Hawai'i: doing the right thing

post from The Island of Doubt on 09 July 2008 04:04:06 PM. © The Island of Doubt

What's not to love about Hawai'i? Well, Honolulu's a bit much, but the island state as a whole seems to understand what it's going to take to beat this whole global warming thing. It just put into a law a requirement that beginning in 2010, all new homes must incorporate solar water heaters.

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Numenius phaeopus

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 09 July 2008 03:59:59 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus, birds, nature, Image of the Day

Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus at Bolivar Flats, Texas.

Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 July 2008 [larger view].

Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/1000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.

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Sometimes a black hole is just a black hole

post from Bad Astronomy on 09 July 2008 03:15:00 PM. © Bad Astronomy

I try to be sensitive to other peoples’ feelings, when it’s called for. However, some people also seem all-too-ready to be offended.Take the case of two Dallas County commissioners. One of them commented that so much paperwork had been lost[...]

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Seed has a new blog

post from Pharyngula on 09 July 2008 02:25:37 PM. © Pharyngula

We have a new blog here: Next Generation Energy, a temporarily active blog discussing alternative energy. It's a bit of an odd duck and an experiment, with a team of bloggers focused on this one issue and exploring it for a limited term, but check it out.

One concern I can predict: it's sponsored by Shell Oil (what next? A blog on the virtues of vegetarianism sponsored by McDonalds?). To allay concerns a bit, we've been assured that Shell will not be imposing editorial constraints — although, of course, there is always the indirect pressure caused by the fact that displeasing your patron may mean they will not fund future ventures — and the blogging team they've put together has a history of independence on this subject. I also think that the commenters here can play a role in keeping the discussion honest, since Shell isn't paying you.

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Feds to probe German subs sunk off Carolina coast

post from Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money on 09 July 2008 02:11:13 PM. © Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money

NOAA will lead a research expedition July 7-26 to study the wrecks of three German submarines sunk by U.S. forces in 1942 off the coast of North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Feds to probe German subs sunk of Carolina coast

post from Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money on 09 July 2008 02:11:13 PM. © Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money

NOAA will lead a research expedition July 7-26 to study the wrecks of three German submarines sunk by U.S. forces in 1942 off the coast of North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Rationalists of Edmonton, unite!

post from Pharyngula on 09 July 2008 01:47:31 PM. © Pharyngula

If you live in Edmonton, Alberta, which is somewhere up north in Canada (and if you live there, I presume you know where), you might want to get in touch with the newly formed Society of Edmonton Atheists. They're looking to expand!

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Fascinating analysis of pioneer anomaly

post from Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money on 09 July 2008 01:44:35 PM. © Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money

Another blogger here, who is generally so far off the mark that I don't want to point to his earlier discussion, had some odd things to say about the "Pioneer anomaly," the unexplained deviation of the two Pioneer spacecraft from their predicted trajectory as they pass through the outer reaches of the solar system.

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Magnetic Movie

You are immersed in magnetic fields right now. Your computer, your house, your office, your street, your TV, your iPod… they all have magnetic fields around them, and you are embedded in them as well. The Earth’s field surrounds all of us,[...]

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Big brains arose twice in higher primates

post from Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money on 09 July 2008 12:29:52 PM. © Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money

After taking a fresh look at an old fossil, researchers have determined that the brains of the ancestors of modern Neotropical primates were as small as those of their early fossil simian counterparts in the Old World.

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