Nesting Red-Tailed Hawks Cherished in Texas
Hey, there’s good news in the Dallas Morning News: Hospital won’t evict family of hawks Mesquite: Baylor’s got a new
Read moreMonth: April 2006
DFW, 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 moreUSDA and Better Golfing By Shooting Hawks
Remember the red-shouldered hawks gunned down in Florida to clear the way to and from the nineteenth hole for golfers?
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:
Read morearchy and mehitabel
I have a book, Archy and Mehitabel, by Don Marquis, that is a bit of cultural literacy. In Marquis’s columns
Read moreThe Mammoths of Paris
I got an email asking me about my opinion of the field of cryptozoology. The following is the gist of
Read moreRusty and the Lure
Last evening, I took Rusty out in the backyard to do some lure-flying. The lure is a leather form vaguely
Read moreOther Science News
Oregon State University researchers report that DNA nucleic acid bases enter a “dark state” on exposure to ultraviolet radiation, wherein
Read moreNew Tire Life Cycle Proposed
Penn State University has received a grant for a demonstration project to turn automobile tires into road-building materials. They plan
Read moreCalifornia Salmon Fishing To Be Restricted
An AP article relates that regulators in California have voted to restrict the salmon fishing season along 700 miles of
Read moreNewspaper Articles and Transcripts
Usually, you just have to take what a newspaper decides to print and reach a decision about the content with
Read moreIdiocy With Guns
OK, I’m just about speechless. Look at this. Bird experts and enthusiasts reacted with surprise and anger Thursday when they
Read moreTake an Evolutionary Biology Test!
Over on Dispatches from the Culture Wars, there is a discussion of having people submit answers to a test on
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