Living the Scientific Life (Scienti (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
tags: Exactum Building , architecture , University of Helsinki , Helsingin Yliopisto , Kumpula campus Spiral staircase, Exactum Building, University of Helsinki, Kumpula campus, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 3 July 2009 [ larger view ]. (raw image) Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Respectful Insolence (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Last week, I wrote about how Senator Tom Harkin is up to his old shenanigans again, trying at ever turn to do for the actual practice of quackery what he did for the research of quackery by creating the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and what he still does to promote quackery by berating NCCAM for in essence being too scientific in not having validated enough of...
Gene Expression (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Palin's Move Shocks G.O.P. and Leaves Future Unclear : Many Republican strategists have argued that it would be difficult for someone to run for governor in 2010 and turn around immediately, while running a state, and run for president in 2012. Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota announced last month that he would not seek re-election when his term expired in 2010, as he considers a race for president....
A Blog Around The Clock (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A brief interview with one of the young researchers attending the Lindau Nobel conference - Matthew Siebert of the University of California, Davis, USA: Read the comments on this post...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
I spent Friday evening at the casino playing poker all night, so I didn't see the news about Palin's resignation until I got home around 2 am (which is when I'm writing this). This is absolutely bizarre, there's no other word for it. The Palin political saga had already been one of strange and unexpected developments, but this is truly just weird. There simply has to be something else going on to...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
I want to thank my incredible readers for helping Dispatches to its biggest month ever in June. The 565,000 pageviews broke the previous record of 550,000 set last October. And in a month with only 30 days, no less. Thank you so much for helping this blog grow. Now if I just had binoculars powerful enough to see the dust that Pharyngula is kicking up as it roars off into the distance so far ahead...
Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
A network in Turkey is dipping its toe in the reality TV pool with a rather novel idea : A new show set to grace Turkish television screens will see a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a Jewish rabbi and a Buddhist monk competing to turn 10 unbelievers into devotees of their own faith each week. The show, "Tövbekarlar Yarışıyor," which can be roughly translated as "Penitents...
JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Expect a clarification of this stupidity pretty quickly. Or this idiot's dismissal from his position.FORMULA One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has described Adolf Hitler as a leader able to "get things done" in a discussion about dictators during an interview with The Times newspaper published today.Asked to comment on accusations that world motorsport chief Max Mosley behaved like a dictator,...
Respectful Insolence (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
While I"m on a Mitchell and Webb kick and it's still a slow blogging holiday weekend, this isn't about homeopathy but it does skewer a certain profession: You know, I can sort of picture Dr. Michael Egnor (a younger version, of course) being the brain surgeon in this sketch... Read the comments on this post...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone faced criticism from politicians and Jewish groups Saturday after being quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler "got things done."
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An anonymous reader sends news that TerreStar-1, the largest satellite ever made for the purpose of telecommunications, successfully launched earlier this week from a European spaceport. Its launch weight was 6,910 kg, and it is "distinguished by a giant, 60-foot (18-meter) wide S-band antenna that will be unfurled in the coming weeks. Once the satellite's two solar wings are deployed, TerreStar-1...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Just as I thought. Otis Smith is planning to squander this opportunity to improve the team and fill out the roster with scrubs.Posted by: "Smith said that any notion of the Magic executing a sign-and-trade with the Raptors involving Turkoglu --- who opted out of his six-year contract with the Magic --- were “way off base.” Why is that, are you the only GM that does that with an unrestricted...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says "baa."It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident.
Inductivist (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
America: My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside let freedom ring! My native country, thee, land of the noble free, thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills; my heart with rapture thrills, like that above. Let music swell the breeze, and ring from all the trees sweet...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
AboutGary Taylor I'm 57, a native and resident of Sanford and a 6th generation Floridian who has covered and played Florida Lottery games since the first scratch-off tickets went on sale at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 12, 1988. Also contributing: David Collins, who hopes to usurp Gary's spot as Mr. Lucky by winning millions in the Florida Lotto. His biggest prize so far: $5. | Subscribe to our blog via emailEnter...
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Motorola’s “Celestial Edition” Aura pays homage to man’s first moments on the moon The company introduced the Motorola mobile phone, Motorola Aura Celestial Edition with a lunar theme. It is Motorola radio transmitter on board the U.S. Space Shuttle Apollo 11 sent the first voice message, and video from the Moon to Earth 40 years ago, 20 July 1969. A special "moon" edition phone Motorola Aura includes
morrisanimal | 07/01/2009
Dr. Wynne Collins didn't set out to save the Przewalski's horse—declared extinct in the wild 40 years ago. But today, as a doctoral student at the Smithsonian National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia, Collins works hard to preserve the world's last truly wild horse. Her early research efforts were funded, in part, by one of Morris Animal Foundation's (MAF) first Fellowship...
salegold | 06/30/2009
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