Catching Up with the Past: A PDA and Skype
The era of multi-use phones is seeing the personal digital assistant (PDA) either acquiring phone capability or phones adding PDA-like
Read moreMonth: August 2008
McCain Picks Palin: Medium Threat to Science Education
John McCain has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate. Palin comes with solid conservative credentials, including agreement
Read moreNew Popular Book on Marine Mammal Research
From the MarMam email list: The following is posted as a courtesy to Dr. William E. Evans (http://www.myweebio.net; email: evans1930@sbcglobal.net),
Read moreThings Promoting Road Rage: Cigarettes
Yesterday, I was driving to work and ended up behind a black Pontiac Grand Prix driven by a male driver
Read moreDisappointing Spam
Subject: Huge tool to please your lassie What, email about table saws? A 3-axis CNC mill? A tractor plus mowing
Read moreA Few Words for Joe Biden
Fox News wasted no time in going on the attack after Senator Joe Biden was selected as the vice presidential
Read moreMexico, the Vaquita, and the USA
The vaquita is a small porpoise endemic to the Gulf of California. It is also critically endangered, with only about
Read moreCaution: Lumping Hazardous to Species Health
There are great big groupers in the Atlantic and the Pacific. They look the same, so the assumption has been
Read moreA Cool Genome
Another genome has been sequenced, and this time they did Trichoplax adhaerens. This is one of the simplest of multi-cellular
Read moreChecking China Censorship
WebSitePulse has a China firewall test that gives users a way to check if a particular website is being blocked
Read moreMice Reject Human Embryonic Stem Cells; Dog Bites Man
In the “Duh” category of research, a new study from Stanford University finds that the immune response of mice targets
Read moreEvolution in Culture: Nintendo
I’ve commented before about advertising showing broader acceptance of evolution in a positive light than the antievolutionists like to paint.
Read moreMore Depressing Ocean News
A report says that exotic Pacific red lionfish, a staple of hobbyist salt-water aquaria in the USA, are expanding across
Read moreThe Self-Recognition Club Expands: Magpies
Research shows that magpies can display mirror self-recognition behavior. Mirror self-recognition is one of the few tests of behavior that
Read moreDead Zones: The True Oceanic Horror Story
Scientific American has an article about dead zones, those regions of ocean bottom that become too depleted of oxygen to
Read moreFAQ: Is there a difference between “intelligent design” and “creationism”?
Over at Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub, there’s discussion of the theism-in-science issue. Among the questions, one popped up that lots of
Read moreThe New Independent: Paris Hilton?
John McCain’s invocation of Paris Hilton in attacking Barack Obama has garnered a response from… Paris Hilton. With tongue firmly
Read moreDiamonds Aren’t Forever?
The Institute for Creation Research has a project called RATE, whose intent was to overturn radiometric absolute dating methods as
Read moreNikon and DIY
Back in college, I used to take long exposures of things at night. Using my trusty Nikon F2, I could
Read moreGeorgia Aquarium
Here’s photos from the trip that I, Laura, and PZ took to the Georgia Aquarium back on July 15th. They
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