 2008 Events 1633 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. 1880 – Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect. 2004 – The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe’s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.
Today in Science (0212)
Posted by John Lynch on February 12, 2008 Events 2001 – NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
Monday Mustelid #6
Posted by John Lynch on February 11, 2008 Neotropical river otter, Lontra longicaudis Olfers 1818 [source]
Sun Devils triumph
Posted by John Lynch on February 10, 2008 Last time I wrote about ASU basketball was early January when we beat the University of Arizona Wildcats 64-59 in overtime to go 3-0 in Pac10 play. Much moaning came from Wildcat supporters with claims that, had they had their phenom freshman (Bayless) the score would have been different. Soon after that game the Sun…
Was there a Darwinian Revolution?
Posted by John Lynch on February 10, 2008 As promised, here [pdf, 7.83M] are the slides from today’s Darwin Day talk for the Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix. There were somewhere between 80 and 100 people in attendance, and I think it went quite well. And for any attendees who stop by here [pdf] are the slides from my September talk on Intelligent…