Daily Archives: June 13, 2008
Science News
Teach the Controversy Tee-Shirts (I wish I had thought of this…)
Engineer, Heal Thyself
Tim Russert is Dead
Tim Russert, most recently the host of Meet the Press and the Washington Bureau Chief for NBC died earlier today.
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” program when he collapsed, the network said. No details were immediately available.Russert, the recipient of 48 honorary doctorates, took over the helm of “Meet the Press” in December 1991. Now in its 60th year, “Meet the Press” is the longest-running program in the history of television.In 2008, Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.Timothy John Russert Jr. was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He was a graduate of Canisius High School, John Carroll University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He was a member of the bar in New York and the District of Columbia.source
The Origin of Life on Earth: New Research
Mars Robot to cut a few lines…
… of Martian Dirt.
A field guide to the Republicans
Hat Tip PZBut wait, there’s more. Continue reading A field guide to the Republicans
Shoulders of Giants
A new, absolutely fantastic blog carnival is being developed. It is called “Shoulders of Giants” and it is meant to be a venue for blogging on classic papers.The details can be found here.