West 86th Street Subway Art 4

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 15 May 2008 09:59:57 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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West 86th Street Subway tile mosaic art #4
as seen at NYC's West 86th Street stop at Broadway for the uptown 1 train.
(This piece was completed in 1989 and was mounted on 2 July 2006).

Artist: Nitza Tufino.

Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].

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Joss Whedons Dollhouse trailer

post from Bad Astronomy Blog on 15 May 2008 09:53:49 PM. © Bad Astronomy Blog

Joss Whedon is, simply put, a genius. While I never got into "Buffy" or "Angel", "Firefly" is far and away one of the best TV shows ever made, in science fiction or any other genre. In just a few short episodes he wove an entire universe together with characters I really cared about.He has a [...]

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Salvador Dali: Three Sphinxes Of Bikini

post from Nerdy Science Blog on 15 May 2008 09:50:15 PM. © Nerdy Science Blog

I was looking at Salvador Dali’s artworks, and this picture stunned me.The painting consisted of one head, one tree and one nuclear mushroom. The head might represents humanity, while the tree represents nature and mushroom cloud represents destruction. When nuclear exploded, the tree was the one closest to it then come to the head, which [...]

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Flamboyance!

post from Pharyngula on 15 May 2008 07:02:06 PM. © Pharyngula

Look at this whole gallery of nudibranchs!

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The one minute PhD

post from Survival Blog for Scientists on 15 May 2008 06:07:23 PM. © Survival Blog for Scientists

A few days ago, I participated in the second day of the training course ?Taking charge of your PhD-project?. This is a one-time mandatory course for all PhD-students employed by FOM, which I estimate to be more than 100 persons per year.To make a long[...]

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Link between vitamin D status, breast cancer
shown

post from Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money on 15 May 2008 05:51:32 PM. © Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money

Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at UCSD have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), and breast cancer. UVB exposure triggers photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in the body. This form of vitamin D also is available through diet and supplements.

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High-salt diets may not increase the risk of
death

post from Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money on 15 May 2008 05:31:44 PM. © Science Blog - Send lawyers, guns and money

Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death, according to investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

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Tits And Boobies

If you?re looking for Great Tits, go to England. Since 1947 scientists have been visiting Wytham Woods, England for one reason: to watch Great Tits. And since 1961, they?ve been using the same methodology to study the Great Tits.The birds (obviously) are[...]

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I hear wedding bells…

Good news for fairness, justice and equality: California has made gay marriage legal. It's a small triumph for civil rights.

Now to celebrate, I don't expect you all to run out and marry a same-sex partner — I think my wife would object, and I'm really not in the market — but wouldn't you know it? The media is responding to this news with…stupid internet polls! How else can they possibly trivialize an important court decision, after all?

The LA Times is asking, "Did the California Supreme Court make the correct decision today?" (as if, perhaps, enough internet geeks squawk they will change their minds). MSNBC asks, "What do you think about the court decision in California that allows same-sex couples to marry?" — strangely, one of the possible answers to that one is "Don't think so," which doesn't make much sense. It's also currently leading.

I'm sure you gay readers can think of a more suitable way to celebrate this little bit of recognition, but the rest of us can settle for poking at a radio button on the internet. Do so gaily, OK?

And if you want to do something more substantive, promote equal rights legislation in your state, so that all 50 states someday offer this basic privilege to everyone.

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9-1-1, that spells Moon

So a guy calls 911 because of someone knocking at his door, then calls a second time because of a suspected drug deal.Then he calls a third time to find out the phase of the Moon.Hmph.Here’s a tip for all you prospective 9-1-1-dialers out there: go to teh intertoobs, type "google.com" in your address bar, [...]

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