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Duck-Billed Platypus Genome Sequence Published
A PROCRASTINATORS GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE (OR IN DEFENSE OF DELAYING THE INEVITABLE) Empirical research would suggest that almost 90% of people are chronic procrastinators, with acute exacerbations occurring most frequently in student populations[1]. Given the incidence of this condition in the general population, it appears possible
The Science Creative Quarterly » ORDER OF THE SCIENCE SCOUTS OF EXEMPLARY REPUTE AND ABOVE AVERAGE PHYSIQUE For the propagation of an ideal where science communicators can meet firstly, for drinks; secondly, for communicating; and ultimately, for networking.
Obscure Animal Alphabet: Axolotl to Zebu | Uglorable!
Pharyngula: Basics: How can chromosome numbers change?
Thumb Up for Trees Register with stumbleupon (you should do that anyway) and thumbs-up this page
Welcome to the HMS Beagle Project In 2009, the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth we will build a sailing replica of HMS Beagle. An icon of scientific progress, she will circumnavigate the globe in Darwin's wake, crewed by aspiring scientists and researchers.
The Science Creative Quarterly - Darwin Is Resurrected Anyway, I woke up in a thunderstorm, a bolt in either side of my neck, Dawkins on the phone saying, ˜theres another book in this! My re-emergence into society in my bicentenary year has caused something of a stir, not least to myself.
Darwin Online: Browse Darwin's Papers
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Posted By George on 05.08.08 | Link and Discuss (0) | More General
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Pharyngula: Temporal perspective Time, and the existance of man, from the perspective of a sentient rock.
Wifi Signal Strainer (WokFi) Long Distance - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech
LaFonera Hardware - Including 2nd Antenna
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ancient serpent shows its leg a snake with two legs. Scientists have only a handful of specimens that illustrate the evolutionary narrative that goes from ancient lizard to limbless modern serpent.
They're Made Out Of Meat "There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
Metamagician and the Hellfire Club: Science, religion, and "framing" There is some discussion over there about whether there's really a tension between science and religion and about whether religion is really such a terrible thing. Let's address the latter point: what's so bad about religion - apart from its falsity?
Ricky Gervais: My Argument with God Seventy-five percent of Americans are God-fearing Christians; 75 percent of prisoners are God-fearing Christians. Ten percent of Americans are atheists; 0.2 percent of prisoners are atheists.
Expelled Exposed: Flunked "Rebel" Part 1 "The universe, and life itself is turning out to be far more complex and mysterious than Darwin could possibly have imagined." - This quote is torn apart at the seams
Evolving Thoughts: Stein is right: Darwinism causes antisemitism I have of course had to correct the Darwinian fake history, which I have done with strikeouts and italic insertions so you all can see how perfidious these Darwinian revisionists are.
Improving the neighbourhood : Article : Nature Arthur C. Clarke - The death of a nearby star system comes as a relief ” and a warning.
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Posted By George on 04.15.08 | Link and Discuss (0) | More General
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Slow Food : Cattle Mistreatment Leads To Beef Recall
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Before you do anything else, watch this video."Bo Reagan, vice president of research for the Colorado-based National Cattleman's Beef Association, said the videotaped incident was not indicative of how most slaughterhouses operate.
"The welfare of our animals -- that's the heart and soul of our operations," Reagan said.
U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines mandate that an inspector must review sick or injured animals, called "downer" cattle, before they can be slaughtered, and that the 1958 Humane Slaughter Act sets strict rules for the humane treatment of animals.
"What happened in this case was that there were some animals that were harvested out of compliance," he said. |
The rest of the news story is here. Honestly, this shouldn't surprise anyone. I'm disgusted at this treatment, but it's no different from any other slaughterhouse. Large-scale meat production is ALWAYS inhumane, because there's no way to produce the sheer quantity of meat in demand without cutting corners. Unfortunately, those corners always involve the treatment of the animals, the safety of the meat produced, the results on the environment, or a combination of those. I've written several articles on large-scale agriculture and meat production, namely this one. Other articles that can give you an idea of the environmental degradation and health issues involved are here, here, and here.
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Posted By George on 02.19.08 | Link and Discuss (0) | More Slow Food
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Politics : Bush and FISA B.S.
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| "President Bush warned Friday the United States is in "more danger of attack" because Congress failed to extend legislation on domestic wiretapping laws allowing the government without a warrant to listen in on phone calls and intercept e-mails by foreign terrorist suspects that are transmitted through this country. |
Story here. This whole thing is hilarious, because it's exactly what Daniel Ellsberg was talking about when I saw him speak at Wake Forest University. Bush says we're in "more danger of attack" because congress won't legalize something he's already doing and will continue to do. Also, the FISA courts have rejected about 3 requests, ever. AND, not only that, but they can get permission for wiretapping RETROACTIVELY, after they've already done the spying!
It's some of the stupidest mumbo jumbo I've seen in a while to attack the opposition for something they simply aren't doing. Of course, the Democrats will continue to bend and find ways to allow the spying to go on. They even say so in that article:| ""He knows that the underlying 'intelligence' law and the power given to him in the Protect America Act give him sufficient authority to do all of the surveillance and collecting that he needs to do in order to protect the American people," House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. |
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Posted By George on 02.15.08 | Link and Discuss (0) | More Politics
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Religion : Grassley Megachurch Investigation
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Senator Charles Grassley's investigation into megachurches:"Nearly 2,000 years later, some who claim to speak in Jesus' name are taking a different view. Consider Bishop Eddie Long, who pastors a megachurch in Lithonia, Ga. With a salary approaching $1 million a year and a nine-bathroom mansion situated on 20 acres, Long's choice of vehicles reflects his opulent lifestyle: He drives a $350,000 Bentley.
Far from casting out money changers, Long is likely to join them. In a 2005 profile in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he defended his high-flying ways, insisting, "I pastor a multimillion dollar congregation. You've got to put me on a different scale than the little black preacher sitting over there that's supposed to be just getting by because the people are suffering." |
I just met a person the other day who used to go to the megachurch near my house. He told me they thought about putting a Starbucks in at one point.
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Posted By George on 01.14.08 | Link and Discuss (0) | More Religion
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