March 24, 2009
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March 24, 2009
Hat Tip The Intersection (where you will find details on the film)
March 24, 2009
... Cheney has been rather out of line. And now he's out of breath.
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March 24, 2009
Back before the election in November, Stephanie Zvan and I had dinner to discuss the idea of forming a community of like minded bloggers to exchange resources and information. Mike Haurbrich was part of that conversation as well, but not at dinner that particular evening, which was at The Blue…
March 24, 2009
In conversation with reporters earlier today Coleman noted that he does not anticipate this case going to the US Supreme Court, though he did apparently say this in his usual smarmy way so he can change his mind later. He did indicate that he DOES anticipate bringing the case to the Minnesota…
March 24, 2009
I live next to this crazy person's congressional district and I do not want the yahoos who live there pouring over the border of My Fair City with their guns and rabid dogs, mullets and swastika-bearing pickups. Michele Bachmann barely makes it to Winged Monkey level, and this is well demonstrated…
March 24, 2009
This just in from the NCSE:
The future of science education in Texas is on the line. The Texas Board of Education, after two previous contentious public hearings on high school science standards (TEKS), meets March 25-27 for its final vote.
As you may recall, at the previous meeting (January…
March 24, 2009
As long as we understand exactly what it really is...
Debbitage has an excellent post responding to a piece in Higher Ed about critique v. objectivity in the classroom. The comparison is between "Objectivist" teaching and "Criticism Based" teaching...
An important aspect of criticism-based…
March 23, 2009
Macroblogging the microblog so you don't have to.
From BoraZ: Texting Your Catch: New Technology For Recreational Fishing Data
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At nearly every fisheries management meeting he attends, Baker hears the same complaint: North Carolina's recreational fishermen don't have to account for their catch…
March 23, 2009
So, my friend Phil was in the Air Force up near Grand forks (where the flooding is happening now). He told me today they use to use a super tall radio tower to spot weather, and this tower was something like 70 miles away. So it was in sight, but almost unbelievably so.
Similarly, there is an end…
March 23, 2009
Or, perhaps, a garagable aircraft.
First Flight:
Landing and parking animation (video may load very slowly):
MIT press release.
March 23, 2009
Everybody knows the answer is almost always Linux, and one of the reasons for that is because Windows cheats. Mr. Exile has run a test in which he compares two laptops, one with four times the memory and about double the processor speed and a more advanced processor, with the hotter computer…
March 23, 2009
We know where Dora's monkey is.... She's over at Fermi Lab throwing a wrench in Teh Physics:
... scientists have detected a new, completely untheorized particle that challenges what physicists thought they knew about how quarks combine to form matter. They're calling it Y(4140), reflecting its…
March 23, 2009
Blogfish has an interesting writeup on what they call "New England's War on Science" ( might think of it as "Coastal New England's War on Science")
Fishing interests in New England have convinced politicians to launch a new war on science and common sense. They want to keep catching fish faster…
March 23, 2009
... as usual ...
a legislator in Texas has introduced a bill to require open document formats in all state government business. The bill is carefully worded such that only ODF could pass its test as "open." The story is covered by the Fort Worth Star Telegram, which is careful to be even-handed,…
March 23, 2009
In 1997, the sandbagging was not enough to save Grand Forks. The river rose higher than it had been since 1826. Downtown Grand Forks was destroyed by explosions and fire that added on to the damage caused by the water. ... The local TV stations carried stories of cattle stranded in flowing water…
March 23, 2009
This picture, from a current (as of this writing) accuweather forecast page, is an excellent illustration of what happens here in the upper Midwest the spring.
The overall pattern of movement of air masses at the continental scale is west to east, with extra moist and extra warm air secondarily…
March 23, 2009
Minnesotans: Don't forget about the Flying Spaghetti Monster Dinner Fund raiser on March 29th. Details here.
Dear readers: Go visit the Big White Gorilla and be nice to him. Or kick his pink ass. Whichever seems appropriate depending on your take on civility.
Build your own solar panel.…
March 22, 2009
Do I need to spell this out for you?
Transcript and background available here.
March 22, 2009
There has always been Oxygen on the earth, but it was not floating around free in the atmosphere as it is today (most of it still isn't). Indeed, it is kind of strange that the earth is blanketed in a mixture of toxic, corrosive liquid (water) and equally corrosive gas (the oxygen in the…
March 22, 2009
The Reef Tank is an enterprise that supports and supplies salt water aquarists and supports the use of captive raised organisms and knowledge about ecosystems and conservation issues. From their site:
The Reef Tank is a unique bulletin board with a unique philosophy. Our mission is to provide a…
March 22, 2009
Brimstone Pit:
And some great photographs of various volcanoes here.
March 22, 2009
From my homey Emetrece:
El 3 de abril, en la Ciudad de La Habana, se realizara la ceremonia de premiación "Puños Arriba" en el Cine-Teatro Rivera de 23 y G // 8PM
CategorÃas en competencia incluyen:
Canción Beef, Canción Social, Canción al amor. Canción mas popular, Mejor featuring, Mejor…
March 22, 2009
Leo Berman, Republican State Rep in Texas, has proposed a bill that would allow the Institute for Creation Research to issue advanced degrees in Creationism. The faux educational institution, which moved from California to Texas several years ago hoping to dupe the Texans into exactly this sort…
March 22, 2009
... known to us as The Gene Genie, has been transcribed in the form of volume 44, here, at Mary Meets Dolly Dot Com.
March 22, 2009
The National Young Women's Leadership Conference is going on. You can get to related information via this blog: Choices Feminist Campus.
Welcome to the second day of our National Young Women's Leadership Conference. WOOHOO! We are Showing this morning's plenary live today on UStream -- same…
March 22, 2009
The Red River is flooding again, and people up there are filling sandbags again. So I thought I'd provide a little context to this important news.
The Red River in Minnesota flows backwards in its channel, in a northerly direction. Its course is backwards not because it's going north (many people…
March 22, 2009
How to spot a hidden religious agenda
As a book reviews editor at New Scientist, I often come across so-called science books which after a few pages reveal themselves to be harbouring ulterior motives. I have learned to recognise clues that the author is pushing a religious agenda. As creationists…
March 21, 2009
I've got two unrelated breaking news stories for you. The first is totally confirmed and real:
Rebecca Skloot has got a new column at Slate:
I'm pleased to announce that, starting in May 2009, I'll be writing a weekly science and health column for Slate's new Double X Magazine. I'll be covering…
