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February 29, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Worst Science Job 2007 - Hazmat Diver Dave Semeniuk over at the Terry blog has posed an interesting question. Namely, what are the worst jobs in the humanities? (Another pandering to the two culture debate?) The question is framed...
Posted by David Ng at 9:04 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
(Speaking of the arts and science divide) a couple weeks ago, I ran a few lab exercises that revolve around the use of software to city planning, especially as it pertains to issues of sustainability (there's even an online version...
Posted by David Ng at 8:49 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 28, 2008
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
I'm sort of putting the finishing touches to today's GMO lecture in my ART+SCIENCE class, but before I move on from the land of sustainability, here is a TEDtalks lecture I quite enjoyed about the problem with space and why...
Posted by David Ng at 4:07 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 27, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Is there an arrogant/sleepy divide in academia? A PowerPoint/chalkboard divide?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:15 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Solzhenitsyn and Borges as bookends; in between, order and randomness
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:15 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 25, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
A comment about bombs and mercury and Communists and theater and world history
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:30 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 21, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
19 February 2008 was historic: here is what it suggests about the future of alternative energy and our fossil fuel lifestyle
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 20, 2008
Category: Mountaintop Coal Removal
Type in your zip code to find out the nearest coal-burning facility and its coal source.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 11:30 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: About writing generally
Pen Names in the Digital Age: wither the pseudonym? Plus the must-read of the day.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 10:30 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 15, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Within our lifetimes, energy consumption will increase at least two-fold, from our current burn rate of 12.8 TW to 28 - 35 TW by 2050
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 2:30 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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