Fewer than half of climate scientists endorse anthropogenic global warming
A recent survey of climate change articles in science journals finds fewer than half of the authors endorse anthropogenic global warming theories. The so-called consensus has now collapsed to a minority position. I love being right. Linked by The Drudge Report: (Read on Source)
Tropical Storm FELIX Graphics
This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow). The orange circle indicates the current position of the center of the tropical cyclone. The black line and dots show the National Hurricane Center (NHC) ... (Read on Source)
Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion
AXNT20 KNHC 011203 TWDAT TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 805 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2007 TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL AMERICA...THE GULF OF MEXICO...THE CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING ... (Read on Source)
Giant spiderweb covers Texas park
A giant web filled with millions of spiders has covered several acres along a nature trail in Texas. (Read on Source)
The Edge of Humanity
Lucy went on display today at the Houston Museum of Natural Science , and there was no way I could resist paying her a visit. I went in to the exhibit with very mixed feelings about it. A lot of people, including quite a few scientists I respect, have been extremely vocal in their opposition to the exhibit. Richard Leakey called the trip "a form ... (Read on Source)
Genomic Phylostratigraphy
According to this press release Trends in Genetics ( TIG ) is "the most established monthly journal in Genetics". I have no idea what that means, but if I were asked to name the top journals in genetics, TIG wouldn't crack the top four. In fact, here is my top four: Nature Genetics PLoS Genetics Genetics Heredity Additionally, TIG is published ... (Read on Source)
Sir Michael Atiyah: beauty in mathematics
See also: Beauty of string theory (Read on Source)
The Agitator
Prometheus glides across the scene from left to right, sculpting and perturbing particles in Satu... (Read on Source)
More avian flu prevention in air travel urged
Director-General of Civil Aviation Norman Lo has called for a regional push to curb the spread of avian flu and cut its impact on air travel, due to its potential to spark a human pandemic. (Read on Source)
Theories of speciation
Continuing on from my last post , let's consider the modes of speciation that are called into account for the existence of species. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Teenage Girls Starting A Diet, Twice As Likely To Start Smoking
Teenage girls who are dieting are almost twice as likely to start smoking regularly as girls who are not dieting, according to a new study of nearly 8,000 adolescents. With boys, cigarette availability rather than the desire to lose weight is a factor in the decision to give smoking a try. The researchers based their study on past evidence ... (Read on Source)
Cellular Marker For Multiple Sclerosis Discovered
In their search for the cellular and molecular causes of multiple sclerosis, scientists have identified a subgroup of protective immune cells (suppressor cells) which are strikingly reduced in number in patients with this nervous system disorder. These suppressor cells are characterized by a specific surface marker, called CD39, and degrade ATP, ... (Read on Source)
South by Southeast
It was July 5, 2006 the last time I was in the Mojave. September 5, 2007 will be the day I return. I have picked a typically unlucky time to visit. The nighttime low temperature in Needles has plummeted nearly to 80 degrees every night for the past month, reaching 78 on August 8. My campsite at Cima Dome, 4500 feet farther from sea level than ... (Read on Source)
Mobile games consoles pose security threat
Hand-held games consoles like Sony's PlayStation Portable can be hacked to snoop on internet traffic (Read on Source)
Sometimes, conflict is the only answer
Mooney says that because polls show that Americans are so blinded by religion that they would choose the words of a bloody-handed Middle Eastern sky god over the evidence of science, Dawkins and all us uncompromising atheists are wrong in our tactics. We are henceforth to heed the words of Nisbet and stop confronting people on their religious ... (Read on Source)
Mojito garnish recalled
A Massachusetts company is recalling packages of Rimmer Mojito Cocktail Garnish because of the risk of Salmonella in one of its ingredients. (Read on Source)
Norovirus suspected in school outbreak
A highly contagious stomach virus sickened more than 100 students and staff at a suburban Chicago high school this week. (Read on Source)
India's monsoons more variable than thought
South Asia's vital monsoons failed for 15 to 30-year-long stretches between AD 600 and 1500, a study of cave stalagmites reveals (Read on Source)
Russia Plans Its Own Moon Base
Socguy writes "After being rebuffed by NASA, Russia now plans to build its own moon base by as early as 2027. The nation now plans to send a manned mission to the moon by 2025 and establish a permanent base shortly thereafter. 'According to our estimates, we will be ready for a manned flight to the moon in 2025,' Roskosmos chief Anatoly Perminov ... (Read on Source)
