"Adam," "Eve," and why they never got married.
In a recent Panda's Thumb comment thread, Pam asked (among other things) about our human species genetic Adam and Eve: I have been reading for the last few years now, that there is a consensus among the majority, that humans have been genetically traced to a two human ancestory: A genetic "Adam and Eve". This is a relatively common misconception, (Read on Source)
A Conversation With Eric Mazur: Using the ?Beauties of Physics? to Conquer Science Illiteracy
But Eric Mazur, the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard, is driven by a passion. He wants to end science illiteracy among the nation’s college students; specifically, he strives to open them to the “great beauties of physics.” (Read on Source)
Study: Walking on Two Legs Easier Than Four
Humans walking on two legs consume only a quarter of the energy that chimpanzees use while 'knuckle-walking' on all fours. (Read on Source)
Congress honors "Green Revolution" scientist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 93-year-old agricultural scientist and Nobel laureate regarded as the father of the "Green Revolution" in farming received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday for a life-long battle against world hunger. (Read on Source)
Xbox chief resigns from Microsoft
For the past four years Mr Moore has been the public face of Microsoft's Xbox and PC gaming business, and oversaw the launch of the Xbox 360. He will join Electronic Arts as the head of its sports games division which makes some of its most popular titles. (Read on Source)
Climate Change: Do Scientists Know They're Right?
Two experts say theory of human-caused temperature rise explains too many observed phenomena to be wrong, while skeptics can only try to debunk one phenomenon at a time. (Read on Source)
MIT Develops Sleeker, Slimmed-Down Spacesuit
New garment lighter, fits more snugly, permits greater range of motion that current bulky pressurizes suits. (Read on Source)
LAP dance: get your copy now
From NOAA's Fishnews:NOAA Fisheries has posted a pre-publication copy of a Technical Memorandum on the design and use of limited access privilege programs. This document was developed by NOAA Fisheries' Office of Policy utilizing a small steering committee comprised of NOAA, Council and other personnel with expertise or experience with... (Read on Source)
Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
000 ABNT20 KNHC 180845 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 AM EDT WED JUL 18 2007 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN (Read on Source)
Tagung: Depression zwischen Hirn und Seele
Was lange gar nicht miteinander konnte, soll nun zusammengehen: Um neue Therapien für Depressionen zu finden, sollen Neurowissenschaft und Psychoanalytik künftig verstärkt an einem Strang ziehen. (Read on Source)
Oxford using Facebook to snoop
For students at the University of Oxford, Facebook is a great way to keep posted on gossip and parties. For campus officials, it's a new way to find _ and fine _ troublemakers. (Read on Source)
• Press Releases
The University of California, Irvine garnered $276 million in contract and grant funding for the fiscal year ending June 30, continuing a strong upward trend in support for research, education and public service projects. (Read on Source)
Russian Flag to be set up at 4 300 meters Below Sea Level
Russian oceanologists are going to set up Russian flag on the bottom of the Artic Ocean. The flag will be fixed at the depth of 4 300 meters near Artic pole, claims RIA News. (Read on Source)
Firms snubs 'phone for elderly'
UK stores are refusing to stock a mobile handset aimed at the elderly because it "fails to fit their customer target", says the phone's distributor. Stewart Smith, head of Communic8, also says that he had found no network operator prepared to partner with the makers of the Emporia Life handset. (Read on Source)
Help public radio crunch the sustainability numbers
From the inbox, an email from Marketplace (I'm thinking Marketplace! My fav ... what's the yield on the 10 year T-note?):Every day we report on the financial markets, but we'd also like to do the same thing with sustainability -- by looking at the numbers. We're interested in hearing how... (Read on Source)
Adult Type 2 Diabetes: Poor Information On Diet, But Exercise Seems Good
There are no high quality data to assess how well dietary treatments for type 2 diabetes work in people who have just been told they have the disease, but there is evidence that taking on exercise seems to be one way of improving blood sugar levels, according to the findings of a Cochrane Systematic Review. (Read on Source)
Extra-Healthy Diets Don't Prevent Breast Cancer, Study Suggests
Breast cancer survivors who ate more fruits and vegetables were not more likely to avoid a cancer recurrence (Read on Source)
Haneef visa appeal set down for August 8
