May 18, 2008
How big is a blue whale?
A blue whale is so big that a person can swim through it's largest blood vessels. A blue whale is so big that there are cars smaller than its heart. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, now or ever, as far as we know. Its tongue is as large as the largest…
May 17, 2008
Every now and then there is a moment ... I see something, hear something, learn something ... that makes me want to jump to my feet (if I'm not already standing) and shout "To the blog mobile!"
Well, I don't actually have a blog mobile. So when that happens, I just run into the basement.
What…
May 17, 2008
Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal
(repost)
May 17, 2008
Next Week's Four Stone Hearth will be hosted at Remote Central. Please have a look here to find out about submitting stuff.
This is the most diverse of all of the blog carnival that I know. So you probably have something. So send it in, OK?????
May 17, 2008
Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium -- and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.
...Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds
May 17, 2008
We know, deep down, you are an Obama Girl, Hilary.
May 17, 2008
... or at least, according to the Discovery Institutes's own Michael Medved.
The idea of a distinctive, unifying, risk-taking American DNA might also help to explain our most persistent and painful racial divide - between the progeny of every immigrant nationality that chose to come here [the…
May 17, 2008
MIT researchers found that phalaropes depend on a surface interaction known as contact angle hysteresis to propel drops of water containing prey upward to their throats. Photo by Robert Lewis The Phalarope starts out as an interesting bird because of its "reversed" sex-role mating behavior. For…
May 16, 2008
I only gave half the story in my recent post about how you are a big fat baby.
Here's the rest of the story...
May 16, 2008
Kevin James. Career. Over.
May 16, 2008
May 18, 2008 -- A tiny abalone specimen 5.9 mm in length and approximately 78 million years old (putting it in the middle Campanian Stage of the Late Cretaceous) has been documented from rocks in the Garapito Creek area of Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles County by Lindsey T. Groves and John M. Alderson…
May 16, 2008
The Carnival of Cinema: Episode 74 - The Creature from the Blog Lagoon ... is now up at Good News Film Reviews
May 16, 2008
Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US media is actually showing less. Eye-opening stats and graphs.
May 16, 2008
Have you noticed? Did you hear the other shoe drop? (very very quietly, yes, but I'm sure I heard it...)
The present news cycle appears to not refer to Hillary Clinton. At all.....
May 16, 2008
Do not play this if innocent ears (like children and such) are near. ...
May 16, 2008
"Rock star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project. ... Physicist Brian Cox has two jobs: working with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN…
May 15, 2008
In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.
May 15, 2008
Welcome to I and the Bird #75! is HERE.
Also, check out the Young Birder's Guide Giveaway at I and the Bird. (The Young Birder's Guide is a new book).
May 15, 2008
I love this guy. But wait, there's more... it gets better. Much better.
May 15, 2008
In a very, very early-morning set, They Might Be Giants rock the final day of TED2007. ... John Linnell and John Flansburgh are They Might Be Giants: multi-instrumental, tech-savvy and implacably prolific, they are the musicians of choice of geeks, tinkerers and curious kids of all ages.
May 15, 2008
AMD CEO Hector Ruiz talks about his dream of giving the whole world access to the Internet. AMD's 50x15 initiative hopes to connect 50 percent of the world to the Net by 2015. Sharing his own life story, Ruiz shows how access to ideas is life-changing.
May 14, 2008
The Hofstra University Library, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Hofstra Cultural Center present a conference:
Darwin's Reach examines the impact of Darwin and Darwinian evolution on science and society in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert…
May 14, 2008
Emperor Han Aidi Keep an eye on the hanging tree. There will be a fresh astronomer hanging there soon. Mark my words.
This story is sometimes told:
During the reign of a particular emperor in China, the role of the historian was becoming more significant. An historian sat in the Emperors…
May 14, 2008
This is big. This is really big.
The Tangled Bank Web Carnival Number One Hundred and Five is at The Beagle Project!!!!!! And it's the Tag Team Edition with Peter McGrath and Karen James!!!
Go there now!
May 14, 2008
...... OMG, did I say that out loud? Maybe this election has gotten a little too racialized.....
Anyway, yes, just this very moment, seconds ago, Edwards Endorses Obama.
What do you think? Was there a phone call? "John, hey, I've got an idea. You go in and help undo the damage Clinton has…
May 14, 2008
Grand Rounds 4:34 is at Health Business Blog
The Carnival of Home Schooling is here. I don't know why I'm telling you that. They always reject my posts for some reason.
The Carnival of Cinema is requesting submissions: Go here to submit.
May 14, 2008
You must watch this to the end.
"Just because you were born here, doesn't make you an American...."
(The good news is that the racist haters are even more hateful than the hateful racists. As needed.)
Hey, don't forget to Hit This Poll!
[Hat Tip: Boris Milicevic]
May 13, 2008
Submit your blog posts (deadline: Wednesday) to Tangled Bank now, right now ...
(hint: klick the kitty to get to the Beagle Project Blog, where Tangled Bank will be hosted, and make your submission)
May 13, 2008
Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with "Obama in '08" scrolled underneath, are "cute." But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past.
"It's…
May 13, 2008
On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the United States Army. The bomb successfully exploded instantly killing about 80,000 people and destroying a majority of the physical structure of the city.
Someone with a camera took a series of photographs of the post-bomb…
