Archive for November 15th, 2008

Corals survive acid oceans by switching to soft-bodied mode [Not

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research Climate change is not just about surface warming and glacial melting. The carbon dioxide that human activity is pumping into the atmosphere also dissolves in the world’s oceans, slowly increasing their

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

World Map of Birds at Risk

tags: endangered species, endangered birds, world map, birds. “… species such as the house sparrow, snipe, starling, lapwing and corn bunting have been listed as birds of European concern, but these species have been declining in the

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Atheists Talk radio Sunday [Greg Laden's Blog]

Minnesota Atheists’ “Atheists Talk” radio show. Sunday, November 16, 2008, 9-10 am Central Time “Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer” and “Fundamentalisms” What if the Christian god really existed? That’s the premise that author Todd

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

InaDWriMo Week 2 Update [Sciencewomen]

It’s Saturday again, time for another update of my progress towards this month’s InaDWriMo goals. Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post…

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Society for Neuroscience 2008

The annual behemoth of a conference that is the Society for Neuroscience meeting kicks off here in Washington today. They expect about 30000 neuroscientists to attend - probably using about that many calories each running from poster

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Red, White and Blue [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist

tags: Swan Valley, nature, image of the day. Farm in Swan Valley, Idaho. 2007. Image: James Neeley, Grand Teton Imaging [larger view]. Read the comments on this post…

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Significant new decision on coal-burning power plants [Effect Measure]

You probably never heard of the EPA Appeals Board, but they have just handed down a ruling that will affect scores of power plants using coal. Affect them how? Not clear at the moment:. Read the rest of this post.

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

The Giant's Shoulders! [A Blog Around The Clock]

The Giant’s Shoulders #5 - The Magic (Blog) Circle! - is now up on PodBlack Cat blog! Enjoy the best recent blogging on the History of Science. Read the comments on this post…

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Conservatives: Republican Party Not Conservative Enough [Greg

From Amanda Carpenter … conservative leaders convened for a meeting of the minds to plot a way to reinvigorate the Republican brand … Bozell saw the 2008 election as a decision between a “moderate” and a “far-left” candidate.

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Unhappy people watch TV, happy people read/socialize, says study

A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as happy spend more time reading and socializing. The study appears in the December issue of the journal “Social Indicators Research.”Additionally, data from time use surveys, suggest that TV viewing might increase significantly as the economy worsens in the next few months and years.

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008