Genius of the press, 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 (mind you, no one is . . . → Baca Lebih: 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 of the week

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 Lebih: Butterfly of the week

Doktor berada di luar.

Saya ditangkap siaran ringkas rancangan TV “Doktor“, episod hari ini bertajuk “Kecemasan Perubatan Anda Tidak boleh Abaikan”. Bagi sebahagian besar mereka muntah ikrar kesihatan perubatan positif. Mereka juga akan mengagah pada kira-kira “sihat” makanan dan perkara-perkara yang baik untuk anda dan “bahaya” semua jenis isi rumah biasa bakteria / bahan kimia dan . . . → Baca Lebih: Doktor berada di luar.

Beli tonik penyembuhan semua baru Chris!

Baik, Saya yakin jika saya menjual sesuatu ia akan muncul agak sialan rendah pada carta ini. Di bawah anda boleh melihat remedi alternatif yang berbeza kedudukan mengikut keberkesanan saintifik mereka. Ikut pautan untuk penjelasan yang lebih komprehensif daripada penilaian, tetapi remedi di kedudukan berdasarkan setiap tuntutan – teh hijau . . . → Baca Lebih: Beli tonik penyembuhan semua baru Chris!

Syukurlah, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! okey, 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 Lebih: Syukurlah, I’m not a beetle

Semua kawan saya adalah serangga

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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Genius akhbar

Came across this article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Siapa boleh beritahu saya apa itu “bunga” actually are? 10 menunjuk kepada yang pertama meneka dengan betul… atau mungkin hadiah yang menarik?

Sedikit muzik pagi

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