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Greg Laden

Greg Laden is a biological anthropologist and science communicator. His research has covered North American prehistoric and historic archaeology and African archaeology and human ecology. He is an OpenSource and OpenAccess advocate. Greg's wife, Amanda, is a High School biology teacher, his daughter Julia is a world traveler and his son Huxley is 2.

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Sizzle Premier I
July 22, 2008
This just in: After a ragingly great world premiere of "Sizzle: A global warming comedy," at the Outfest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival last Saturday night, Randy Olson will appear on NPR for the second time in less than a week. This time on the Boston-based show, "Here and Now," as he talks…
John McCain Kicks Librarian Out
July 22, 2008
McCain to American Citizens: If you oppose me, you will be ticketed, removed, charged, and treated like a common criminal. If you simply shut up and listen, you can stay. [hat tip: Dogon Village] But wait, there's more: Hat tip Umlud
Israeli Soldier Shoots Palestinian Prisoner
July 21, 2008
By now you've surely heard about this, the shooting with a rubber bullet of a Palestinian in custody apparently without provocation. Here's the video: And from the BBC: Israel's defence minister has condemned an incident caught on film in which a soldier seems to shoot a rubber bullet at a bound…
"No Organics" Zone
July 21, 2008
The Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Research from Spitzer has revealed that this outer red zone lacks organic molecules present in the rest of the galaxy. The red and blue spots outside of…
Norm Coleman Is a Hockeypuck.
July 21, 2008
From Andy Barr, Al Franken's Campaign: When we saw Norm Coleman's ad bragging about how he "brought hockey back" to Minnesota, our first thought was, "Hey, we like hockey, but wasn't that a long time ago?" And our second thought was, "Wait a minute...they left out the part where Norm spent six…
Aliens Land!
July 20, 2008
... On this day in 1969, two aliens from a nearby planet landed on The Moon, while a third alien circled the planetoid. An.. .... astronaut stepped onto the Moon's surface, in the Sea of Tranquility, at 0256 GMT, nearly 20 minutes after first opening the hatch on the Eagle landing craft. ... As he…
LOL cat tourist
July 20, 2008
Trace back to here. [more LOL]
Water on Mars
July 20, 2008
It turns out that when you get up close and have a look around, there is a pile of evidence on Mars suggesting that the Angry Red Planet used to be the Disgruntled Wet Planet. Have a look at this photo of an unambiguous delta sitting in a crater. A color-enhanced image of the delta in Jezero…
Carnivals
July 20, 2008
Carnival of Cinema: Episode 83 - The Man with the Golden Blog is HERE at Good News Film Reviews. The Carnival of the Godless #96 is HERE at Sean the Blogonaut. Carnival of the Liberals LXIX is HERE at Stump Lane, Practice, Practice, Practice at the The First Ever Music Education Blog Carnival.…
Gus Hall Convicted This Day in 1948
July 19, 2008
Today is the day in history, in 1948, that Gus Hall was convicted of "conspiracy to teach and advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government by force and violence." Gus was a homebody (Minnesotan) and ran for President with the Communist Party for times. I couldn't find a good picture of Gus up…
Dog Saves Woman From Large Marsupial
July 19, 2008
This probably happens a few times a day in Australia, but for some reason we rarely hear about it. An Australian woman has been saved by a pet dog which leapt to her aid after she was attacked by a large kangaroo, her son has said. The marsupial assaulted Rosemary Neal, 65, at her farm near Mudgee…
Baby Penguins Adrift
July 19, 2008
More than 400 baby penguins have been found dead on beaches in Brazil, hundreds of miles from their native habitats. It is not uncommon to find the occasional penguin (dead or not) wahsed by currents far to the north of where they normally live, the number of penguins being found now is…
Good News and Bad News about what you can eat.
