Links for you. Science:
And On That Dumping Study
Verbal vs. mathematical aptitude in academics
Lost Civilization May Have Existed Beneath the Persian Gulf
Other:
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words...
It Gets Better
Schrödinger's Rapist: or a guy's guide to approaching strange women without being maced (sad that many men don't get this)
Yep, It's Demand
Beating Up On Brad DeLong
From Judith Miller to Julian Assange (I agree with this except that the "somehow" in the subtitle is due to the sycophancy of our elite-educated media which has been trained to genuflect towards those with power)
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It's a skorcha! Cool down with some links. Science:
On Algae Fuel
Ancient China: The 15th Century Fleet
The biology of Mauritius: part 2
The practice does not invalidate the principle
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Fundie Americana
The three fundamentalisms of the American right
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This morning Mrs. Pontiff read me a review out of the New York Times for the film "A Serious Man." The opening paragraph of the review gives you an idea why she thought it might be relevant to me:
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No, I'm not going to be able to get away with claiming that truth is beauty, and beauty, truth.
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