A lot has been said lately about judgementalism and blame. Well…. I just think everybody has to watch this video before they buy their next goat:
Continue reading “Don’t judge me, man!” →

It’s tomorrow, IIRC (same as my brother). Many happy returns, PZ.

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Quiche Moraine, The Blog, started up in mid Janurary, but it was around this time last year that we announced its existence and had our first party in its honor. We have produced 264 posts and had almost 2,000 comments.

Please stop over and read all of our posts.

on Skeptically Speaking RIGHT NOW (almost). Click here.

Berry Go Round # 25 is up at Foothills Francies

The ever-present fog of energetic gamma rays permeating the universe isn’t created by what astronomers expected, new observations from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveal, leaving scientists with a new cosmic mystery to solve.

The sky glows in gamma rays even far away from well-known bright sources, such as pulsars and gas clouds within our own Milky Way galaxy or the most luminous active galaxies. Conventionally, astronomers thought that the accumulated glow of active galactic nuclei — black hole-powered jets emanating from active galaxies — accounted for most of this gamma-ray background.

“Thanks to Fermi, we now know for certain that this is not the case,

The rest of the story…

Apparently, there is a strange security bug in Windows XP whereby some web sites will ask you to press the F1 Key, and if you do, you are screwed.
Continue reading Windows Users: Do Not Press Just Any Key! →

I and the Bird #120: March is up at Sand Creek Almanac, which is Deb’s blog, and it’s from Minnesota! So, this edition is special because it is from my neighborhood, and because it is the Dozenteenth Edition!

Click here to visit I and the Bird Web Carnival.

Diversity in Science Carnival #7: Black History Month – Broadening STEM Participation at every level at Urban Science Adventures.

Question of the day: What’s more important to you: Getting the best personal healthcare coverage, or adequate universal coverage for everyone? (go comment and possibly win a USB drive thingie!)

What is Toast?

To your doctor. I know you do.

And even if you don’t, you won’t want to miss the very interesting thread developing on this topic at Collective Imagination.

is here, at Mauka to Makai

… are out. And here they are:
Continue reading The Wikio Science Blog Rankings for March →

The following video documents a project in the Bronx where students are given laptops and much of their school work (in the classroom and out) is done on Google Docs or using other resources.

Interesting changes happen.

The number of students at grade level in math increases from single digits to over half. That is an astounding difference, proving that in some cases environment contributes to a HUGE proportion of variation in intelligence as tested, in this case, by evaluations of math skills.

The teachers have realized they had been asking students to do something they themselves are incapable of doing, and have shifted their emphasis to include multi tasking as something the students are expected to do and also need to be good at.

Big brother really does exist and can creep into the system at any time. And when I say creep, I mean… well, just pay close attention to what happens at just after 4:30 on this video. Wow.

Continue reading Using computers in schools: Everything changes →

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