July 19, 2008
You say tomato, I say tomalley . Tomalley. Mmmmmm... That is the green yeck inside the body of a lobster that seems to be neither muscle or organ. But you can eat it and it tastes good. But don't eat it for now if your lobster is from Maine... The Maine Center for Disease Control said Friday…
Linux Jokes
July 19, 2008
More Computer Humor available here. Samples below: Excerpt from "Fifty Ways to Leave your Editor: Just press control-K, Ray, Try double-Z, Fred, You're still in insert, Bert, So hit control-C. Press meta-x, Lex, Then type, `exit-quit-leave' Or else just suspend, friend, and kill(1) it with glee.…
The end is near: Time to switch to Linux
July 19, 2008
If the difference between success and failure in your business, as the economy comes crashing down around you, is money, and you have ID demands, consider this: With both people and companies having to squeeze a nickel's worth of good out of every penny, how long do you think people will be paying…
Carnivals
July 18, 2008
A selection of carnivals for your blogospheric enjoyment: Skeptics' Circle, the 91st at Sorting Out Science. The Carnival of Education, #180 at Steve Spangler dot com. Read about New carnival - 'Hourglass': biology of aging at A Blog Around the Clock. And, while you are over at Clock, check out The…
Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela
July 18, 2008
Nelson Mandela I'll never forget the day I watched you walk out of prison. South Africa's elder statesman Nelson Mandela is marking his 90th birthday Friday in a private celebration with his family at his home in the Eastern Cape. However, as VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in…
LOL Scientist: Georges Lemaitre
July 18, 2008
with a little thingie over the 'i' ... which I won't attempt in Movabletype. George Lemaitre was the priest and scientist who proposed the BIg Bang (though it was not called that then) theory. By the way, for those of you now interested in this discussion of removing the phrase "Darwinism"…
Sizzle: Racist, Sexist, Anti Gay....
July 16, 2008
... Or is it? I just wrote an entire blog post about Sizzle, but accidentally posted it as a comment instead here. I'm actually pointing you to the comment before mine, which in turn inspired mine. Have a look.
Cure Diseases and Have Fun Competing at the Same Time
July 16, 2008
This beats running in one of those crazy marathons... Apparently, folding proteins is rather difficult. Or at least, the computational simulation of protein folding is processor intensive. So this is a job that has been worked up into a system that allows regular people like you and me to…
Creation Science 101
July 16, 2008
An oldie but a goodie.
Science as Sub Culture
July 16, 2008
The Seed Magazine motto is "Science as Culture." Interesting. I think they are talking about the interaction of culture and science, and about science as a part of the broader culture. But it may also be true that science, or scientists in particular, form something of a subculture (not a…
To the moon!
July 16, 2008
On this day in 1969, three Earthlings were launched into space with the intention of landing on The Moon. From a BBC report of the time: On board are three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. All have already flown in space during the Gemini manned space missions…
A Thousand Fantastic Carnivals and One New One
July 16, 2008
First, let me note this new carnival that I hope gets a LOT of attention. It is currently hosted at A Blog Around The Clock and is know as The Giant's Shoulders. This is because it assimilates posts on classic papers. This is one of those motivating carnivals. People don't blog enough on classic…
PZ Myers Death Threat Confession
July 16, 2008
Charles Kroll is the presumed husband of "Melanie," the person who's work email account was used to send PZ Myers a very nasty death threat. This is the death threat: You have two choices my fucked up friend, first you can quit your job for the good of the children. Or you can get your brains beat…
Going Galapagos
July 15, 2008
Chuck Chuck the Panda This is one of those dreaded blog posts when the blogger tells you what he had for breakfast. To be honest, I'm beat. Sleep deprived, but for a good reason. My daughter, Julia, was out VERY late last night, did not get home until way after 1:00 AM in the morning!!!!!…
First Guantanamo Bay video Released
July 15, 2008
This is reportedly a Canadian citizen ... 16 year old Omar Khadr ... being questioned by Canadian officials regarding his involvement in the death of a US soldier in Afghanistan. Khadar is accused of throwing a greneade (in 2002) that killed the soldier. This interrogation is dated to 2003.…
Let us praise the lord ....
July 15, 2008
... and raise our voices in thankful prayer to God Almighty.. Because, verily (I've been using that word a lot lately) the Everlovin' God has decided to not tell Jesse Ventura to run for Senate in Minnesota. Praise the lord... Link hattip: David, whom I am trusting here. I have not listened to…
America
July 14, 2008
Charles Lockwood
July 14, 2008
Sadly, Charles Lockwood of UCL died today as the result of a motorcycle accident, it is reported by John Lynch (who in turn was notified earlier today). Lockwood was a morphologist trained at Wits in South Africa with a post doc at the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University (…