gregladen | May 16, 2008May 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 of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in the latest issue of the molluscan journal The Veliger.
Fossil abalone of the Late Cretaceous Epoch are extremely rare, previously known from two species: one from San Diego County (approximately 70 million years old) and another from Puerto…
gregladen | May 16, 2008The Carnival of Cinema: Episode 74 - The Creature from the Blog Lagoon ... is now up at Good News Film Reviews
gregladen | May 16, 2008Alisa 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.
gregladen | May 16, 2008Have 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.....
gregladen | 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, and explaining big science to the general public.
gregladen | May 15, 2008In 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.
gregladen | May 15, 2008Welcome 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).
gregladen | May 15, 2008In 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.
gregladen | May 15, 2008AMD 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.
gregladen | 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 Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859).
The central theme of this academic conference is an exploration of how Darwin's ideas have revolutionized our understanding of both the living world and human nature.
Papers exploring diverse topics on…
gregladen | 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 throne room and recorded events, as faithfully as possible, and the Emperor paid close attention to this process.
One day, the Emperor sentenced a man to be beheaded, and the man was executed immediately. However, it was not entirely clear that this was an act of justice or an act of anger. The…
gregladen | May 14, 2008This 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!
gregladen | 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 done with 'white voters' ... and that's how you earn your position on the ticket as VP?"
gregladen | May 14, 2008Grand 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.
gregladen | May 14, 2008You 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]
gregladen | May 13, 2008Submit 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)
gregladen | May 13, 2008Marietta 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 time to put an end to this," said Rich Pellegrino, a Mableton resident and director of the Cobb-Cherokee Immigrant Alliance. He was among about 15 people who protested outside Mulligan's Bar and Grill Tuesday afternoon against the sale of the "racist and highly offensive" shirts.
Express your…
gregladen | May 13, 2008On 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 carnage. The film exposed by this photographer was brought to a cave outside of town, where it was later discovered by US serviceman Robert Capp. Capp had the film developed and hung on to the images until 1998, when he donated the film to the Hoover Archives with the provision that the photos…