The Science Behind "TerraTerraTerra 24x7"
Body: This is pretty cool. Scary, mind you. But it gives some academic cover to things We Pretty Much Knew All Along. From today's Chicago Tribune, with some rearrangement of paragraphs for...
View ArticleFriday Hope Blogging: An End to Alzheimers?
Body: Let's all hope this pans out. Science is so cool.
View ArticleWhy Basic Science Is Important
Body: I have been planning a series of posts on the latest developments in Biophysics (and perhaps other science fields), but before I got to that, I wanted to pass along the commencement address of...
View ArticleI heart science
Body: I was trolling satellite TV the other night when I stopped to watch an NSF lecture given by Angela Belcher of MIT.Dr. Belcher is a professor with appointments in the Department of Materials...
View ArticleAtheism, Science and "Alternative" Therapy
Body: I'm an odd bird (but you knew that, natch). I have a background, educationally speaking, in both science (biology, history of science) and religion (history of religion, comparative Semitic...
View ArticleI love this crap: Bumblebees and a cool experiment by some kids in Blackawton
Body: A paper in "Biology Letters".Principal finding: 'We discovered that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. We...
View ArticleSynergy, yeast style
Body: I have become increasingly interested in the life and times of yeast. I am not yet a fan. I mean, if yeast had a Twitter feed I wouldn't subscribe. Well, probably not. Well, not all yeasts. I...
View ArticleTweet of the Day (late entry)
Body: http://twitter.com/bokmann/status/146714034064994304We don't call it the 'God particle
View ArticleWebinar: Sizing Up Sandy
Tags: Global Warmingscienceclimate changedisasterweatherhurricaneHurricane SandyThe Union of Concerned Scientists is offering a free webinar on various aspects of Hurricane Sandy. The webinar takes...
View ArticleDetermined ignorance: still impervious to facts
Body: Climate change denialism requires more than just not knowing the relevant facts. It also requires a firm resolution to never know them.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
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