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EnviroFilms

post from Mauka to Makai on 03 July 2009 08:46:55 PM. © Mauka to Makai

It seems as though it?s been raining in the Northeast forevah and, according to the 10-day forecast, it?s gonna keep raining forevah?or for the next 10 days, at least. In ?honor? of this disgusting weather, we bring you a little bit of news on the latest[...]

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Vegan bones less dense

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 03 July 2009 06:35:50 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Until now, medical opinion about the impact of vegetarian diets on bone health has been based on anecdotal evidence and a range of contradictory findings that sometimes rely on studies too small to be biologically relevant.

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Another reason to support full sex education

post from Pharyngula on 03 July 2009 06:09:25 PM. © Pharyngula

Because it would end embarrassing mistakes like this one.

A group of teenagers misunderstood a woman's screams during sex and, thinking they were stopping an assault, beat a 25-year-old man in her bedroom, police said.

Multiple tragedies here: not only was an innocent man beat up, but now everyone at school is so going to know those teenagers are like total virgins.

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Quitter

post from Pharyngula on 03 July 2009 05:21:40 PM. © Pharyngula

That wacky no-nothing up north, Sarah Palin, has quit her job as governor. She doesn't give a good reason why; in an annoyingly chipper speech, she whines about the way she was being scrutinized for ethics violations, and the fact that she was currently an ineffective lame duck governor, and then announces that she's stepping down from office. It makes no sense at all, and it does say something about the weakness of her character.

Brave Dame Sarah ran away.
("No!")
Bravely ran away away.
("I didn't!")
When danger reared it's ugly shead,
She bravely turned her tail and fled.
("no!")
Yes, brave Dame Sarah turned about
("I didn't!")
And gallantly she chickened out.

Bravely taking ("I never did!") to her feet,
She beat a very brave retreat.
("all lies!")
Bravest of the braaaave, Dame Sarah!
("I never!")

Remember this if (when) she runs for president in 2012. Who wants a president who at the first minor crisis turns her office over to the vice president and runs away?

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If homeopathy were actually practiced by your
doctors…

post from Pharyngula on 03 July 2009 05:06:46 PM. © Pharyngula

Maybe health care would be cheaper.

video details and more

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Jackolonimbus

post from Bad Astronomy on 03 July 2009 04:34:00 PM. © Bad Astronomy

The other day while at the gym, the TV was showing CNN. I couldn’t see the screen clearly, but the segment was about unusual clouds in New York… and how some people saw Michael Jackson’s face in them. At the time I thought the segment[...]

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Homeopathetic

post from Bad Astronomy on 03 July 2009 02:00:00 PM. © Bad Astronomy

I can rant and rail against homeopathy, how it’s useless, how it’s nothing more than water, how there is no real methodology or mechanics behind it, how it’s been shown over and over not to have any efficacy over the placebo[...]

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Notes & Queries 7/3/09

Night Flight to ItalyI’m off tomorrow night to Italy, specifically to the Sixth IAA Symposium on Realistic Near-Term Advanced Scientific Space Missions. I’ll be delivering a talk at the conference and a public lecture in the town of Aosta[...]

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Machines Like Us interviews: Ann Grand

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 03 July 2009 12:30:18 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Ann Grand started her working life in the late 1970s as biology teacher. She retired after ten years but continued to be passionate about the excitement and exhilaration of science. Later, she took a degree with the Open University, studying topics from geology to systems theory. In 2003, she founded the Bristol Science Café and, in her spare time, sustains the work of the national and international network of science cafés, running the website and supporting and mentoring new café organizers. In January 2009, she started work on an interdisciplinary PhD research project, based at the University of the West of England, Bristol, seeking ways to bring Open Science and public engagement together in a fruitful and symbiotic way. The research project is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

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NASA’s Plan B

According to Discovery News, NASA has a "Plan B" program in case something happens with the Constellation program. It’s an alternative way to get back to the Moon, and they made a video for it. There are some obvious advantages with[...]

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