Summer Color
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
For the new year, in the winter's gray, here are three pictures of summer color past....
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- David Ng is Director of the AMBL at the University of British Columbia - fancy speak for a science teacher.
- Benjamin Cohen teaches at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Notes from the Ground: Science, Soil and Society in the American Countryside (Yale, 2009). His interest is in those places where science, art, and environmental studies come together.
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Cannonball Series
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STUDENTS ROCK!
"The world is full of light and life, and the true crime is not to be interested in it." A.S. Byatt
Puzzle Fantastica 1 | 2 | 3
Batman as scientist
SCIENCE SHOWDOWN!
Science songs 1 | 2
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And the answer is...
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
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December 22, 2008
Announcing the 28th Annual World's Fair Award Winner
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Each year The World's Fair bestows its top honor at the end of December, or early January. This honor has come to be renowned not just in the blogosphere (see this write-up from Time), not just on the internet (see...
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December 17, 2008
"When Britney Spears Comes to My Lab"
Category: Humor stuff, and in the best of worlds, science humor stuff
Although I'm starting to suspect the Talk of the Town will not be noting our stunning performance, and Publisher's Weekly made not give us a starred review, I will still admit that Dave and I gave the best performance --the...
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December 16, 2008
Mowing Down the Mountains
Category: Mountaintop Coal Removal
Alright, Nicky's telling me some people had trouble accessing the Washington Post graphic I linked to in yesterday's MTR post. So here it is, reprinted below in full. This shows how a mountain--called "overburden" if you want to mow it...
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December 15, 2008
Simpsonian Science
Category: The Website Building
Science on the Simpsons could be next year's TV on the Radio. Stay tuned.
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Scientists are better than other people: yes or no?
Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die
My question is about the moral equivalence of the scientist. Are scientists morally superior to non-scientists?
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Bush, Mountaintops, and the Midnight Rule Name Game
Category: Mountaintop Coal Removal
A parting shot by Bush offers another gut punch to the ecosystems of Appalachia.
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December 4, 2008
Bake for a Change 2008: Game on!
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Or can I just call it BFAC2008? Anyway, for those of you who have an annual tradition of putting together a gingerbread house, why not do it this year with a sustainability twist? That's right! Bake for a Change is...
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Science Scouts in New York?
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Being in New York and all this weekend... I'm curious to see if there are any New Yorkers keen on a Science Scout get together (maybe even use this as a potential start to another local group similar to the...
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