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West 86th Street Subway Art 4 (Living the Scientific Life (Scienti)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:43:39 GMT

tags: West 86th street subway art , subway art , NYC through my eye , photography , NYC West 86th Street Subway tile mosaic art #4 as seen at NYC's West 86th Street stop at Broadway for the uptown 1 train. (This piece was completed in 1989 and was mounted on 2 July 2006). Artist: Nitza Tufino. Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [ larger view ]. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

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Blood Equity, Heritage, and American Values: Hard Won or Otherwise (Afarensis)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:44:17 GMT

A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one, and that high sanction of his destruction has been an enormous factor in promoting Indian massacres. In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.... Capt. Richard C. Pratt, Founder Carlisle Indian Industrial School There have...

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Photo: Is This Too Much Packaging Material? (Wired Science)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:04:24 GMT

When a chemical that I have been waiting for arrives at my lab, it feels a bit like Christmas for two reasons: Getting shiny new toys is exciting, and there will be a ton of stuff strewn across the floor....

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Futurist Thomas Frey on “Radical Transparency” (Impact Lab)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:35:04 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eroziS_6aTk The Whole Earth Genealogy Project - Where will it lead? Starting with a concept for creating the genealogy for the entire earth, Futurist Thomas Frey takes people on a fascinating journey into the topic of radical transparency.

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Kansas politics in brief (Thoughts from Kansas)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:19:56 GMT

Bush's Brain, aka Turd Blossom, comes to Wichita to help "Memory Pills" Roberts remember how to run a campaign. Apparently Bob Dole is back in Kansas , too, bringing his special brand of medicine to boost a different part of the Roberts campaign. Looks like he's scared of Jim Slattery . Meanwhile, State Senator Donald Betts , challenging mother-hating Todd Tiahrt in the Kansas 4th, is featured on...

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Marriage equality in California (Thoughts from Kansas)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:19:56 GMT

California is set to join Massachusetts as a hotbed for equality : Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court's 4-to-3 decision striking down state laws that had limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman makes California only the second state, after Massachusetts, to allow same-sex marriages. The decision, which becomes...

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Orgasms Everywhere! (Of Two Minds)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:12 GMT

So what's the story with the big O? Scientific American has the full story. Here's the main points to get you warmed up though: Principles of Pleasure * Sexual desire and orgasm are subject to various influences on the brain and nervous system, which controls the sex glands and genitals. * The ingredients of desire may differ for men and women, but researchers have revealed some surprising similarities....

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What happens at Vision Science Society stays at VSS (except in the blogging world) (Of Two Minds)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:52:00 GMT

Well I'm finally done with VSS it was long and stressful... but mostly fun. Here's a couple pictures... After all this fun I had to get my game face on and do a talk. I've given a lot of talks in classrooms and even at a conference but after I saw the size of the room and how many people were going to be in it I was a weeee bit intimidated. After letting the stress stew for a couple days I finally...

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In praise of Hobbes (Stoat)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:37:23 GMT

I love the language and thought in Leviathan: Feare of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, RELIGION; not allowed, SUPERSTITION. And when the power imagined is truly such as we imagine, TRUE RELIGION. Concision acheived by cogitation; so different to the ill-thought out ramblings on blogs. Read the comments on this post...

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Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat (Greg Laden's Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:36:47 GMT

In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

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A Genetic Gastric Bypass (The Loom)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:22:59 GMT

The platypus genome, which was published for the first time last week, has proved to be a Whitman's sampler of biological treats. In case you missed the initial reports, you can check out a good summary from PZ Myers (and also take a look at Ryan Gregory's take-down of the bad coverage). But today I just happened to come across another treat that, to my knowledge, hadn't yet been picked out from the...

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World's wildlife and environment already hit by climate change, major study shows? (Stoat)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:45:19 GMT

Grauniad again, of course: . Its obvious b*ll*cks, at least as measured by my own experience: most of the damage is caused by roads, buildings, farming practices, and so on. Can it really be true that 90% of env damage is due to T change? Probably not. The source appears to be Attributing physical and biological impacts to anthropogenic climate change in Nature. To quote the abstract: Significant...

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Flamboyance! (Pharyngula)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:17:26 GMT

Look at this whole gallery of nudibranchs ! Read the comments on this post...

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Appeasement (Stranger Fruit)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:53:57 GMT

No sooner had I read this today: There is by now an entire book to be written about the way that "Munich," "appeasement," and "Churchill" have been ritually invoked, from Suez to Vietnam to Iraq, so often in false analogy, and so often with calamitous results. than I saw this : U.S. President George W. Bush stirred up the campaign to replace him on Thursday, suggesting Democratic front-runner Barack...

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Joe Pa under weather (Dynamics of Cats)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:49:11 GMT

Joe Pa not feeling well , reporters overexcited. Ambulance came to our street this morning, and now there are three reporters staking out the house and ambushing the neighbours. I know nuthin! Go away. Read the comments on this post...

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Study: Online Video Won't Replace TV (Impact Lab)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:11:58 GMT

While viewers are switching to online video, ad revenues are not The Internet represents a valuable complementary distribution platform for television broadcasters and cable networks, but it is not a viable replacement, according to Convergence Consulting Group.

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Another of our failures as science educators (denialism blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:09:07 GMT

There's been much written around here about the NYT's David Brooks' foray in to non-materialist neuroscience . Well, today the letters to the editor are in , and some of them are interesting (although most aren't particularly sophisticated). One in particular highlights some failures we've had as science educators (including a failure to educate editors): To the Editor: As an engineer, lawyer, computer...

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Treadmill Madness (Impact Lab)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:00:48 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edY3HaVRS_Q Extreme hurdles for the reason deprived Once again the Japanese demonstrate their own brand of insanity and humor with these game show antics. Second video after the jump.

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But can we protect Polar Bears from imposex? (Deep-Sea News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:44:08 GMT

It may seem strange to rejoice the listing of polar bears to the Endangered Species Act, because its nothing to be happy about, really. They are now officially in danger of extinction. I would be more ecstatic if they were being removed from the list, actually. But ESA is a powerful legislative weapon that can help to address some of the root causes of extinction. No, I'm not talking about ice retreat...

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wandering anagram stars (Dynamics of Cats)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:38:41 GMT

Greg Laughlin at Systemic has put out a teasing hint about a potential major extrasolar planet discovery. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

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