Fun Science Fact:

There is more rigorous empirical evidence for the theory of evolution than there is for the theory of gravitation.

Interesting gravity news(Incidentally, I pull this funfact out when people are arguing about it (evolution, that is), especially the "it's only a theory" people, but thus far no one has cared. Also interesting. ( Read more... )

Even setting questions of ethics or responsibility aside, it is increasingly and glaringly obvious that the current demands in the western world for meat and thus livestock are not in any way sustainable. See nine million semi-embarrasingly strident posts to this journal, for exa ( Read more... )

Since it appears that Rick Santorum will be in the market for a new job, I thought I'd compile this list of Exciting Career Opportunities I think he'd be ideally suited for (with some help from monster.com). Just doing my part!

Medical Waste Biohazard CookerMedical waste biohazard cookers pick up those red biohazard bags and needle containers left ( Read more... )

Bauhaus tickets got on sale tomorrow.

Aaaaaand for those from NJ (n' friends):
Here comes yer boy. Those tickets go on sale Saturday.

You're welcome.

If I were asked to give a lecture series on the topic of my choosing, it would be:

The Lovely Ladies of Science

OR...

Wow, They Really Got Screwed.The first person I would talk about is Rosalind Franklin. Of the people in the world who can tell you who discovered the strucutre of DNA, 90% will tell you it was James Watson and Frances Crik. It's ( Read more... )

You can get Barbara McClintock stamps at the post office ( Read more... )

The question of nature v. nurture is so problematic a binary as to be basically meaningless. It's a dead horse and it needs to be re-framed. A complex mind can be (and almost definitely is) designed to mesh with what is in nature (i.e. what it experiences)--and it can have an underlying structure without negating the possibility of free will. The ( Read more... )

Have I told you guys what (one of) my Goal(s) In Life is? This is it ( Read more... )

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Four hours of sleep! Four hours of sleep! For the second time this week! Motherfucker!

And a fuckton o' coffee.

I feel crrrrrazy today.