Inside the brain of a crayfish
Voyage to the bottom of the sea, or simply look along the bottom of a clear stream and you may spy lobsters or crayfish waving their antennae. Look closer, and you will see them feeling around with their legs and flicking their antennules - the small, paired sets of miniature feelers at the top of their heads between the long antennae. Both are ... (Read on Source)
Fruit bats carry deadly Marburg virus
Scientists in Gabon have tracked the Marburg virus down to a species of fruit bat that lives in caves - the first time it has been found outside humans or other primates (Read on Source)
Ark. Computers Delete Huckabee Criticism
(AP) -- Internet criticism of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's involvement in the pardon of a castrated rapist and his heavy use of a state airplane disappeared with a mouse click. (Read on Source)
Why superheroes always win
An analysis of the social networks within the fictional universe of Marvel comics reveals superheroes are better connected than villains (Read on Source)
08-31-2007: Stateline Lenticular Cloud
The photo above showing a breathtaking lenticular cloud hovering over the Sierra Nevada range was captured at sunset in Stateline, Nevada (adjacent to Lake Tahoe). Lenticular clouds (altocumulus linticularis) are formed when relatively stable air flows over mountains or elevated terrain -- often observed on the lee side of mountain ranges. These ... (Read on Source)
09-01-2007: Rainbow Arch
The photo above shows possibly the world's largest natural bridge, namely Rainbow Bridge. It's located near Lake Powell, Utah, in Rainbow Bridge National Monument. The base of Rainbow Bridge is composed of Kayenta Sandstone, which was laid down by inland seas and shifting winds over 200 million years ago. The bridge itself is composed of Navajo ... (Read on Source)
Navy Advances in Sonar Fight
A panel of judges approved the use of high-intensity sonar during military exercises in the Pacific, despite worries about its potentially lethal effect on whales and other marine mammals. (Read on Source)
An Inconvenient Truth: video
You can compare the scientific content of the first ten minutes of Al Gore's movies with the first ten minutes of Martin Durkin's documentary, the Great Global Warming Swindle . Summary First minute : a romantic scene with river, trees, frogs, cow, and Al Gore Second minute : Al Gore is greeted as a prophet and shows the first picture of Earth ... (Read on Source)
Wildfire Sensor System Could Save Lives
At the onset of a wildfire, the United States Forest Service must deploy its resources as quickly and efficiently as possible to contain and stop the fire. Part of this process involves flying manned missions over the fire to map its location, hotspots, and the direction in which it's spreading. Now a new thermal-imaging sensor developed by NASA ... (Read on Source)
Heartfire
Peggy is a Torch, able to see the fire burning in each person's heart.... (Read on Source)
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1
When Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea... (Read on Source)
Genetic-Screening Guidelines For Cancer Drug Questioned
Not everyone needs a genetic test before taking the cancer drug irinotecan, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should modify its prescription guidelines to say so, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Irinotecan, also known by its brand name Camptosar, is used mainly as a second-line treatment for ... (Read on Source)
Science in Brief
Extinct white dolphin may still be alive A white dolphin native to China's Yangtze River that scientists had declared extinct last year has possibly been spotted swimming in the wild, offering a small shred of hope for its revival, a researcher said Wednesday. (Read on Source)
Neurons that lead to memory pinpointed
The discovery moves researchers a step closer to understanding how information is learned and remembered. Tracing the circuitry of memory in the brain, scientists have found that neurons activated during traumatic experiences also store the memory of those events. (Read on Source)
One Year Ago in TH: What We Read, Al Gore: MTV Superstar + More
Oh, the fun we were having one year ago at TreeHugger. We made a list of what we were reading to prove that we weren't super eco-nerds all of the time, covering topics from green to business and cops and criminals to permaculture. When we weren't reading, we passed along another great video from MIT about the science and technology for a clean ... (Read on Source)
Clooney: Obama's like a rock star
VENICE, Italy - Barack Obama has the aura of a rock star, says George Clooney, who also had some kind words for other Democratic presidential candidates. (Read on Source)
A Glance at AGE-Breaker Research
Given the role played by advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) in aging , scientists continue to search for ways to destroy or limit the accumulation of these compounds. Regulation generally forces such studies to relate to the treatment of age-related diabetes - intervention in aging is not recognized as a legitimate field of research by the ... (Read on Source)
