This is brilliant. Using sperm power to run tiny little robots.
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Daily Archives: December 3, 2007
No, cricket, don’t do it, don’t jump, it’s not worth it…
Well, not worth it to you, but possibly to the Gordian Worm growing out of your head! Continue reading No, cricket, don’t do it, don’t jump, it’s not worth it…
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Three Cool Stories from the NYT
There certainly are plenty of deer. Wildlife experts estimate 32 million white-tails — by far the country’s dominant species of deer — roam America’s woods, fields and backyards. Last year, hunters killed 6.6 million of them.
Anthropological Angst
In the latest round of conflict over anthropologists’ cooperation with the U.S. military, members of the American Anthropological Association voted on Friday to ban certain kinds of secrecy in ethnographic work. In a motion passed by a voice vote during the organization’s annual business meeting here, members decreed that “no reports should be provided to sponsors [of research] that are not also available to the general public and, where practicable, to the population studied.”[source]
Talking about Racism
I came across this interesting post by PortlyDyke:
Trying to Get White People to Talk About Racism is Like . . . .. . . . . well, like trying to get white people to talk about Racism….I mention this because I read a wide variety of blogs, and I notice that while a number of my favorite bloggers do write posts on race and racism, there is this interesting thing that happens in comment threads to these posts — if the blog is not frequented mostly by people of color, the comment threads very often stray from anything remotely touching on race or racism, and quickly become about “oppression in general”, or a particular commenter’s “Me Too!” pointing toward their own particular oppression.
Happy Birthday the Transistor!
Fox News will not run pro-Constitution ad
According to Think Progress
The Center for Constitutional Rights recently produced an ad called “Rescue the Constitution” that criticizes the Bush administration for “destroying the Constitution” through the use of tactics like renditions and torture. Fox News is refusing to air the ad,
Fight! Fight!
There is a fight going on regarding the Internet Infidels Discussion Board. Details can be found here, at A Load of Bright. I’m not privy to any details, and I don’t think I want to be. Those folks just need to learn to get along.
From Daylight Atheism:
Here’s my conclusion, and if you read nothing else of this post, read this:
So long as the current management persists, I will no longer be supporting the Internet Infidels organization (www.infidels.org). I will also no longer participate in or support the Internet Infidels discussion board (www.iidb.org). I strongly recommend that all my readers do likewise.
If you’re still reading and are interested in the gory details, I’ll try to summarize what brought me to this point.
Cell Analogyization
Airplane Flight Pattern Graphic
Holiday Shopping Tip #2
Special Google Search Engines from MnCSE
The Minnesota Citizens for Science Education has special search engines that might be helpful for people doing research on Evolution and related issues.
There are two good reasons to use one of our special search engines. First, they’re based on the standard Google search engine, so they’re fast and efficient. Second, they can deliver search results that suit your tastes, especially when you’ve had it with non-science clogging up your browsing. So give our three offerings a try (we’ll understand if you don’t use the third one a lot)
The search engines are here. Have fun!!!
This is your brain. This is your brain on video games…
Sex differences in certain abilities, which have persisted for decades in various psychological tests, are now widely believed to be the result of conditioning that is in turn shaped by cultural factors. This applies to math abilities, spatial skills, and a range of other activities. Neural plasticity is key, and widely misunderstood or ignored. (Indeed, this is at the heart of the race discussion. Some people really want genes to “cause” different levels or kinds of intelligence, but are unable to explain how a few thousand genes wire up a few billion neurons … but that is the subject of a different discussion, at a different time)… Continue reading This is your brain. This is your brain on video games…