My Next Medical Challenge
I shared a room with a colleague at the GECCO 2008 conference, and my snoring disturbed him. I brought this
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Evolutionary Computation and Astronomy
Back in 1998, I was suggesting the use of evolutionary computation to investigate alternative hypotheses concerning data about foraging in
Read moreComputational Chemistry and … Evolution?
Research at Florida State University in computational chemistry has uncovered evidence that an enzyme that initiates processes involving DNA and
Read moreAn Example of a Difficult Patient
Michelle Mayer had to become a difficult patient to secure adequate health care for a misdiagnosed illness that actually turned
Read moreA Study on Whistles — And Only Whistles
There’s a study in the Journal of Comparative Psychology that comes somewhat up my alley. Quick, Nicola J. and Vincent
Read moreThe Tammy Bruce Factor
Tammy Bruce has an op-ed piece plumping for Sarah Palin, “A feminist’s argument for McCain’s VP”. Bruce apparently likes a
Read more“Victory in Iraq” — What Does that Mean?
Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention made a couple of mentions of a concept of victory in Iraq
Read moreGood News on Equipment Malfunction
Early in the summer, I noted a problem with my Canon S2 IS camera. It would intermittently show a black
Read moreA Thirty-Year Interval
Back in high school (Santa Fe Catholic Regional High School, Lakeland, FL), I went to many of the football games
Read moreHawk-Killing Golfer Receives Sentence
Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour pled nolo contendere on the charges filed against him in the killing of a red-shouldered hawk.
Read morePledge to Learn Something About American History
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin answered some questions from the Eagle Forum back in 2006. One of them shows
Read moreCatching 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 moreMcCain 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
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