Windows onto the abyss: cave skylights on Mars
Today's set of image releases from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE team included this one, of a fairly bland-looking lava plain to the northeast of Arsia Mons. Bland, that is, except for a black spot in the center. What's that black spot? It's a window onto an underground world. (Read on Source)
Life Extension by Calorie Restriction in Humans
More scientists are weighing in with estimates of the effects of calorie restriction (CR) on humans - estimate being the key word: "in humans there are no life-long studies of CR, only short term trials which indicate that 20% CR acting over periods of 2 to 6 years is associated with reduced body weight, blood pressure, blood cholesterol and ... (Read on Source)
Rare Aurigid Meteor Shower to Appear Saturday
A meteor shower on Saturday morning will present a rare greeting from the distant Oort cloud located at the far edges of our solar system. The two-hour Aurigid meteor shower is predicted to peak around 4:30 a.m. Pacific daylight time on September 1, peppering Earth's sky with up to 200 shooting stars an hour. (Read on Source)
The Great Firewall of China
We've heard before that the Chinese government was blocking access to this and many other blogs, including virtually everything using the Typepad.com service (which we employ). We'd been told by sources in China that they could not read our blog... (Read on Source)
All New Slice of SciFi/TheFilm Crew DVD Contests For September
Slice of SciFi and Shout! Factory have two “The Film Crew” DVD giveaway contests to run at the same time for the entire month of September. In Contest #1 we are offering 3 winners a DVD copy of The Film Crew?s ?Killers From Space?. For Contest #2 we are giving 3 lucky winners a DVD copy of [...] (Read on Source)
RED MOON
mosaic by Peter Lipscomb, Santa Fe, NM My experience of the eclipse was so wonderous that I totally forgot about the “vampire hours” I stayed up to capture it. I enjoyed it tremendously and time seemed to just whiz on by. I used a Canon 20D at prime focus with an ISO equivalent of 200. The [...] (Read on Source)
Before You Post That Video, Read This
Posting videos online is a great way for people to make an impact on their world. But before you start shooting and uploading, read Larry Magid's helpful tips and caveats. (Read on Source)
USB POV SMD kit
This is cool, a USB surface mount version of the POV kit we carry here @ MAKE.... ohararp writes - Have you ever seen a kit developed solely for learning how to assemble an electronic circuit of only SMT parts? Did it have BLUE LEDs? I haven't seen one with either! Expect to see all SMT components, acrylic stencil, solder paste, acrylic scraper, ... (Read on Source)
A Singular Discovery
Emily at "Considering the Universe" blog is discovering the concept of The Technological Singularity . Like many of us, she has gained respect for Eliezer Yudkowsky as part of the deal. And she's going to The Singularity Summit . - Linkathon . (Read on Source)
The Lijit network graph and more
My favorite company these days, Lijit, has a new feature. They actually scooped me on this by announcing the Blog Explorer on their blog while I was driving back from work. Earlier today, I noticed a new button at the bottom of my Lijit Wijit, and sure enough, it brought up the [...] (Read on Source)
Future Scale
Check out Brian Gongol's Future Scale . A favorite prediction: 2012 First private hotel in space opens for tourists - Linkathon . (Read on Source)
This Is How Liberals Think
You're a liberal. You've identified a problem -- the massive loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States; a net loss of 4.6 million jobs over the last 20 years. You've even done a decent job of identifying the causes of the problem: "Companies lose market share to foreign low-cost producers . . . or move their operations overseas in ... (Read on Source)
Disaster relief needed for manufacturing
A TOOL and hardware plant closes in Massachusetts; a knitting mill shuts down in North Carolina; workers are laid off at an aircraft factory in Connecticut - the decades-long decline of manufacturing in America keeps producing one sad story after another. Many of the operations that remain, whether manufacturing appliances or furniture or tools, ... (Read on Source)
Hong Kong public encouraged to post tech dreams at innovation festival
Organizers of an innovation festival in Hong Kong Friday asked the public to post their most wanted technology breakthroughs on a website in hope of finding inspirations to lead researches. "Innovation begins with ideas," said Anthony ... (Read on Source)
PRISM: Open Letter to Cambridge University Press
I have sent the following letter to the Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press requesting factual information about the involvement of CUP in PRISM, and have asked that I can publish the reply on this blog Open Letter to Stephen Bourne, Chief Executive Cambridge University Press Dear Stephen Bourne, I am writing as an individual member of ... (Read on Source)
