December 11, 2008
Wow ... talk about viral videos!
December 11, 2008
The 10K birds Just For Fun Avian ID Quiz!
Videos of developmental trajectories in cortical thickening
Japan harnesses commuters' stamping for power from PhysOrg.com
Japan has found a way to harness clean energy from thousands of stamping feet that pass through one of its busiest train stations…
December 11, 2008
On the eve of a key State Canvassing Board meeting on the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Al Franken presented affidavits today from 62 Minnesotans who said their absentee ballots were improperly rejected.
With Franken behind in the official Senate recount, the affidavits were the latest attempt by the…
December 11, 2008
as in ...
The most recent issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach is now available free online. This is a special issue devoted to the evolution of eyes. Enjoy.
CLICK HERE for details.
December 11, 2008
An actor narrowly escaped death after slashing his throat on stage with a real knife, instead of a blunt stage-prop blade.
Daniel Hoevels slumped to the floor with blood pouring from his neck during a performance at Vienna's Burgtheater.
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The real-life drama happened last weekend during a…
December 11, 2008
Check this out. It is the US Civil War re-enacted as an exchange of facebook twittery-thingies. HT BATC.
December 11, 2008
Something made me think of these toys, one shown above and other examples here.
I have seen incredible examples made of bamboo or other wood-like substances, sometimes incorporating bits of a tin can or some other material. The more sophisticated ones (often made by adults rather than the kids…
December 10, 2008
... about the distribution of food at dinner tonight. Well, not totally. SIL and FIL did not exchange food. But everything else was wrong. But no matter, really.
Warning: If you go to Manny's, you should know that they moved. Manny's is now in the Forshay building. Otherwise it's the same…
December 10, 2008
hat tip: The Inquisitr
December 10, 2008
If not, ignore this blog post.
If so, then my next question is, are you an atheist, agnostic, or free thinkier kinda person? If not, then ignore this blog post.
If so, then my next question is, are you a member of Minnesota Atheists? If not, then.
CLICK HERE AND JOIN, GODDAMMIT!!!!
On the left…
December 10, 2008
... When The Rhino Escapes in the Zoo ...
December 10, 2008
Linnaeus' Legacy No. 14: A Carnival of Diversity
Encephalon 60, A Neuroscience Blog Carnival
Hourglass VI: A carnival of biogerontology
Grand Rounds 5:12 - Healthcare Reform Q&A
Carnival of Homeschooling #154: Anniversary Gifts
Christmas Recipes Carnival of the Recipes
Carnival of Cinema: A…
December 10, 2008
Wait -- my headline is wrong. Coleman isn't stealing the election, and neither is Franken. Both sides are going to fight the recount battle all the way to the end, and that's the way it should be.
And the election isn't in chaos. Routine problems are being handled routinely, with one precinct still…
December 10, 2008
As you read this, Amanda and I our our celebrating our Anniversary! (Of when I asked her to marry me.) I know it is a little extreme to celebrate such a thing, but we don't get out much.
December 10, 2008
Get pissed off. Go here.
December 10, 2008
REPOST
I hope these stories are not related to each other...
Great beasts peppered from space
There is fairly convincing evidence that the explosion of an object not of this earth hit mammoths and other Pleistocene Mega Beasts with shrapnel up in Siberia and Alaska.
Boeing's 12,000lb chemical…
December 10, 2008
A good friend of mine, whom I shall call L.R., got a job ... a pretty nice job, with benefits and a salary and everything, in the "helping" industry, which she's good at and which she likes. So I took her out for a congratulatory dinner (and just because we had not seen each other in weeks). It…
December 9, 2008
The Japanese Education, Science and Technology Ministry have issued a recall notice for 5,500 cell phone straps that contain the radioactive substance tritium.
The straps, not surprisingly marketed as "glow in the dark cell phone straps" had been on sale since the beginning of the year, although…
December 9, 2008
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December 9, 2008
Draft 2 of the Minnesota Science Standards for K-12 is out, and once the current standards are approved, that's it until 2017. So now is your last chance for input for a very long time.
You could be childless, get pregnant over the next year, and have a child in school with these standards in…
December 9, 2008
Black is beautiful, without a doubt. We are all versions of Africans with varying degrees and patterns of non-adaptive and often unfortunate mutations owing to chance, inbreeding, or genetic isolation, and we are all subject to clinally manifest selective forces resulting in clinally distributed…
