January 29, 2008
The Torch is the world's brightest and most powerful flashlight.
It is capable of melting plastic, lighting paper on fire within seconds, and if you like, fry an egg or a marshmallow on a stick.
[source]
January 29, 2008
This is the first time I've seen this argument made, in a letter to the editor in LJWorld of Lawrence, Kansas:
Senior citizens are concerned about rising property taxes due to education and a needless golf course.
With more private schools [and] more home schooling ... , why is additional funding…
January 29, 2008
You may not want to miss this (Feb 13th) episode of Wife Swap:
a theologically liberal high powered corporate executive mother with a stay-at-home husband swaps lives with a born again Christian mom who believes women are created to be men's help-mates ...
... the Childs are born-again Christians…
January 29, 2008
Creationists Acting Badly, as usual...
[Hat Tip: Pz Myers]
January 29, 2008
Lee Salisbury, a former evangelical preacher, comments on evolution and creationism.
He starts with this:
Creationism seems to be gaining credence far beyond its actual influence in the world of science. Even American presidential candidates, lest they offend the religious right, reject evolution…
January 29, 2008
UC Berkeley biologist Sheila Patek gives a wide-ranging talk on the effort to measure the hyperfast movements of peacock mantis shrimp heels using high-speed video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second. She and her team slowed down the movements of these amazing animals and showed they had…
January 29, 2008
And neither does a lot of proprietary technology. But the possibility that ads will show up on either type of technology is obviously very different.
Now, we are about to see add supported P2P services.
At the Midem conference in Cannes, France, Qtrax and its parent company Brilliant…
January 29, 2008
You've probably already heard that a US spy satellite known as USA-193 is no longer able to keep itself up because the software on board has failed. This is a secret spy satellite so we don't at present know what the software was (any guesses?). It is big enough to not totally burn up in the…
January 29, 2008
Ecuadorean officials are investigating the slaughter of 53 sea lions from the Galapagos Islands nature reserve, which were found with their heads caved in.
[source]
Thanks, Coturnix, for the tip.
January 29, 2008
Larry Craig, or as we call him in Minnesota, Happy Feet Larry, stepped in where Michelle Bachmann could not perform, in an overt act of erotic love with the President of the United States, George Bush.
I starting watching the That Big Speech by George Bush just before midway last night. In time to…
January 28, 2008
"The first witness called by attorneys for the parents was Dr. Kenneth Miller"
January 28, 2008
Guitarist and singer Raul Midon performs "All the Answers" in a world premiere at TED2007. "This is a song I wrote about the meaning of technology," he says, and he asks his listeners: What will we do with all this information we have at our fingertips? He follows with the sprightly "Tembererana."
January 28, 2008
of The Beagle Project! Here, at A Blog Around the Clock.
The Beagle Project is Here.
January 28, 2008
The Twin Cities Creation Science Association Home School Science Fair, held each year in February, in Har Mar Mall, Roseville, Minnesota, will occur this year on Saturday & Sunday, February 16 and 17, 2008.
The Application Deadline is January 31st, 2008 ($5.00 entry fee)
You can register…
January 27, 2008
What would be worse, Crows or Robots taking over the world?
January 27, 2008
... I usually become very nauseated or fall asleep.
(If I was Woody Allen there would be a joke about sex right about here)
Anyway, I'm with Bill...
January 27, 2008
Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts will endorse Senate colleague Barack Obama for president, party officials confirmed Sunday.
The endorsement will be announced Monday in Washington, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak…
January 27, 2008
I've chosen one to whet your appetite:
See the rest at Laelaps.
January 27, 2008
So there, 'intelligent' cdesign proponentists, eat your hearts out.
January 27, 2008
This is my reply to a post by Coturnix called The Hopeless Monster? Not so fast!
First, the phylogeny of the discussion.
Olivia Judson wrote this:
The Monster Is Back, and It's Hopeful
Which was responded to here:
Hopeless Monsters--A Guest Post from Dr. Jerry Coyne
That dyad of posts was passed…
January 27, 2008
"Eventually, I came up with a name for it. I called it 'irreducible complexity'"
January 27, 2008
"Counterknowledge," I would have thought, includes things like how a particular customer likes her eggs, or if another customer gets antsy if he does not get his refill right way. You know, like in a diner. Counter knowledge. But it turns out that Counterknowledge is stuff like creationism,…
January 27, 2008
J.J. Abrams traces his love of the unseen mystery -- the heart of Alias, Lost, and the upcoming Cloverfield -- back to its own magical beginnings, which may or may not include an early obsession with magic, the love of a supportive grandfather, or his own unopened Mystery Box.
January 27, 2008
You need:
a pair of binoculars
a pair of tweezers
a bottle
a cork
an elephant call.
First you call the elephants. Then, when they are close but not too close, you look at them with the binoculars backwards. Remember, backwards. That way they will be very small. Then, you pick them up one by one…
January 27, 2008
The loss of sight in cave dwelling species is widely known. We presume that since sight in utter darkness has no fitness value, the mutation of a gene critical to the development of the sense of sight is not selected against. Over time, any population living in darkness will eventually experience…
January 26, 2008
"Twelve mentions of Charles Darwin in a 1,400 page textbook..."
Previous in the series
January 26, 2008
In the US, we (the general citizenry) are never going to agree on gun control. I have a solution.
First, a video or two in case you are interested.
Here is my suggestion: A federal agency is in charge of gun control. That is already the case (it would be the ATF). Congress would pass a law…
January 26, 2008
... but it might be a sexual organ...
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broadcast of cop drama NYPD Blue....The fine is for a scene where a boy surprises a woman as she prepares to take a shower. The scene…