PPX Stocks Closing Over the Holiday Weekend
A number of propositions (SUBPC, HIGAS and TRANSF) have end dates this holiday weekend. Trading will halt on the specific date mentioned within each prop, and payouts will be processed on Tuesday, September 4th. Enjoy the weekend! (Read on Source)
Envelope Calculations
Visiting Shtetl-Optimized always brings out the neologista in me. Reading tonight led me to the following idea for a useful phrase: Front of the envelope calculation A calculation so simple that you don’t even need to use the back of the envelope to carry it out. (Read on Source)
Today in Science
Events 1804 - Juno , one of the largest main belt asteroids , was discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding . 1914 - The last passenger pigeon , a female named Martha , dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo . 1979 - The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes at a distance of 21,000 km. Read the rest ... (Read on Source)
"It's a monstrosity," Brown said.
A little while ago, intrepid reporters from the Baltimore Sun dropped by my lab to investigate the newsworthiness of a paper (also on the ArXiv ) that had just been published, about which I might talk a little bit before Chad gets back. Surprisingly, the article actually got published, complete with photo and great quotes . I'm tragically not in ... (Read on Source)
Top Gear
I would like to embed a video! No particular reason, really. (Read on Source)
Knit BBQ
For everyone with the next 3 days off, have a great holiday weekend! Here's a knitted BBQ from the CRAFT photo pool! - Link. [Read this article] [Comment on this article] (Read on Source)
Healthcare Bloggers' 2nd Annual Survey
Are you a healthcare blogger? Do you blog about health and healthcare? If yes, please join the 2nd Annual Survey on Health Bloggers produced by Envision Solutions llc and Trusted MD Network. The survey is already open and will run... Continue . (Read on Source)
If Your Electronic Medical Record Goes Down
(With apologies to the If You Give A Mouse A Cookie author) If your Electronic Medical Record goes down (and your whole hospital is dependent upon it), Then doctors can’t get labs and study results. If doctors can’t get labs and study results, Then doctors can’t write orders. If doctors can’t write any orders, Then nurses ... (Read on Source)
A Virtual Toast to Phil
Tap...tap..tap... Woman in Red Dress: "Is this thing on? Okay. I just thought it would be nice if someone would come to the microphone and announce what a fabulous specimen of a human being Phil Bowermaster is." (Pause for long round of applause, cheers, whistles, and hoots. Piano man plays grand arpeggio.) W.I.R.D.: "I've know Phil for more ... (Read on Source)
Libertarians Defend the Indefensible
Cultural, Philosophical, Political, Economic, and Evolutionary Commentary -- "It is impossible to live pleasantly without living reasonably, honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live reasonably, honorably and justly without living pleasantly" -- Epicurus (Read on Source)
The 2007 IPCC Assessment Process - Its Obvious Conflict of Interest
Climate Science has discussed the shortcomings, bias and errors with the 2007 IPCC Report (e.g. see, see, see, and see). My final Climate Science posting summarizes the fundamental problem with this assessment. (Read on Source)
IBM Develops Technology That Could Store Data In Atoms
InfoWorldMike passed us a link to a story at his site about a way to perform computer functions on the atomic level. IBM has pioneered the process at their Almaden Research lab in California. Essentially, researchers detect 'magnetic anisotropy, a property of the magnetic field that gives it the ability to maintain a particular direction'. Since ... (Read on Source)
DNA science moves from crime world to art world
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A simple swab of saliva and cells from inside a mouth can solve crimes and determine parenthood, but DNA is now also gaining popularity as art. (Read on Source)
Spreading deserts threaten world food supply
GENEVA (Reuters) - Spreading deserts and degradation of farm land due to climate change will pose a serious threat to food supplies for the world's surging population in coming years, a senior United Nations scientist warned on Friday. (Read on Source)
JPL employees sue NASA, Caltech
This doesn’t surprise me a bit: JPL scientists are suing NASA and Caltech (who jointly run JPL) for intrusive security checks. This doesn’t surprise me because our government is going security crazy, with incredibly intrusive things being done for no reason whatsoever, or, if there is a reason, it’s not being disclosed. The ... (Read on Source)
Video of the Sun, Thanks STEREO
Well, this is one of the coolest things I've seen all week. NASA released a new video of the Sun, captured by the twin STEREO spacecraft. The video, in Quicktime format, covers 2.5 days of the Sun, and shows it slowly rotating, with solar prominences blasting out into space. (Read on Source)
From lab to bedside, or from bedside to lab?
