January 2012
Oh yeah.
Got the dancin’ shoes on, drink in hand.
Let’s party, guys. See you in 2012!
December 2011
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pastagfirullah asked: can I talk to you about starfish? No one else will listen anymore :( - from a lonely zoology student
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spoonfullofspock asked: For your followers, two words: Universe Sandbox - On sale now from Steam for $2.49 for the next 13 hours and counting.
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Year in Review: The Biggest Science Stories of... →
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WatchThe Top 5 Astounding Animal Videos of 2011
The PsiVid blog over at Scientific American (curated by the awesome Carin Bondar and Joanne Manaster) has picked their top five awesome animal videos of the year. It features Snakes in a Cave (above), about some strange bat-hunting snakes, as well as our old swaggin’ friend the peacock spider. And of course the mesmerizing murmuration of starlings...
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I’m ordering business cards tomorrow. They’re going to look awesome and they will definitely be my ticket to science communicator “Big Time” because that’s how these things work.
What should my title be? Something more interesting than “scientist”.
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mcdevinpants asked: Re: zodiacal criminals...I love you. I wanted to rip my hair out when I first saw that on another blog.
dream-crusher asked: What part of the science are you approving? The claim that wearing a hat keeps one's entire body warm, or that the hat will make one look fetching?
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The mystery of skinny jeans and thick-rimmed... →
discoverynews:
Science?
And does a scientific study mean that the word hipster will finally be deemed passé?
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Air & Space Magazine Predicts What's Ahead for... →
From Russian space taxis and Chinese astronauts to new Mars missions and the dawn of private spaceflight … they do their best to look into the crystal ball.
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Longreads: Nature's Brendan Maher: My Top 5... →
longreads:
Brendan Maher is biology features editor for the news team at Nature, the UK-based science journal.
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My selection of the best science-themed longreads for 2011 suffers from two major limitations: 1.) I couldn’t read everything, so have probably missed some very worthy entries. 2.)…
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More On the Anti-Vax Ad Running in Times Square,... →
First, read this. Then sign the petition.
Then, if tweet @DisneyChannelPR and tell them to pull this ad from their 5,000 square foot screen in Times Square, where millions of people will see it. Use the hashtag #ABCsSickNYE.
If you need irony to fuel your anger, Jenny McCarthy will be co-hosting ABC’s NYE coverage. Help prevent potentially millions of people from being fed dangerous,...
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“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil...”
– Rick Perry. Knob (via liberalsarecool)
My new favorite Rick Perry quote.
(via evangotlib)
“Foreigners. They look like Canadians, what with all that fur.” — Rick Perry
“Montreal is the seat of a worldwide global conspiracy against America, except there they take dollars.” — Rick Perry
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Sign This Petition To Remove Anti-Vaccine Ad in... →
The National Vaccine “Information” Center (NVIC) is running a misleading and dangerous anti-vaccine ad on the ABC screen in TImes Square that could be seen by millions during televised NYE celebrations.
Help get this ad pulled. I encourage you to sign the petition.
UGGGHHHHHHHHH
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Google Is Searching for Young Scientists →
Google Science Fair entries open on Jan. 12! What are you gonna explore?
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“Civilization, it is immediately apparent, is simply organized resistance to...”
– Hugh Aldersey-Williams (Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements)
… and continued:
“Oxidation betrays the march of time and the inevitable triumph of entropy. The gas gives life, and in doing so brings death closer.”
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