clock | December 24, 2006A cool animation:
"How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go!" (under the fold):
Hat-tip: Ed Cone
clock | December 24, 2006
Nicholas J. Meacham is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | December 23, 2006I wasted time, and now doth time waste me;
For now hath time made me his numbering clock;
My thoughts are minutes.
- William Shakespeare, Richard II
clock | December 23, 2006The Icons of Evolution finally tested! Who won? Lamarck or Darwin?
Under the fold:
Winning By A Neck: Giraffes Avoid Competing With Shorter Browsers:
The giraffe's elongated neck has long been used in textbooks as an illustration of evolution by natural selection, but this common example has received very little experimental attention. In the January issue of the American Naturalist, researchers at the Mammal Research Institute in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria tested whether foraging competition with shorter herbivores could explain why giraffes…
clock | December 23, 2006
Lilyn Hester is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | December 22, 2006 I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
- Peter De Vries
clock | December 22, 2006You may have seen (or even bought and read) those annual collections of science-related articles that were published in print press over a course of a year, e.g., The Best American Science Writing 2006 or The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006. Wonderful stuff, written by real pros.
But we are bloggers - the TIME persons of the year! We think differently. We want amateurs, not pros. We want best in the world, not just American.
The idea about an anthology of best science writing came from Lulu.com, a local online publishing company, which has initially offered to print a…
clock | December 22, 2006This is the way Discovery Insitute intelligently designed the year.
This is the way 2006 actually evolved
clock | December 22, 2006Carnival of Bad History #12 is up on Axis of Evel Knievel
Carnivalesque #22 - the Early Modern edition - is up on Scribblingwoman.
clock | December 22, 2006Mr. Shakes had a traffic accident. Help the Shakes manor with a little donation on their PayPal button.
Also, Wampum folks need money for the generator in order to run the Koufaxes. Choose between PayPal button and Amazon.com button. While there, make suggestions for new categories and take a poll about it. How about a Science category? The righties had it this year and it is WE who are supposed to be "reality-based community".
clock | December 22, 2006Below the fold are the pictures of me, Prof. Steve Steve and Rev.Big Dumb Chimp taken immediately after the Ken Miller talk in Raleigh. If we look a little drunk or high, it is because we were just subjected to an overdose of theistic evolution and religious apologetics!
clock | December 22, 2006So, why do Creationists and other quacks try so hard to sound all 'scienc-y'? (June 15, 2005)
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Check this guy out - Jim Pinkoski - in the posts AND in the comments here, here and here.
OK, he's a creationist, but he is not even trying to be consistently within ONE version of creationism. He freely switches between YEC and OEC and IDC and when asked ONLY for internal logical consistency, not even evidence, he starts using all caps and bold and calls everyone stupid and liars and exhibits all symptoms of a persecution complex. What gives? He appears…
clock | December 22, 2006
Donna Sawyer is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
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clock | December 21, 2006There is time for work. And there is time for love. That leaves no other time.
- Coco Chanel, 1883 - 1971
clock | December 21, 2006Here is one person's view. I agree on being careful about revealing personal stuff (especially about other people), but I found that I get lots of comments on those rare occasions when I post a picture of a cat, so there must be a large audience for it out there. I have also been asked to write more about myself and often got links and comments on the most personal posts, so there must be a large audience for that kind of stuff out there. What do you think?
He also links to two interesting and informative posts on ProBlogger about what to do with your blog while on vacation and how to…
clock | December 21, 2006Today's crop of science news is particularly fascinating and I wish I had time to devote a whole post to each item. Hopefully, some of my SciBlings or other science bloggers will write something more about these new studies:
Contrary To Common Wisdom, Scientist Discovers Some Mammals Can Smell Objects Under Water:
For some time, Kenneth Catania had noticed that the star-nosed moles he studies blow a lot of bubbles as they swim around underwater. But it wasn't until recently that he really paid attention to this behavior and, when he did, he discovered that the moles were blowing bubbles in…
clock | December 21, 2006The latest edition of Animalcules, carnival of all things microbial, is up on Aetiology.
clock | December 21, 2006Carnival of the Liberals 28: Christmas Edition is up on Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted).
Carl Sagan (Pseudo) Memorial / Demon Haunted World (Pseudo) Homage / [50th] Skeptics' Circle is up on Humbug Online.