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BBC NEWS | Technology | Enter Stephen Fry's Twitter universe
Stephen Fry - wit, writer, raconteur, actor and quiz show host - is also a self-confessed dweeb and meistergeek. As he confesses "If I added up all the hours I've sat watching a progress bar fill up, I could live another life."
How did dinosaurs sit down?
That question has an answer: they crouched like birds. A 198 million year old fossil trackway from Utah has preserved a pring of a theropod dinosaur taking a break, resting with hands curled inward and knuckle down, and legs bent. Except for the forelimbs, of course, it's very birdlike.
On the utility of evolution in experimental biology and medicine
It must be emphasized that, without the evolutionary connection, people would likely not have thought of looking for non-mevalonate isoprenoid pathways in Plasmodium.
BA Alert: Coast to Coast AM tonight! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
Cool video of the asteroid that zoomed by this morning. It's not much to look at, but note the time display, and remember this thing isn't all that much bigger than a house.
Blogging the Stimulus Bill: Think Tank: Online Only: The New Yorker
And so, herewith launches an irregular series about the stimulus bill. I will read all of it, carefully, so that you don't have to, and every so often I will stop and try to write something useful.
A brief moment in the magnificent history of mankind
1.5 million year old human ancestor footprint
Evolution and Facebook's "25 Random Things About Me" craze
Because the fad peaked more than 10 days ago, it's unlikely that there is a large number of people who've been tagged who are still waiting to write their own note.
Good Math, Bad Math : It Never Stops: Another Silly Creationist Argument
This isn't a valid proof. Given contradictory premises, you can draw a line of logical inference to any conclusion. But it's a meaningless exercise. The same flawed inferences can "prove" that God can't exist; or that God must exist; or that time can't exist at all; or that 1 = 2.
THE FOIE GRAS WAR - New York Post
I honestly don't know enough to decide what I think of the foie gras conflict... but I know it must be delicious :)
EPA expected to act in regulating carbon dioxide - International Herald Tribune
Let's hope this passes and swiftly. Can't wait for Copenhagen in December.
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