On Friday 14 September William F. Crowle from the Massachusetts General Hospital will talk about ?Changing Models of Biomedical Medical Research or Interregnums are Tough for Young Investigators” in the History of Biomedicine Lecture series at the NIH. He will address a basic phenomenon in biomedical policy in the postwar period: Over ... (Read on Source)
The Coolest Pair of Socks Ever
Really, check them out . I showed them to Mrs. Afarensis - hoping I could finagle a pair - at which point she sighed and said "you are such a geek " with a heavy emphasis on the word geek. I'm not sure if that means I can order them or not. I hate ambiguity... Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Got arachnophobia? Your worst nightmare
WILLS POINT, Texas: Most spiders are solitary creatures. So the discovery of a vast web crawling with millions of spiders that is spreading across several acres of a North Texas park is causing a stir among scientists, and park visitors. (Read on Source)
Using the Social Internet to Facilitate Democracy
Emily Gertz: The US presidential hopefuls are not ignoring the internet...but they're not getting it, either. Or maybe they don't really want to. Witness this week's breathless... (Read on Source)
Record rains for British summer
The main reason for the high rainfall has been the unusually southerly position of the jet stream, a band of strong winds high in the atmosphere. Following earlier floods in central and southern England, five areas of the country are still on flood alert. (Read on Source)
Stepping-stones
Here is a photo of the Blasket Islands in the west of Ireland, lying as usual in a steel-gray sea under a steel-gray sky, from a recent walk over Mount Eagle on the mainland. The headland where I'm standing is the westernmost point of Europe. Tomorrow I cross the sea to New England. Four hundred million years ago, I might have walked there dry ... (Read on Source)
Talks Set Rough Targets For Emissions
A U.N. climate conference concluded that industrialized countries should aim to cut emissions by 25 to 40 percent of their 1990 levels by 2020. Experts said that target would serve as a guide for a major climate summit to be held this December. (Read on Source)
The pathetic AAPG
For a long time the AAPG enjoyed the dubious distinction of being the only organisation with any kind of scientific credibility that maintained an officially septic position on climate change, as reported by the official journal of record, wikipedia. That changed recently when they adopted a new statement. The old statement was at least brave in ... (Read on Source)
Quantum Peace
JohnQPublic points me to a new use of quantum theory. World peace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsvEkPNitdQ At about 4:30 you’ll find my favorite line: “…the radiated influence of peace in the environment grows roughly as the square of the number of people doing it together…” Can we expect Grover speedups in ... (Read on Source)
Ultrasound to Mend Punctured Lungs
It ain't just for fetus-watching anymore. Engineers from the University of Washington have devised a way to use ultrasound to seal lung punctures. Typically, wounded lungs can be healed when enough pressure is applied to staunch the bleeding. Occasionally doctors... (Read on Source)
Space - for profit
Andrew Salamon has written up his thoughts on manned missions to asteriods . - Linkathon . (Read on Source)
Bad science: A wiggle in her walk? That's what Veet likes
Jessica Alba has the perfect wiggle, study says. You have to respect a paper like the Telegraph, especially when they report important science news like this, especially when it's accompanied by a photograph of some hot totty. "The film actress has the ultimate sexy strut, according to Cambridge mathematicians." (Read on Source)
Supernovae Blowing Superbubbles in the Small Magellanic Cloud
At a distance of only 200,000 light years, the Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbours. Thanks to its brutal treatment by our galaxy's gravity, the galaxy has massive regions of active star formation, and regular supernova explosions. Astronomers studied the region with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, (Read on Source)
NBC ends iTunes deal in price row