TERROR suspect Mohamed Haneef will learn in two weeks whether he will be forced to wait in detention for his trial, after his lawyers lodged an appeal in the Federal Court in Brisbane today. (Read on Source)
Hard times for Scotland's seabirds
RSPB Scotland said climate change appeared to be disrupting food supply, but added that more research would need to be done. The charity said Scotland's coastline supported 45% of the European Union's seabird breeding population. (Read on Source)
Robot Aims To Walk On Water
Qeorqe writes "CMU researchers are developing a robot that runs across water (PDF). It is modeled after the basilisk lizard, which has that rare ability. The researchers have done both computer simulations and experiments with test models." Read more of this story at Slashdot. (Read on Source)
New Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
A study by researchers in Oregon finds that secondhand smoke increases the levels of a known carcinogen in waitstaff and bartenders at a surprisingly fast rate (Read on Source)
Vitamin C Offers Little Protection Against Colds, Review Finds
Unless you run marathons, you probably won't get much protection from common colds by taking a daily supplemental dose of vitamin C, according to an updated review of 30 studies. (Read on Source)
Humor
My problems all started with my early education. I went to a school for mentally disturbed teachers. -Woody Allen We don't know why we laugh . But we do know this: before we laugh truthfully there is a flash in the mind, a flash which tells us undeniably that we really get it . Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
EU backs standard for mobile TV
The EU's decision to back a single standard for TV on mobiles could see the UK fall behind, warn analysts. (Read on Source)
Erstmals Gleichung für das Möbiusband entwickelt
Seit seiner Entdeckung beschäftigt das Möbiusband Wissenschaftler und Künstler. Zwei Mathematiker vom University College London haben nun erstmals Gleichungen entwickelt, mit denen man die Form eines Möbiusbandes vorhersagen und am Computer simulieren kann. (Read on Source)
Andrew Wakefield's concern for autistic children
Here's a video in which Andrew Wakefield, who, now that he's facing charges for research improprieties and failure to disclose conflicts of interest, now claims that he's fighting " for the children ," shows his concern for the children whose blood he drew: Yes, while recounting how at a party he drew blood from children for £5 each, Wakefield ... (Read on Source)
The Fires of Heaven
In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times best seller The Shadow Rising, Robert Jordan again plunges us into his extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world.... (Read on Source)
UG-Evaluierung: SPÖ will "Dachholding" für Unis
ÖVP, SPÖ und Grüne haben ihre Stellungnahmen im Zuge der Evaluierung des Universitätsgesetzes (UG) abgegeben. Eine "Dachholding" für die wissenschaftlichen Universitäten fordert die SPÖ. (Read on Source)
Breakthroughs made in aerospace measurement and control
The Xi'an Aerospace Measurement & Control Center has scored breakthroughs in precise orbit determination technologies and laid a foundation for China's lunar probing program, as learned from a meeting commemorating the 40th founding anniver ... (Read on Source)
Water Found on Distant Planet
Scientists find water on a distant planet. Someday, maybe they'll find life (Read on Source)
Colposcopy: Playing Music Helps Women Relax
If a cervical smear test reveals abnormal cells the woman will be offered colposcopy, a technique that involves a doctor studying the cervix with a special microscope. Many women find the whole procedure highly stressful and have particularly high levels of anxiety before and during colposcopy. (Read on Source)
How to Handle a Medical Crisis
In her new book, AfterShock , a psychologist draws on personal experience -- and a sense of humor -- to help guide patients through the first 48 hours after receiving devastating medical news (Read on Source)
New Insight Into Male Infertility
Research into a chemical found in the immune sytem shows that male infertility could one day be an easy home diagnosis (Read on Source)
Remembered Spaces
A couple of weeks ago, the Korean market on the corner closed. It wasn’t an especially sudden thing. There was a month of destocking — or un-restocking — that filled the store with the strange feeling of accumulating absence. Then there was a brief sale — half-off anything left — and finally darkness. (Read on Source)
Nintendo president: Wii could outsell PS2
Sales of the Wii video game console could exceed the legendary PlayStation 2, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata claimed on Thursday. The Wii is currently outpacing both Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 in most major territ ... (Read on Source)
Speaker for the Dead
In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared... (Read on Source)
I Am Legend and Other Stories
In I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and those unfortunate enough to survive are transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night.... (Read on Source)
