Peoples Archive
Burt “TM” Humburg sent me a link to the Peoples Archive, a site that collects videotaped interviews with scientists, philosophers,
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Man must conquer other planets to survive, says Hawking | the Daily Mail
Man must conquer other planets to survive, says Hawking | the Daily Mail Stephen Hawking is advocating human colonization of
Read moreLook, Up In the Sky, It’s a Duck, a Grebe, a Loon… It’s A Fossil!
Gansus yumenensis is the name, and dozens of well-preserved fossils of this early bird show that it had a semi-aquatic
Read moreWeakened Science Education in South Carolina
South Carolina’s The State gives a question and answer article about the just-adopted state science standards and their coverage of
Read moreThe Modular CV/Resume’
One certain piece of “unavoidable delay” for those of us who are either on soft money or would like to
Read moreFrom the Mailbag
I got a message in email asking for my opinion on a couple of quotations. (Reposted here by permission.) From:
Read moreArgument by Incomprehensibility
There was a panel discussion at Florida State University yesterday on “After Dover”, featuring Eugenie Scott of the National Center
Read moreScript of SMU Presentation
The following is my script for the fifteen minute presentation I gave at the SMU debate on April 25th. I
Read moreNews: In túngara frogs, female choice for complex calls led to evolution of unusual male vocal cord
Over on the Eurekalert page, there is this press release: In túngara frogs, female choice for complex calls led to
Read moreScripps, FL At Risk
When it comes to science infrastructure, the talking points are financial, not technical. And so Science magazine reports that the
Read moreDFW, Here I Am
I flew Continental Airlines from Oakland to Dallas/FortWorth yesterday. Things went uneventfully, except perhaps for the spill somebody at the
Read moreGoodies in Nature
From the latest Nature email announcement: Evolution: Spot on (and off) The repeated appearance and loss of a spot on
Read moreTransforming a Data Layout
Diane posed me a problem. She had a large spreadsheet filled with data items in three columns, like so: LekID
Read morePT and Nature Immunology
There’s an article in the latest Nature Immunology by three of my Panda’s Thumb colleagues: Nature Immunology 7, 433 –
Read moreI’m Tall, and My Heart Beats Oddly
I’m six foot three inches tall. In 2002 and 2003, I had two instances of idiopathic atrial fibrillation. That last
Read moreThe Cost of What’s for Dinner
Earlier this evening, I went to the grocery store and picked up some things. Then I came home and found
Read moreNeurons and a Little Light Microscopy
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute are using a new technique in light microscopy to image individual synaptic vesicles of
Read moreChinese “White Dolphin” Conservation
A BBC news report says that China has established a reserve area on its southern coast for the endangered white
Read moreWIDF Paperback Selling Well
Matt Young passed on word that Rutgers University Press has sold the first paperback printing of Why Intelligent Design Fails:
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