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drorzel | December 28, 2010It's the last week of the (calendar) year, which means it's a good time to recap the previous twelve months worth of scientific news. Typically, publications like Physics World will publish a list of top ten physics stories of 2010, but we're all Web 2.0 these days, so it seems more appropriate to put this to a poll:
What is the top physics story of 2010?survey software
I've used the Physics World list as a starting point, because you have to start somewhere. I added a few options to cover the possibility that they left something out, and, of course, you know where the comments are.
This poll…
illconsidered | December 27, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is notWisdomDecember 26, 2010 Chuckles, Solstice, COP16, Bolivia, COP17+, Season's Greetings, Roundups, Weather AGU, IPBES, CableGate, Pakistan, Subsidies, Amstrup, Thermodynamics, Cook Melting Arctic, Polar Bears Food Crisis, Agro-corps, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, GHGs, Temperatures,…
illconsidered | December 20, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Information Overload is Pattern RecognitionDecember 19, 2010 Chuckles, Solstice, COP16, COP17+, UN GCF, CableGate, AGU, Amstrup, Weather, Pakistan Bottom Line, Subsidies, Year End, CSRRT, Cook, Post CRU, Shrinkology Melting Arctic, Megafauna, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, GCDT, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production…
illconsidered | December 13, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Sipping from the Internet Firehose...December 12, 2010 Chuckles, COP15, COP16 Grind, COP16 Deal, COP17, Cablegate, Winter, AGU, Pakistan Bottom Line, Subsidies, WB, IEC, Thermodynamics, CSRRT, Cook, CCPI Melting Arctic, Megafauna, Greenland, Antarctica Food Crisis, Global Crop Diversity Trust Project, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, GHGs,…
illconsidered | November 29, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not WisdomNovember 28, 2010 Chuckles, COP15, COP16+, WMSoC, Schneider & Hook, CSRRT, Reforestation, GreenPeace, Pakistan Carbon Tariffs, Subsidies, UNCFG, Ecuador, GFI, Psych, Year in Review, Cook, Post CRU, IEC Melting Arctic, Megafauna, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food…
illconsidered | November 22, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Information Overload is Pattern RecognitionNovember 21, 2010 Chuckles, COP15, COP16+, GGCS, Kiribati, CSRRT, AGU, Pakistan Carbon Tariffs, IEC, EcoCops, Psych, Winter Weather, Cook, Post CRU Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Agro-corps, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, GHGs, Carbon Cycle, Temperatures, Paleoclimate…
illconsidered | November 15, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Sipping from the Internet Firehose...November 14, 2010 Chuckles, COP15, COP16+, G20, APEC, IEA, Kiribati, Cities, Fighting Back, Montreal Protocol, Pakistan Bottom Line, Subsidies, UNCFG, IP Issues, IEC, Post CRU Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Agro Corps, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, GHGs,…
illconsidered | November 1, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Information overload is pattern recognitionOctober 31, 2010 Chuckles, COP15, COP16+, Nagoya, Geoengineering, Extinctions, Fisheries, Pakistan GFIs, UNGCF, Kasatochi & Salmon, Cook, Multinational Deniers, Post CRU Melting Arctic, Narwhals, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes…
illconsidered | October 18, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsOctober 17, 2010 Chuckles, Tianjin, Busan, COP16+, CBD, ICAO, ASPO, Jung et al., Lacis et al., Pakistan Bottom Line, Carbon Tariffs, Global Institutions, BAD, Living Planet Report, Haigh Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Monsanto, WFD, Pavlovsk Agricultural Station, GMOs, Food…
illconsidered | October 11, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Information overload is pattern recognitionOctober 10, 2010 Chuckles, Tianjin, Copenhagen Accord, COP16+, ASEM, Syed, Haigh, Pakistan Bottom Line, Carbon Tariffs, Finance, No Pressure, Cook, Post CRU Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, Monsoon, GHGs, Temperatures, Feedbacks Aerosols,…
illconsidered | October 9, 2010It seems that substantial evidence compiled by John Mashey has helped lead to an investigation into Edward Wegman's possible academic misconduct in the production of his very prominent report to Congress [PDF] on the Hockeystick.
See DesmogBlog for background, USA Today for the story, and Deep Climate for the details.