Gene Analysis & Biostatistics 3 Is Better Than 2 But Not Than 4
Three-stage procedures offer an optimal relationship between costs and benefits in analysing genetic influences in diseases and therapies, a fact that has major practical importance for the ever growing number of gene analyses. This finding from a current project by the Austrian Science Fund FWF was presented at the 5th International Conference ... (Read on Source)
Here Comes NOMAD
NASA ARC internal memo: NOMAD (NASA Operational Messaging and Directory) Project Town Hall "The NASA Administrator has advocated the development and implementation of a single agency messaging system. NOMAD encompasses integrated e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging, and common file sharing. Ames is scheduled to migrate to NOMAD by November ... (Read on Source)
CSW Director Rick Piltz radio interview on Quality News Network
On July 17 Climate Science Watch Director Rick Piltz was interviewed on the America Back on Track program on the Quality News Network. We talked about climate change, the Bush-Cheney administration, national preparedness, the climate research and observations budget, the NASA administrator, the National Hurricane Center, U.S. climate change ... (Read on Source)
Kudos for Rob
Here's something very cool: an award in physics that went to the groups, not to just the bigwigs who lead the group. It's call the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. Rob Knop writes about it : What to me is coolest about this award is that it's going to the groups. Usually in science we honor and award the Warrior Hero, the single Big Name who was the ... (Read on Source)
Affen wählen die besten Früchte, nicht die nächsten
Bestimmte Affen sind bei ihrer Nahrungssuche äußerst wählerisch. Sie greifen nicht nach den nächsten Früchten, sondern bevorzugen die besten, auch wenn sie weiter entfernt auf Bäumen hängen. (Read on Source)
Why I write hard science fiction
In a previous post I got into a bit of a dust up about hard SF and the Singularity, and since that post catapulted my blog to a Technorati score under 1 million, I thought I'd continue the discussion. In the comment thread Jack William Bell expressed surprise that I still claim to write hard SF even though I don't consider science fiction to be a ... (Read on Source)
Storm kills 15, floods cities in southwest China
Reuters - Fifteen people have been killed in southwest China in a 16-hour thunder storm that caused serious flooding and brought air, road and rail traffic to a halt, state media said on Wednesday. (Read on Source)
A Bundle of Laughs?
To a first approximation, this will not be funny at all to any of you: I giggled at it, I will confess. I can never get enough insertions of gerbes into a sentence. There's just something about the total abstractness of the mathematical [...] (Read on Source)
Girl talk linked to depression, anxiety
Among females 8 to 15, excessively discussing problems strengthens friendships but takes an emotional toll, a study finds. Constant venting over crushes, popularity or other personal problems may lead to anxiety and depression in girls — but not in boys, according to new research. (Read on Source)
George W. Comstock, 92; epidemiologist was influential in the treatment of tuberculosis
Dr. George W. Comstock, a pioneering epidemiologist who almost single-handedly blocked the use of the flawed BCG tuberculosis vaccine in the United States and who played a key role in the development of other prevention strategies against the disease, died Sunday at his home in Smithsburg, Md. He was 92 and had battled prostate cancer for several ... (Read on Source)
Putting the Spotlight on Tumors
For many cancer patients, survival depends on whether their doctors can successfully remove the tumors in their entirety. But relying on conventional imaging technologies makes this difficult, and surgeons often inadvertently leave cancer cells behind. (Read on Source)
Entdecker der Dunklen Energie ausgezeichnet
Für die Entdeckung der Dunklen Energie im Kosmos werden der US-Amerikaner Saul Perlmutter und der Australier Brian Schmidt mit dem Gruber-Preis für Kosmologie 2007 ausgezeichnet. (Read on Source)
RIM launches Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday announced a new model that can operate on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks. The dual-mode BlackBerry 8820, as the device is known, will be RIM's first dual-mode smartphone and its ... (Read on Source)
Pictures from Vulcan Galaxyfest
Our friend Kurt Armbruster journeyed up to Canada for the grand opening of the Vulcan Galaxyfest and unveiling of the new Star Trek Virtual Reality Game (check out our story on the event). While there he captured some great pictures to share with all our Slice of SciFi fans. Thanks Kurt — Everybody [...] (Read on Source)
One Minute Each Night
