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Daily Archives: May 8, 2013
The Story of Genie
As you know, Genie Scott of the NCSE will retire this year. Here is her story.
“Evolution vs. Creationism” free book exerpt
In honor of Genie Scott’s imminent retirement as Executive Director of the NCSE, you are hereby offered a free downloadable PDF excerpt form Genie’s classic book.
Click here to download the PDF.
Click here to read my review of the book.
Click here to find out about other books and resources related to creationism.
Click here to find some resources for life science teachers.
Scicurious talks to the internet. Wow.
This is interesting and important.
Hello Bethany, I’ve always been a huge fan.
An Amazing Infographic on Coffee
Your morning caffeine fix is but a drop in the global bucket that makes coffee the number two most traded commodity in the world after petroleum. But with 100 million Americans like you drinking coffee every day, the bucket easily overflows to make the US the world’s top coffee consumer…
Courtesy of: Online Finance News by Financesonline.com
Click on the graphic to visit the source.
Bill O’Reilly, you are ON NOTICE
Stop lying to your fans. They are beginning to figure it out. Watch:
Bee loss be bad this year
In the united states, bee keepers lose a certain number of colonies over the winter. This is normal, but bee keepers maintain that losses of about 15 percent or less are “acceptable.” I don’t know what the logical or empirical basis for that number is, however.
Yesterday, the results of a report that surveys bee keepers in the US came out, and the total loss rate over the 2012/2013 winter was 31.1%. That’s a lot more than last year’s loss rate, but within the range of variation of loss over the last few years, as shown on this graph provided by “bee informed”:
This is not exactly the same thing as Colony Collapse Disorder, but overwintering loss is a different measure than overall colony loss. (It’s all related of course.)
The reason why this is important is that many crops rely on these honey bees for pollination.
The report cited here is preliminary, and there will be a more detailed version available in the near future.