Nero paina, part II

Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Time to let Texas be its own country again

As if educational standards weren’t bad enough in this country, Texas has decided to make them worse. A recent push from a conservative school board has re-written history, literally. The logic may be a bit difficult to follow, but they have attempted tobalancehistory by injecting more conservative ideals (ota huomioon, no one is . . . → Lue lisää: Time to let Texas be its own country again

When I’m too lazy to think of my own material,

I post someone else’s. Came across this series in a PZ Myers lecture, pretty entertaining and you should go check out Mr. Deity yourself.

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Butterfly viikon

Not the typical butterflybut this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic feverthe Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

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Lääkärit ovat pois.

Sain lyhyen tuuletuksen tv-ohjelma “Lääkärit“, nykypäivän episodi oli otsikoitu “Hätätilanteet ette voi sivuuttaa”. Suurimmaksi osaksi ne oksentaa positiivinen lääketieteen mielikuvia. He myös leperrellä on noin “terve” elintarvikkeita ja asioita, jotka ovat hyviä teitä ja “vaaroista” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Lue lisää: Lääkärit ovat pois.

Osta Chrisin kaikki uudet paranemista tonic!

Hyvin, I bet if I was selling something it would show up pretty damn low on this chart. Below you can see different alternative remedies ranked in accordance to their scientific efficacy. Follow the link for a more comprehensive explanation of the ratings, but the remedies are ranked based on each claimgreen tea . . . → Lue lisää: Osta Chrisin kaikki uudet paranemista tonic!

Onneksi, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Kunnossa, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it wasreadily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Lue lisää: Onneksi, I’m not a beetle

Kaikki ystäväni ovat hyönteisiä

Rivers Cuomo wrote me a song. Not bad, but now I think I want that mantis costume for Halloween. And of course I am obliged to point out that earthworms are not insects

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Lehdistön nero

Came across this article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Kuka osaa kertoa mitä ne “kukat” actually are? 10 osoittaa ensin oikein arvaavaa… tai ehkä joku mahtava palkinto?

Pientä aamumusiikkia

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