A blogger with a slightly neurotic obsession for finding truth in a mangled mess of misinformation being fed to Kansans through the media. (Read on Source)
Cassini offers rare look at Saturn's satellite
The Cassini spacecraft has given astronomers a rare look at a lunar time capsule: a moon cryogenically frozen more than 3 billion years ago, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) reported Tuesday. Saturn's satellite Iapetus is the solar sy ... (Read on Source)
Hicks Picks 15
Written by: Michael Hicks (SoSF Staff Journalist) Back in 1979, Paramount released “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and the Star Trek film-franchise was born. Despite numerous behind-the-scenes problems (including the fact they had no idea how to end the story when filming began), the movie hit theaters in December of 1979 and was a ... (Read on Source)
On Engineering Stem Cells
(From the Times Online ). Our cells are just complex protein machinery, which means there is no obstacle to one day building all the cells we need for any given medical usage from scratch, to order. For the near term, however, researchers are focusing on manipulating cells into desired states through signaling and growth: "It is hard to predict ... (Read on Source)
MAP OF MYSTERY
image from an unknown contributor This image is a mystery. Most embarassingly, I have lost the indentification of the person who submitted it, but also there is the mystery of the Greek map of the Moon. The depiction of the Moon is familiar but I have been unaware of the existence of a lunar map [...] (Read on Source)
CR and Gene Expression in Fat Cells
Here's something new to add to the list of interesting things calorie restriction (CR) does to your metabolism on the way to granting health and longevity benefits. Via Ouroboros : " Adipocytes (fat cells) are the site of much metabolic and endocrine activity ; their physiology affects our energy balance, insulin sensitivity and a host of other ... (Read on Source)
Marguerite Vogt, 94, Dies; Biologist and Researcher on Polio Virus
Dr. Marguerite Vogt was a biologist who helped shed light on the polio virus at a time when it was virulent in the United States, particularly among children. (Read on Source)
Dolphin and Iraq veteran share wonder of prosthetics
When an animal is hurt in the wild, humans will come to its rescue if possible. With TLC, the animal is able to return to the wild, its lasting effect on humans limited to some warm memories. The case of Winter, the bottlenose dolphin, is decidedly different. Winter lost her tail after being caught in a crab trap near Cape Canaveral in 2005. She ... (Read on Source)
Cross Fertilization
Our training Thursday night consisted of something a little different. Generally WVFD trains by itself, but Mike and Ed had the great idea of calling up the Oconee County Fire Department Chief and asking if we could join them. So last night we got into the supertanker and Mike's truck and took off for Oconee County, south of Athens-Clarke County, ... (Read on Source)
Cycles
Two years ago the paper wasps, Polistes annularis , were everywhere, a nest in every corner. They inhabited every enclosure - bird boxes and gourds I had hung out for the birds - and in the hot afternoons would cluster outside the enclosure. There they would drip in clumps that never hit the ground. Last year there seemed to be more or less ... (Read on Source)
The Mars Landing Approach: Getting Large Payloads to the Surface of the Red Planet
Some proponents of human missions to Mars say we have the technology today to send people to the Red Planet. But do we? Rob Manning of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discusses the intricacies of entry, descent and landing and what needs to be done to make humans on Mars a reality. There?s no comfort [...] (Read on Source)
New Sainsbury's bid imminent
THE days of independence for the supermarket group J Sainsbury, which describes itself as Britain's largest fishmonger, may soon be over. (Read on Source)
Today's prices at Peterhead
Cod 540, Flats 209, Monks 369, Haddock 120, Seed 166, Round Seed 512, Whiting 20, Round Whiting 119, Black 88, Dogs 4, Others 576. www.fishupdate.com is published by Special Publications. Special Publications also publish FISHupdate magazine, Fish Farmer, the Fish Industry Yearbook, the Scottish Seafood Processors Federation Diary, the Fish ... (Read on Source)
U-boat Types
This was the boat that perhaps could have won the war in the Atlantic for the Germans had she been in the water maybe 2 years earlier. She was the first real combat submarine that was meant to dwell in the deep and not just retreat to it once in danger. (Read on Source)
US should embrace offshore aquaculture, says organisation
OPEN ocean aquaculture is both an "economic opportunity and a moral obligation", according to a new trade organisation. (Read on Source)
Whitefish vessels join Lerwick fleet
SHETLAND'S whitefish industry continues to enjoy a major upswing with the addition of two vessels to the Lerwick registered fleet. (Read on Source)
So it's clear!