I will only add a couple of brief comments. Firstly, although the media buzz will be largely about the plagarism charges (and the apologists will focus there as well - copied doesn't mean wrong), there is much more to John's detailed evidence than this. Citations were not just…
illconsidered | October 4, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Global Warming News Sipping from the internet firehose...October 3, 2010 Chuckles, COP16+, Tianjin, Right Livelihood, Loopholes, IUCN, Royal Society, Collisions, Pakistan Carbon Tariffs, Subsidies, IP Rentiers, Bin Laden, No Pressure, Cook, Post CRU Melting Arctic, Geopolitics Food Crisis, Food Corps, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, GHGs, Temperatures…
illconsidered | August 24, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Disruption News Sipping from the internet firehose...August 22, 2010 Chuckles, COP16+, Geneva, Kathmandu, AAS Report, McShane & Wyner, Zhao & Running The Question, China, Russia, Pakistan, World Bank, Overshoot, Basic Versions, IAC, Post CRU, Montford Melting Arctic, Antarctica Food Crisis, GMOs, Pavlovsk Agricultural Station, Food Production…
drorzel | August 20, 2010It's nearly time for classes to resume, which means it's time for a zillion stories about Beloit College's annual Kids These Days List, listing off a bunch of things that this year's entering college class, who were mostly born in 1992, have always taken for granted. A sample:
1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive.
2. Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail.
3. "Go West, Young College Grad" has always implied "and don't stop until you get to Asia...and learn Chinese along the way."
4. Al Gore has always been animated.
5. Los Angelenos have always been trying…
illconsidered | August 9, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Another Week of Global Warming News Information overload is pattern recognitionAugust 8, 2010 Chuckles, Bonn, COP16+, Chutzpah, BASIC, Pacific Island Forum, Phytoplankton, ESA, The Question, Russia, Pakistan Bottom Line, Subsidies, Ecuador's Oil, Free Access, Grumbine, Curious, Terminology, Post CRU, Late Comments Melting Arctic, Petermann…
pharyngula | August 7, 2010If I'd seen this before, I would have posted it at the start of the summer: Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning. This is incredibly useful advice for people who live in a state with more than ten thousand lakes, or people who live on the coast, or people who live in places with swimming pools, or places with water, period.
Key point: drowning doesn't look the way it's portrayed in TV, with thrashing and splashing and gurgling cries for help. It looks like this:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair…
illconsidered | August 2, 2010 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Another week of Climate Instability News Sipping from the internet firehose...August 1, 2010 Chuckles, BASIC, Bonn, COP16+, Water, Phytoplankton, State of the Climate, WCI, Free Access Subsidies, Psych, Snowstorms, Post CRU, Pepsigate Melting Arctic, HMS Investigator, Geopolitics Food Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, Monsoon, Temperatures,…
drorzel | July 30, 2010The New York Times today has a story with the provocative title Getting Into Med School Without Hard Sciences, about a program at Mount Sinai that allows students to go to med school without taking the three things most dreaded by pre-meds: physics, organic chemistry, and the MCAT:
[I]t came as a total shock to Elizabeth Adler when she discovered, through a singer in her favorite a cappella group at Brown University, that one of the nation's top medical schools admits a small number of students every year who have skipped all three requirements.
Until then, despite being the daughter of a…
grrlscientist | July 15, 2010tags: BP Executives Deeply Affected by OilSpill Parody, oilspill, petroleum, Gulf of Mexico, television, Ray Suarez, NewsHour, Bob Dudley, parody, streaming video
As part of an hour-long live online interview with the NewsHour's Ray Suarez, BP executive Bob Dudley responds to questions from the public, including a video parodying the BP response effort.
I do feel sympathetic towards the BP peons -- you know, those people whom the executives depend upon but who are constantly trying not to be screwed out of pay raises, or their health insurance or retirement benefits as the result of the…
grrlscientist | July 11, 2010tags: Top Catholic Priest Accused of Sexually Abusing His Own Sons, ethics, religion, catholicism, Catholic Church, television, criminal activity, news, pedophilia, child rape, Pope John Paul, Marcial Maciel Degollado, streaming video
This video explores the question; "how much money would you want in exchange to be raped and sodomized throughout your childhood years?" This is a question that I also would like answers to. Any thoughts?
On one hand, I am completely sympathetic to this guy's situation, but on the other hand, I cannot help but wonder how a man who was raped as a child by his…