Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?
Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.
Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions? Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson. 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 to “balance” history by injecting more conservative ideals (mind you, no one is . . . → Čítajte viac: Time to let Texas be its own country again 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. [crackle src=/p/Mr._Deity/Mr._Deity_and_the_Messages.swf&fv=id=2021384&mu=0&ap=0] Not the typical butterfly – but this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic fever – the Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America). . . . → Čítajte viac: Butterfly v týždni Chytil som krátky prevzdušnenie televíznej show “Doktori“, Dnešná epizóda bola titulovaná “V prípade lekárskej pohotovosti Nemôžeš ignorovať”. Z veľkej časti sa opakovať pozitívne lekárskej zdravotnej afirmácie. Oni tiež bláboly o tom “zdravé” potraviny a veci, ktoré sú pre vás dobré a “nebezpečenstvo” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Čítajte viac: Doktori sú mimo. Dobre, 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 claim – green tea . . . → Čítajte viac: Kúpte Chrisa všetkých nových hojenie tonikum! Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! OK, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it was “readily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Čítajte viac: Thankfully, I’m not a beetle 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… [vimeo=14822451] Came across this article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Who can tell me what those “flowers” actually are? 10 points to the first to guess correctly… or maybe some awesome prize? [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHdKEhFM7mY&hl = en_US&fs=1&rel=0] |
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