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gregladen | September 16, 2010Rember this Hall and Oats video from Shorewood High School? If you liked that, you might like this:
gregladen | September 16, 2010First, we have SeekFind, the "Christian Search Engine" where you will not find anything that conflicts with the bible. Click here. I entered "Australopithecus" and got 163 results almost all from the Institute for Creation Research.
Second, we have the skeptical search engine, click here, which provides results from science oriented and skeptical sites. The search engine needs updating to include some of the new science blogging networks, but it still works pretty well the way it is. I entered "Bible" and got this:
You can have your pick.
gregladen | September 15, 2010I just got the following email from Al Franken:
Dear Greg,
Believe me, the last thing a Vikings fan like me would ever think to support is something called a "Cheddarbomb."
But while the Packers may be our rival, I'd do just about anything to help out my friend Russ Feingold.
His football allegiances aside, Russ is one of the most courageous and dynamic progressives in the Senate -- and he's facing a tough fight this November. Russ's opponent is spending millions of his own dollars attacking him.
Click here to join Russ Feingold's oddly named but absolutely critical "Cheddarbomb" today!
If…
gregladen | September 15, 2010It is a plot, as I always suspected.
Seth Godin at Gel 2006 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Here's his web site.
gregladen | September 15, 2010After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a "freelance diplomat," running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and yet-unrecognized nations a voice in international relations. At the BIF-5 conference, he calls for a new kind of diplomacy that gives voice to small countries, that works with changing boundaries and that welcomes innovation.
gregladen | September 15, 2010Arts administrator and live-theater fan Ben Cameron looks at the state of the live arts -- asking: How can the magic of live theater, live music, live dance compete with the always-on Internet? At TEDxYYC, he offers a bold look forward.
dolittle | September 15, 2010Birds are way cool. In this podcast from The American Physiological Society, Dr. John West at the University of California in San Diego discusses the unique adaptations of the avian respiratory system. In mammals, the movement of air in and out of the lungs in a bidirectional fashion is called ventilation. This air fills the small air sacs (alveoli) which are surrounded by capillaries to aid in gas exchange between the blood and air. In birds, ventilation (controlled by air sacs) is unidirectional and occurs separately from gas exchange, which takes place in the air capillaries of the…
krandall | September 14, 2010By Dr. Mark R. Showalter
Planetary astronomer at the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute
It was just a few months ago that Stephen Hawking was making headlines with his bold assertion that extraterrestrial beings, if they exist, are best avoided. His argument was based in part upon the fact that the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the "New World" didn't work out so well for the Native Americans who were already here. However, upon closer inspection, Hawking's ideas fell apart. Even if nomadic tribes of ETs are really out there looking for a handy source…
gregladen | September 14, 2010
NOT!!!!!!
Actually, I think we can make even better arguments about Luskin's points than this fun video gives. Put them in the comment section please:
gregladen | September 14, 2010.... the podcast of the recent Skeptically Speaking, is here. It's a recorded live show!
This is not about women in skepticism. It is about skepticism, by women. Sort of. Anyway this episode includes:
Panelists: Kylie Sturgess of The Token Skeptic, Robynn “Swoopy” McCarthy of Skepticality, and Heidi Anderson and Jenna Marie Griffith of SheThought.
Field recordings: Donna Mugavero, Laurie Tarr, Dr. Pamela Gay, Dr. Rachie Dunlop, Jennifer Ouellette, Maria Walters, A Kovacs, Barbara Drescher
kcollins | September 14, 2010A shout out to Vincent Caprio for posting this interview with Larry Bock and blogging about the festival on his website. Thanks for helping us get the word out!
NanoBusiness Alliance Interview - Larry Bock, Executive Director, USA Science & Engineering Festival
Posted on September 1st, 2010
This month's interview, 6th in our series, is with Larry Bock, icon of the Nanotechnology Community. I had the pleasure of meeting Larry in Washington, DC in February 2002. We walked the Halls of Congress together and Larry was one of the key players in advocating for the National Nanotechnology…
gregladen | September 14, 2010George Williams died on September 8th, 84 years old. He was one of the first academic defenders of evolution against "Intelligent Design" but is better known for his work on evolutionary medicine.
Lest GCW start spinning in his new grave, let me quickly note ...
... that evolutionary medicine is not evolutionary psychology. Rather, it is the idea that some symptoms of illness are adaptations. If you've ever heard that it is not a good idea to over treat a fever because the fever may be doing some good, that was George C. Williams speaking to you.
Williams also wrote incisively about…
gregladen | September 13, 2010Cognitive psychologist Barbara Drescher joins us to discuss the common mistakes scientists make, and what happens to the science when their research goes wrong.
... and ....
Journalist David Dobbs explains the case against Marc Hauser, a prominent Harvard evolutionary biologist who was recently found guilty of scientific misconduct.
This Friday on Skeptically Speaking.
gregladen | September 13, 2010I dunno.... let's ask a expert!
In the universal moral grammar, "Using someone as a means to a greater good" is worse than many other kinds of transgressions.
Ooops. Read the analysis and description of this interesting bit of video HERE.
gregladen | September 12, 2010is the title of a podcast in which Lynn Fellman interviews moi. Click here to experience the full multimedianess of it all.
gregladen | September 12, 2010Physics and marketing don't seem to have much in common, but Dan Cobley is passionate about both. He brings these unlikely bedfellows together using Newton's second law, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the scientific method and the second law of thermodynamics to explain the fundamental theories of branding.
gregladen | September 12, 2010You've got to watch this video for the music if nothing else:
HT/ He Who No Longer Eats Bacon
gregladen | September 12, 2010It's that time of year again! Limber up your fingers, dig out the crowbar, charge the batteries in the camera; the famed International Rock Flipping Day is upon us!
Details.