Genius wa vyombo vya habari, sehemu ya 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.

Ni wakati wa kuruhusu Texas kuwa nchi yake tena

Kana kwamba viwango vya elimu havikuwa vibaya vya kutosha katika nchi hii, Texas has decided to make them worse. Msukumo wa hivi majuzi kutoka kwa bodi ya shule ya kihafidhina umeandika upya historia, kihalisi. Mantiki inaweza kuwa ngumu kufuata, lakini wamejaribu “usawa” historia kwa kuingiza maadili ya kihafidhina zaidi (akili wewe, no one is . . . → Soma Zaidi: Ni wakati wa kuruhusu Texas kuwa nchi yake tena

Wakati mimi ni mvivu sana kufikiria nyenzo zangu mwenyewe,

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 ya wiki

Sio kipepeo wa kawaida – lakini huu ni muundo wa kukunja wa protini kutoka kwa homa ya hemorrhagic ya Amerika Kusini – virusi vya Machupo. The article was found on Science Daily. Kufanana kwa kushangaza na kipepeo, labda hata Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

. . . → Soma Zaidi: Butterfly ya wiki

Madaktari wametoka.

Nilipata upeperushaji mfupi wa kipindi cha TV “Madaktari“, kipindi cha leo kilipewa jina “Dharura za Kimatibabu ambazo Huwezi Kupuuza”. Kwa sehemu kubwa wao regurgitate uthibitisho chanya afya ya matibabu. Pia wanabwabwaja juu “afya” vyakula na vitu ambavyo ni vyema kwako na “hatari” ya kila aina ya bakteria/kemikali za kawaida za nyumbani na . . . → Soma Zaidi: Madaktari wametoka.

Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

Vizuri, 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

Asante, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! sawa, 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 . . . → Soma Zaidi: Asante, 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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Fikra za waandishi wa habari

Nilipata nakala hii leo utunzaji wa Doug Yanega huko UC Riverside, jambo ambalo lilichochea utafutaji wa taarifa zaidi. Nani anaweza kuniambia nini hizo “maua” kweli wapo? 10 inaelekeza kwa wa kwanza kukisia kwa usahihi… au labda tuzo ya kushangaza?

asubuhi kidogo muziki

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