After a long confinement in a cramped metal tube, the guards stewardesses have finally released me in Melbourne.
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I have landed!
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I have landed!
Stop using the lens of your preconceptions
Well. There’s another paper out discussing science blogs, which is a good thing, I suppose. I just find the conclusion a bit disappointing
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Stop using the lens of your preconceptions
The Frog Scientist
I just got my hands on a very interesting book for the younger set: it’s aimed at kids in grades 5-8, and it’s a description of the life and work of a real live scientist, someone who does both field and lab work, and studies development and the effects of environmental toxins on reproduction. The man is Tyrone Hayes at UC Berkeley, and the book is The Frog Scientist ( amzn / b&n / abe / pwll ) , by Pamela Turner. It’s excellent stuff — it humanizes the scientist and also does a very good job of letting kids see what scientists actually do in their research, and why they’re doing it
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The Frog Scientist
Roy Ashburn outs himself
Roy Ashburn, California legislator, opponent of gay equality, unwilling to even recognize gay rights activists, has admitted at the age of 55 that he is gay . That is so sad
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Roy Ashburn outs himself
Hey, Floridans, you aren’t really going to vote for this jerk, are you?
Here’s a personal account of how Charlie Crist deals with atheists : Last night as I was leaving a pizzeria in Downtown St. Pete, I ran into a small group of people around Florida Governor Charlie Crist who was campaigning for a US Senate run.
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Hey, Floridans, you aren’t really going to vote for this jerk, are you?
Hey, Floridans, you aren’t really going to vote for this jerk, are you?
Here’s a personal account of how Charlie Crist deals with atheists : Last night as I was leaving a pizzeria in Downtown St. Pete, I ran into a small group of people around Florida Governor Charlie Crist who was campaigning for a US Senate run. So, I walked over waited a moment to gain his attention and shook his hand
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Hey, Floridans, you aren’t really going to vote for this jerk, are you?
Australians have weird courtship rituals
I’m glad I won’t be looking for a date while I’m in Australia. Although now I’m a little concerned that if I get a little beer froth on the moustache, I might drive the ladies wild
Please, Sarah Palin, go away
She’s as funny as a clown’s pratfall, but she’s also as fascinating as a head wound. I hope she’ll vanish from the public discourse, but here I am, at the same time gawking over her latest inanities. Remember how she was caught looking at really trivial notes written on her hand
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Please, Sarah Palin, go away
That incompatibility problem
On Saturday in Melbourne , I’m going to be giving a talk on the incompatibility of science and religion. Now what happens? Another eruption of those accommodation arguments, and I’ve got this big pile of stuff I could say right now, but I’m going to hold it in, so it’s at least a little bit fresh for the end of this week.
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That incompatibility problem
Now the climate scientists get to suffer with the framing wars
I got so sick of dreary beancounting communications ‘experts’ telling me that we need to avoid fighting creationists … because the magical drone of framing was going to make everyone happy and persuade the jebus-loving ignoramuses that evolution was good. There are signs that these parasites are moving on now — to climate science
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Now the climate scientists get to suffer with the framing wars