March 30, 2010
I think one of the easiest ways Web 2.0 can contribute to individuals' health is to help us maintain those buddy relationships, even when we can't see our buddies in person...
See Sharing your Workouts Online
March 29, 2010
I'm pretty sure I knew a guy, way back in the 1970s, who thought that Pac Man .... the video game ... was an attempt by aliens from another galaxy to communicate with us. Well, with him, actually.
Huh.
The Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn has caught an interesting new view of the tiny…
March 29, 2010
This video discusses use of animals in dissection in science classes, linking the issue to evolution.
NCSE
March 29, 2010
Dennis removed the top of the hamburger bun, flipped the meat out of the way, laid down catchup on both sides and reassembled the Cheeseburger Special Agnes had just laid before him as deftly as he always did. And, as expected, the new guy shyly and quietly took note of this culinary quirk, and I…
March 29, 2010
Jon Stewart Adds Orifice to Glenn Beck. Again.
March 28, 2010
Over the last couple of days, FBI agents have staged a number of raids in Michigan and arrested members of Hutaree, a Christian militia group based there. The Christian Soldiers have been preparing to do battle with "The AntiChrist." which we suspect either the Democratic Party, the Health Care…
March 28, 2010
A while ago I read David Mamet's ALL CAPS MEMO and as with most people, thought it was brilliant. But there was one part that kept bothering me. A bit of advice Mamet gives that sounds brilliant but at the same time sounded totally wrong. And suddenly, a few moments ago, it dawned on me that this…
March 28, 2010
Hey Joe Ratzinger, I don't know what your version of "All the Pussy" is, but you're gonna get all the pussy...
Sell The Vatican, Feed The World - watch more funny videos
March 26, 2010
Ignore this unless you have a cast iron stomach.
Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that the teabaggers have ALREADY fired the first shot? The centrist/progressive/leftist/liberals are simply not responding with violence. But the first shot has already been fired in this culture war. And the…
March 26, 2010
... to visit Ed's new bloggy location at Discover! Check it out.
March 26, 2010
That is the message being clearly repeated by defeated Tea Party activists, and it is not all words.
Some time over the last couple of days, Tea Party activist Harry Weisiger, of Nashville Tennessee apparently tried to kill an adult male and a ten year old girl because they were driving in a car…
March 26, 2010
Razib has moved to new digs at Discover. Go say hey!
March 26, 2010
TONIGHT! on Skeptically Speaking! Don't miss it. And if you do miss it, catch the podcast. Details.
March 26, 2010
This is a petition for you to sign.
The world once again failed to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna, and the United States must act now to protect them in our waters. Send your comment now!
Last week, the United States voted for a proposal to prohibit the international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna…
March 26, 2010
Tonight's episode marks the one year anniversary of Skeptically Speaking the radio show and podcast.
Tune in tonight a discussion of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch with Mariam Goldstein!!!
Details here
March 26, 2010
[The speaker] said she will file a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission over the way she was treated by the University of Ottawa.
In a column posted on the website Townhall.com, [she] said she hopes the "august" commission will find out whether the school has warned other speakers to…
March 26, 2010
Apparently, Tea Party Terrorists (TPT) have threatened and/or harassed Democratic Congressional Representatives Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison because of their votes on health insurance reform.
McCollum is said to have recieved "vulgar" mail, and a gasoline soaked fragment of an American flag.…
March 25, 2010
.... Continued ....
So, what rights to what animals get?
When Charlton Heston's character in Planet of the Apes came across that great edifice of Western Civilization and realized that the old Orangutan was right ... humans are fundamentally destructive of themselves and their near relatives ... he…
March 25, 2010
I am very lucky to work with Seed/Scienceblogs editor and blog herder (no one is actually certain of her exact title)
Erin Johnson. Erin is the person we Sblings rely on to keep everything running smoothly, to manufacture our debates, I think she may be the person who writes several of the…
March 24, 2010
... an absurd over the to parody captures your essence perfectly ...
March 24, 2010
Have a cup of tea and watch this for a little perspective ...
March 24, 2010
Tea Party activists have gathered on Capitol Hill today for a "Code Red" rally against health care reform. .... The gathering was organized by Tea Party Profiteer organizations ... ThinkProgress .... spotted a sign threatening violence if health care passes. The sign reads: "Warning: If Brown can'…
March 23, 2010
At 13 or 14 seconds in, Biden tells the President that this is "A big fucking deal."
It is.
March 23, 2010
President Obama has just signed the health care bill into law.
Well, that was easy. OK, next problem?
March 23, 2010
The relationship between art and science today "is a little bit like romance," said Lynn Fellman. What's being learned about our species and about each other "is like getting to know someone new," she said. "It's surprising; It's a sense of discovery," one that artists, who speak through a visual…
March 22, 2010
Mike Dunford of Questionable Authority was born this day some years ago. Wish him a happy birthday.
March 22, 2010
People are complaining that the health care bill that is currently on the verge of being law is flawed.
Well, duh. People who actually claim that this bill should not become law because it is flawed come in two flavors:
1) Those who are simply against all health care reform and are just blowing…