LET'S GET SOMETHING CLEAR. I'm hearing things from people...some people think I'm a sell-out? Or in some way I have turned my back on something or breached some phantasmic ideological contract I never signed with anyone?because I post on Feministe? Or because I go to YearlyKos? And these are supposed to be my friends? No. My friend is the one ... (Read on Source)
A MISPLACED CHAPTER FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS
- FROM THE ARCHIVE - And lo, it came to be that God was sitting around in his Lazy-God recliner one quiet millennium, and He sayeth unto His Godlike self: “God is bored and needs some entertainment.” And lo, God created the Earth and all it’s inhabitants without getting up from the Lazy-God chair, even whence [...] (Read on Source)
Une voiture hybride branchée sur le réseau électrique
Les Torontois verront bientôt sur leurs routes une dizaine de voitures hybrides branchées, c'est-à-dire des hybrides que l'on peut brancher dans une fiche électrique de maison (110 volts) afin de... (Read on Source)
Five things I?d like to see
Just random thoughts A truly interactive molecular graphics interface for advanced molecular dynamics simulations that an expert user can use. This interface should allow the user to manipulate objects, bring in sections of a trajectory, monitor progress, do real time “time series”, and be good to look at A search engine where I type ... (Read on Source)
Enviro Themes Will Be Scripted Into NBC U Storylines
Looks like my wish for 2007 is coming true. With the greening of the Evan Almighty film production and the promise of the Get on Board campaign that eco practices would extend to the entire NBC Universal media conglomerate, Variety's web exclusive indicates that, at least from a content perspective, things are on track. Next November, ... (Read on Source)
Today in Science
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Nurses, Doctor Who Gave Kids HIV Get Life Term
In Libya, the death sentence has been commuted to life in prison for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. Families of the children each received $1 million in compensation. (Read on Source)
Manatee and calf released off Fla. Keys
AP - An injured manatee and her calf, fitted with a satellite tracking and monitoring system, were released Tuesday in the Florida Keys more than a year after being rescued. (Read on Source)
Idaho center touts bear rehabilitation
AP - Jabbed with tranquilizers, her ear pierced with a green ID tag, Twister traded her steel transport box for freedom after a bumpy 90-mile ride into central Idaho's mountains. The yearling black bear orphan stepped from an open cage onto a dusty truck bed, dropped softly to the ground and disappeared into the woods. (Read on Source)
Cholesterol Benefits from Buckwheat Protein
In the presence of buckwheat protein, cholesterol absorption has been found to be reduced by 47 percent. Such were the findings of University of Wisconsin researchers who used Caco-2 cells to model the absorption of cholesterol in the presence or... Continue . (Read on Source)
Weight lifting helpful for heart disease patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A scientific statement released Monday by the American Heart Association indicates that weight lifting, also known as resistance training, can provide multiple benefits for patients with heart disease and can be safely performed if certain guidelines are followed. (Read on Source)
The Video Game Era Debuts in Iran
Why they waited until after the big E3 gaming conference this weekend is a mystery to us, but a group of hard-line Iranian students unveiled a new game on Monday called Rescue the Nuke Scientist. Designed by the Union of... (Read on Source)
You want nonconformity?
