clock | March 30, 2008American West Heating Nearly Twice As Fast As Rest Of World, New Analysis Shows:
The American West is heating up more rapidly than the rest of the world, according to a new analysis of the most recent federal government temperature figures. The news is especially bad for some of the nation's fastest growing cities, which receive water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. The average temperature rise in the Southwest's largest river basin was more than double the average global increase, likely spelling even more parched conditions.
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clock | March 29, 2008Substitute damn every time you're inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
- Mark Twain
clock | March 29, 2008From paper airplanes to IBM Typewriters, from cold war calculators to cereal boxes, from condoms to condiments, and many, many more strange collections, all found at the Museum of Online Museums, thanks to Anne-Marie.
clock | March 29, 2008Cooperative Classrooms Lead To Better Friendships, Higher Achievement In Young Adolescents:
Students competing for resources in the classroom while discounting each others' success are less likely to earn top grades than students who work together toward goals and share their success, according to an analysis of 80 years of research.
Despite Awareness Of Global Warming Americans Concerned More About Local Environment:
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently declared climate change a top international threat, and Al Gore urged politicians to get involved to fight global warming. Results…
clock | March 28, 2008People who take time to be alone usually have depth, originality, and quiet reserve.
- John Miller
clock | March 28, 2008
Evolution Of New Species Slows Down As Number Of Competitors Increases:
The rate at which new species are formed in a group of closely related animals decreases as the total number of different species in that group goes up, according to new research. The research team believes these findings suggest that new species appear less and less as the number of species in a region approaches the maximum number that it can support.
Zoologists Unlock New Secrets About Frog Deaths:
New research from zoologists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale opens a bigger window to understanding a deadly…
clock | March 28, 2008Since I will be in Belgrade in April, this song is quite appropriate:
You can find the lyrics in Serbian here and a pretty decent translation here. I remember this song since when I was a little kid. Thirty five years ago, when he was a contestant on the Eurovision (see his 1973 spot), Zdravko Colic was already a veteran and a big star. Even after a 15-year silence, he is still remembered, and not just remembered - the new kids learned his songs and 100,000 of them filled the Red Star soccer stadium last year and sang along all the old hits.
clock | March 28, 2008
Of course, after watching them do this for a year, I find this picture (found in a number of places around the internet) particularly funny
clock | March 28, 2008Tomorrow, March 29th, 2008 at 8pm local time, switch off all the lights for an hour! Join the millions participating in Earth Hour (of course there is a Facebook group, full of information).
Apart from the obvious idea of saving energy, it is important to also remember that light pollution has strong negative effects on a variety of organisms, from insects, to migrating birds, to hatchling turtles.The energy saving of one hour may not be much, but the political effect of the effort is worth it.
clock | March 28, 2008Henry Cate is liveblogging the Space Access 2008 meeting. Tourists in space? Of course! And the trip will be liveblogged as well.
clock | March 28, 2008Gene Genie #24 is up on Greg Laden's blog.
Carnival of the Liberals #61 is up on Last Left Turn Before Hooterville.
Friday Ark #184 is up on Modulator.
clock | March 28, 2008I have announced before my support for my friend and blogger Jay Ovittore in his race to unseat the Republican Congressman Howard Coble. But before he can get there, he first needs to defeat the establishment Democrats in the primaries, still not easy for a true Progressive here in North Carolina.
The last day of this month is the day when the money is counted and you know that these numbers have a big effect on the way press reports on races (since they have no knowledge of the issues, or spine to report them, they use campaign finances as a proxy for who is "winning") which then become a…
clock | March 28, 2008This week's PLoS Computational Biology is chockful of interesting articles, including these:
Open Access: Taking Full Advantage of the Content:
This Journal and the Public Library of Science (PLoS) at large are standard bearers of the full potential offered through open access publication, but what of you, the reader? For most of you, open access may imply free access to read the journals, but nothing more. There is a far greater potential, but, up to now, little to point to that highlights its tangible benefits. We would argue that, as yet, the full promise of open access has not been…