TV programmes such as Heroes will not be available on iTunes after US broadcaster NBC ends a deal with Apple. (Read on Source)
Bird Flu Lands on Bali
Two people on the Indonesian tourist mecca have died of bird flu in a month, sparking new fears that it could spread (Read on Source)
Friday YouTube Bonus! The Simpson's Do Star Wars
Because nobody should start an extended weekend with silly news , here's a parody by animator Rich Cando of the Simpson's opening done up like Star Wars ... [via SciFi Scanner and Viral Video Chart ] (Read on Source)
Water Vapor Seen 'Raining' Onto Young Star System
Tonganqn writes "Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope scientists have discovered huge amounts of water vapor in the young star system, called NGC 1333-IRAS 4B. From the article: 'The water vapor is pouring down from the system's natal cloud and smacking into a dusty disk where planets are thought to form. The observations provide the first direct ... (Read on Source)
Nanotechnology to reduce worldwide transport?
Science Daily brings news of the future of transportation as nanotechnology changes how we make our products, described in the book Transport Communications. An excerpt from Science Daily: By introducing nanotechnology, the authors suggest, goods could be produced and distributed locally, limiting the amount of worldwide transport that takes ... (Read on Source)
A sad end
I've been looking for a suitable title to note the end of RP Sr's blog. I quite liked FB's , though I was going to go with "another one bites the dust" (QS, RP Jr, then Sr) but now RP has solved the problem for me. For a blog that had a lot of interesting science, its a shame to end like this. After a series of failed attempts at picking holes ... (Read on Source)
How the Elderly Stay Positive
There's no news like bad news. The tabloids are full of accidents, gory murders, and mayhem, and people eat it up. But there may be a silver lining, at least for seniors. A new study finds that the human brain reacts less strongly to emotionally negative stimuli as we age, in effect making us more responsive to all things positive and less ... (Read on Source)
Romney Gives a Reason to Not Vote Republican
A well-developed sense of irony can be a very useful thing to a politician. From Paul Krugman : Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Arctic Habitats Melting Away
Aug. 31, 2007 — The Svalbard archipelago near the North Pole is already seeing the dramatic effects of global warming: the mercury is rising twice as fast as elsewhere on the planet, posing a serious threat to the ecosystem. (Read on Source)
Study: Why Girls Like Pink
It's not an artifact of marketing. A new study says girls may be hard-wired to prefer pink shades -- and boys, blue (Read on Source)
Study: Estrogen May Fight Dementia
Researchers are still figuring out the dangers and benefits of hormone replacement therapy, but two new studies give a boost to estrogen as a defense against dementia (Read on Source)
Crab And Go
CBC News is reporting that the European green crab ( Carcinus maenas ) was discovered last week off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. This is the first record for that province and marks the most northern point for the distribution of this marine invader on the Atlantic coast of North America. The discovery was made, of course, by fishermen, ... (Read on Source)
Railfan: Train Geeks, Rejoice!
I've heard of guys who will drive their families hours out of the way to catch a glimpse of a certain train in motion, who gather with others of their kind for a night of beers and train sounds on... (Read on Source)
Reports of dolphin's demise premature
A businessman has spotted a Yangtze River dolphin weeks after it was reported probably extinct, scientists say. (Read on Source)
The Muppets Get in Touch With Their Dark, Psychotic Side
These two clips are from the episode with Alice Cooper... Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
PAUL KRUGMAN: Katrina All the Time
Two years ago today, Americans watched in horror as a great city drowned, and wondered what had happened to their country. Where was FEMA? Where was the National Guard? Why wasn?t the government of the world?s richest, most powerful nation coming to the aid of its own citizens? (Read on Source)
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