You Are 94% Non Conformist You're incredibly strange. And a weirdness like yours takes skill to cultivate! No one really understands you. And you're cool with that. You just hope you never have to understand them! Are You a Nonconformist? Via Larry via Mike , both of whom I beat hollow on weirdness. Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Stinky New Species
Just follow your nose: That's how scientists discovered a stinky new species of orchid. Dubbed the Yosemite bog-orchid, it grows in wet meadows of its namesake national park and smells like sweaty feet. The small flowers aren't much to look... (Read on Source)
ISS crew prepares for a spacewalk
The International Space Station crew is preparing for a Monday spacewalk by station Cmdr. Fyodor Yurchikhin and astronaut Clay Anderson. (Read on Source)
Boom Chef - Solar BBQ
Paul Sprague likes boomerangs. Boomerangs and hot-dogs. And he likes nothing more than eating hot-dogs while throwing boomerangs. He has invented the Boom Chef, which is a solar powered grill that he uses to unite these two unlikely things. He describes it as, "a black aluminum grill that fits inside a wooden frame, glass on the top & bottom and ... (Read on Source)
Nefertiti Gets a Brain Scan
Granted, this probably isn?t what they were thinking when Siemens designed this latest, higher-resolution version of a CT Scanner, but sometimes the unexpected applications are the coolest. Researchers studying the famous bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti stored in Berlin?s Altes... (Read on Source)
Lifecode: From egg to embryo by self-organization
As I mentioned before in my review of Stuart Pivar's LifeCode: The Theory of Biological Self Organization , I'm actually sympathetic to the ideas of developmental structuralism. This is the concept that physical, mechanical, and chemical properties make a significant and underappreciated contribution to the acquisition of organismal form; genes ... (Read on Source)
Can the iPhone do double duty as a laptop?
My dream gadget: A handheld device powerful enough to let me leave my notebook computer home and still get things done on a weekend trip without too much difficulty. By ?things? I mean that the device must let me get real work done ? and be entertained, when that's what I'm after. And oh yeah: It absolutely must have a full keyboard. (Read on Source)
Today's Mail
Dear Provider: The enclosed claims were received in our mailroom and are being returned because the incorrect claim form was used. Claims must be submitted on the CMS 1500 (08/) version of the CMS 1500 claim form printed with red "dropout" ink for the forms to be scanned into Medicare's computer system. Newsletter 100-20 CR51 published May 2, ... (Read on Source)
IWish: iPhone updates we'd like to see
Meeting with Apple representatives in New York last week, I warned I had a long list of ?Wish List? items. These hoped-for features run the gamut, ranging from the gadget itself to email capabilities to the embedded iPod. (Read on Source)
Meprobamate
Before the benzodiazepines (like Valium) became ubiquitous, chemists discovered that a wide array of molecules could really zonk you out. Chemists found themselves in heady times. They were isolating single molecules that had profound CNS effects - methaqualone (Quaalude), chloral hydrate (which is actually pretty close to hooch, really), ... (Read on Source)
Electronics Makers Going Green
Until recently, electronics manufacturers have been more concerned with producing faster, smaller, sleeker products than with what would happen when we the consumers started throwing our old gadgets away in favor of the latest model. Many PCs and devices are... (Read on Source)
Gumshoes solve 'throbbing' oil mystery
Hey kids! Try this at home. Pour clean water onto a small plate. Wait for all the ripples to stop. Then mix a small amount of mineral oil with an even smaller amount of detergent. Squeeze a tiny drop of that mixture onto the water and watch in amazement as the oil appears to pump like a beating heart. read more (Read on Source)
ClockQuotes
I have lived, tomorrow, I shall sleep in glory. - Georges Jacques Danton (1759-94) Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Be a scientific consultant for the Clergy Letter Project!
By now, regular readers will probably be familiar with The Clergy Letter Project spearheaded by Michael Zimmerman. Formulated in part to respond to the framing of the evolution controversy as a battle between science and religion, the letter now boasts more than 10,700 signatures from clergy, and have sponsored Evolution Sunday events for the ... (Read on Source)
The WSJ: Twenty-Odd Data Points On A Mission
Still, I'm not entirely sure that we've exhausted the possibilities of these data points yet. Mark Thoma's approach, while theoretically sound, is also incredibly boring and, well, reality-based. And reality, as we know, is for people too weak to force the facts to conform to their own heroic vision, and the niggling constraints imposed by so- ... (Read on Source)
Hilzoy on the Laffer Curve
A couple of days ago, I blogged about the Laffer curve . Hilzoy brilliantly skewers the idiotic Wall Street Journa l piece that 'supported' the Laffer curve: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
More Nuclear Revelations In Japan
The mayor of Kashiwazaki, Japan, is ordering the nuclear power plant there shut down until the safety of the facility can be confirmed in the wake of still more revelations about problems caused by Monday's earthquake. (Read on Source)
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