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Month: August 2008

Computation 

Catching Up with the Past: A PDA and Skype

2008/08/29 Wesley R. Elsberry axim x50v, pda, skype

The era of multi-use phones is seeing the personal digital assistant (PDA) either acquiring phone capability or phones adding PDA-like

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Antievolution Law and Politics Science 

McCain Picks Palin: Medium Threat to Science Education

2008/08/292008/08/29 Wesley R. Elsberry fairness argument, presidential campaign, Sarah Palin, science education

John McCain has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential candidate. Palin comes with solid conservative credentials, including agreement

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Science Wildlife 

New Popular Book on Marine Mammal Research

2008/08/292008/08/29 Wesley R. Elsberry book, cetaceans, history, marine mammals, pinnipeds, research, William E. Evans

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),

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General Wildlife 

Things Promoting Road Rage: Cigarettes

2008/08/28 Wesley R. Elsberry cigarettes, littering, wildfires

Yesterday, I was driving to work and ended up behind a black Pontiac Grand Prix driven by a male driver

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General 

Disappointing Spam

2008/08/25 Wesley R. Elsberry

Subject: Huge tool to please your lassie What, email about table saws? A 3-axis CNC mill? A tractor plus mowing

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Antievolution Law and Politics Media 

A Few Words for Joe Biden

2008/08/232008/08/25 Wesley R. Elsberry intelligent design creationism, joe biden, politics

Fox News wasted no time in going on the attack after Senator Joe Biden was selected as the vice presidential

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Science Wildlife 

Mexico, the Vaquita, and the USA

2008/08/212008/08/24 Wesley R. Elsberry conservation, endangered species, vaquita

The vaquita is a small porpoise endemic to the Gulf of California. It is also critically endangered, with only about

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Science Wildlife 

Caution: Lumping Hazardous to Species Health

2008/08/21 Wesley R. Elsberry conservation, endangered species, groupers

There are great big groupers in the Atlantic and the Pacific. They look the same, so the assumption has been

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Science 

A Cool Genome

2008/08/20 Wesley R. Elsberry genomics, trichoplax adhaerens

Another genome has been sequenced, and this time they did Trichoplax adhaerens. This is one of the simplest of multi-cellular

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Computation Media 

Checking China Censorship

2008/08/20 Wesley R. Elsberry censorship, china, internet

WebSitePulse has a China firewall test that gives users a way to check if a particular website is being blocked

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Media Science 

Mice Reject Human Embryonic Stem Cells; Dog Bites Man

2008/08/202008/08/20 Wesley R. Elsberry embryonic stem cells, hype in reporting

In the “Duh” category of research, a new study from Stanford University finds that the immune response of mice targets

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Antievolution Media 

Evolution in Culture: Nintendo

2008/08/19 Wesley R. Elsberry advertising, evolution, nintendo, pop culture

I’ve commented before about advertising showing broader acceptance of evolution in a positive light than the antievolutionists like to paint.

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Science Wildlife 

More Depressing Ocean News

2008/08/18 Wesley R. Elsberry ecology, invasive species, lionfish, reefs

A report says that exotic Pacific red lionfish, a staple of hobbyist salt-water aquaria in the USA, are expanding across

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Science Wildlife 

The Self-Recognition Club Expands: Magpies

2008/08/182008/08/19 Wesley R. Elsberry cognition, magpies, mirror self-recognition

Research shows that magpies can display mirror self-recognition behavior. Mirror self-recognition is one of the few tests of behavior that

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Science Wildlife 

Dead Zones: The True Oceanic Horror Story

2008/08/16 Wesley R. Elsberry ecology, environment, marine biology

Scientific American has an article about dead zones, those regions of ocean bottom that become too depleted of oxygen to

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Antievolution Law and Politics 

FAQ: Is there a difference between “intelligent design” and “creationism”?

2008/08/15 Wesley R. Elsberry

Over at Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub, there’s discussion of the theism-in-science issue. Among the questions, one popped up that lots of

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Law and Politics 

The New Independent: Paris Hilton?

2008/08/07 Wesley R. Elsberry energy, Humor, presidential campaign

John McCain’s invocation of Paris Hilton in attacking Barack Obama has garnered a response from… Paris Hilton. With tongue firmly

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Antievolution Law and Politics Science 

Diamonds Aren’t Forever?

2008/08/052008/08/05 Wesley R. Elsberry coal, diamonds, icr rate, radiocarbon

The Institute for Creation Research has a project called RATE, whose intent was to overturn radiometric absolute dating methods as

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Photography 

Nikon and DIY

2008/08/02 Wesley R. Elsberry cable release, nikon, time exposure

Back in college, I used to take long exposures of things at night. Using my trusty Nikon F2, I could

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Education Photography Science Wildlife 

Georgia Aquarium

2008/08/02 Wesley R. Elsberry

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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