clock | November 9, 2006If you have not received the e-mail from the Center for American Progress, it is here, under the fold:
MEMO
To: Interested Parties
From: John D. Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Date: November 9, 2006
Re: The End of the Grand Conservative Experiment
There is a longer-term significance to the 2006 election that transcends the shift in Congressional control and the collapse of the Bush presidency and its capacity to govern.
The post-Goldwater/post-Reagan conservatism has been discredited as a governing philosophy, and simultaneously, a new progressive…
clock | November 9, 2006Just check the Wikipedia for the information on Senate seats up for (re)election in 2008. Democrats should really make a killing then.
You can also check their pages about House races, gubernatorial races and the Presidential election.
clock | November 9, 2006Politicians Sweep Midterm Elections
Rumsfeld: 'My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done'
Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats
Write-In Candidate Thought He Had Enough Friends To Win
Voter Turnout Reaches All-Time Low Of 17
clock | November 9, 2006Two Nerve Cells In Direct Contact:
For the first time, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology in Martinsried near Munich have been able to show how two nerve cells communicate with each other from different hemispheres in the visual center. This astoundingly simple circuit diagram could at a later date provide a model for algorithms to be deployed in technical systems.
A Silent Pandemic: Industrial Chemicals Are Impairing Brain Development Of Children Worldwide:
Researchers found that 202 industrial chemicals have the capacity to damage the human brain, and they conclude that…
clock | November 9, 2006Carnival of the Liberals #25 - the Metapolitical edition - is up on Philosophy, Etc. and Richard has picked some fantastic winners for this week's carnival.
clock | November 9, 2006Cell transplant for eyes?
In the current study, the scientists looked at these photoreceptors' development -- from the embryonic stages to those in the newborn. They found that the cells that worked best came from animals between the first and fifth days of life. "Photoreceptors are just being born and starting to make connections," said Pearson, one of the co-authors of the study, published this week in Nature.
The retinal cells were transplanted in normal adult mice and others with two different types of vision problems that cause blindness. In earlier studies, researchers found that the…
clock | November 9, 2006As easily predicted, the 2008 presidential election is starting today. Apparently, Villsack is announcing today.
clock | November 9, 2006Second lecture notes from my BIO101 class (originally from May 08, 2006). As always, in this post and the others in the series, I need comments - is everything kosher? Any suggestions for improvement?
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BIO 101 - Bora Zivkovic - Lecture 1 - Part 2
The Cell
All living organisms are composed of one or more cells - the cell is the unit of organization of Life.
Most cells are very small. Exceptions? Ostrich egg is the largest cell. Nerve cell in a leg of a giraffe may be as long as 3m, but is very thin.
Basic Structure of the Cell
A cell is a…
clock | November 9, 2006The 47th edition of the Skeptics' Circle is up on Polite Company (OK, it is really here).
I and the Bird #36 is up on Words & Pictures.
clock | November 9, 2006
Muni Subramani is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
Technorati Tag: sciencebloggingconference
clock | November 8, 2006Some good post-mortems:
Dave
Amanda
Ezra
Mike
Christy
Publius
Echidne
Atrios
Chris
Rick
Kos
Glenn
Glenn
Jason
clock | November 8, 2006They see visions, of Heaven on Earth, or Armageddon, or whatever.
We study the way world works and identify the problems that need fixing.
They cannot fix a broken toilet - they prey to it to fix itself.
We devise solutions, test them over time, tweak them and change them until the problem is fixed.
They try to wish the world to become as they like it.
We work to change the world.
They are preachers.
We are engineers.
They are poetic speakers.
We are rocket scientists and brain surgeons.
They don't want to get their hands greasy (though oil money is OK).
We make sure that the machinery of the…
clock | November 8, 2006Environment and Public Works Committee:
Outgoing Chair: James Inhofe (OK).
Incoming Chair: Barbara Boxer (CA).
Voot!
clock | November 8, 2006Tangled Bank #66 is up on Easternblot.
The second edition of The Fourstone Hearth is up on Afarensis.
clock | November 8, 2006
My SciBling Janet Stemwedel of Adventures in Ethics and Science is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
Technorati Tag: sciencebloggingconference
clock | November 8, 200692nd edition of the Carnival of Education is up on NYC Educator
Carnival of Homeschooling - Library Edition is up on SpunkyHomeSchool.
clock | November 7, 2006Big stories of the day:
1 - Democrats sweep the House of Representatives. Many newbies are relatively conservative - we need to start retraining them. Watch out for Lieberman and what he does.
2 - Montana and Missouri races are not over yet, but look good for Dems. Virginia still has to count some regular ballots, the absentee ballots and provisional ballots tomorrow, plus an almost inevitable recount.
3 - South Dakota anti-abortion measure failed. Sigh of relief!
4 - Socialist Saunders wins. Who said moving to the right was neccessary to win?
5 - Repubs had nothing to run on, so they…