Pers yang jenius, Bagian 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 (mind you, no one is . . . → Baca selengkapnya: 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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Kupu-kupu dalam seminggu

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).

. . . → Baca selengkapnya: Kupu-kupu dalam seminggu

Dokter keluar.

Aku menangkap ditayangkan singkat dari acara TV “Dokter“, episode hari ini berjudul “Darurat Medis Anda tidak dapat Abaikan”. Untuk sebagian besar mereka memuntahkan afirmasi kesehatan medis positif. Mereka juga mengoceh tentang “sehat” makanan dan hal-hal yang baik untuk Anda dan “bahaya” semua jenis rumah tangga biasa bakteri / bahan kimia dan . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Dokter keluar.

Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

Baik, 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 . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

Thankfully, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Oke, 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 . . . → Baca selengkapnya: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle

All my friends are insects

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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Pers yang jenius

Menemukan artikel ini hari ini merawat Doug Yanega di UC Riverside, yang memacu pencarian informasi lebih lanjut. Siapa yang bisa memberitahuku apa itu “bunga-bunga” sebenarnya? 10 menunjuk ke yang pertama untuk menebak dengan benar… atau mungkin hadiah yang luar biasa?

A little morning music

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