Video: Glowing clouds filmed from space station

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 16 July 2009 11:45:20 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Noctilucent clouds were captured on video by International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu in 2003. Now, the rare high-altitude clouds are showing up at lower and lower latitudes and scientists aren't sure why.

Turnabout is fair play

post from Pharyngula on 16 July 2009 11:44:06 PM. © Pharyngula

A certain professor of midwifery thinks labor pain is good for women: it's a "purposeful, useful thing which has a number of benefits, such as preparing a mother for the responsibility of nurturing a newborn baby."

Here's the best reply ever to that.

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Evolutionary event underlying the origin of
dachshunds, dogs with short legs

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 16 July 2009 11:16:36 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

A single evolutionary event appears to explain the short, curved legs that characterize all of today's dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs, a team led by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, reported today.

Are memristors the future of Artifical
Intelligence

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Considering future human-android interactions

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 16 July 2009 11:12:07 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Everyday human interaction is not what you would call perfect, so what if there was a third party added to the mix ? like a metallic version of us?

Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles

post from Pharyngula on 16 July 2009 09:07:39 PM. © Pharyngula

One nice thing about being the most evil blogger on the interwebs is that I can occasionally trick my kids into thinking I might be just a little bit cool. My son Connlann introduced me to the black humor of Mr Wiggles (my kids have inherited a weird sense of humor!), and the author, Neil Swaab, offered me a copy of his latest compilation, Rehabilitating Mr Wiggles. I mentioned that it was my boy who led me to Mr Wiggles, and so Neil generously sent me a second copy, autographed for Connlann. See the effect?

If you don't know Mr Wiggles, you're probably going to spend the next few hours browsing in appalled fascination.

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Harry Potter ja Puoliverinen Prinssi [Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 16 July 2009 08:59:37 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

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The entrance to the theatre showing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (HP6) in Helsinki, Finland at 6 minutes after midnight. [Harry Potter ja Puoliverinen Prinssi]. There are three theatres at Finnkino showing the film this night.

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BioLogos sans Collins

Francis Collins will be stepping down from his role at the BioLogos Foundation, as part of the process of becoming the head of the NIH.

This is only a minimal step, however, and it really doesn't address any of my objections to the guy. The foundation and its web site will still be going on, and you know that once he finishes his tenure at NIH, he'll just step back into it. I'm more concerned about whether he'll be injecting religion into his politics on the job.

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