1. View the 2010 Finalists 38 minutes ago permalinkConfessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Seth Shostak, with a foreword by Frank Drake. National Geographic Society, 2008.
2. Happy Carl Sagan Day! 58 minutes ago permalinkToday is Carl Sagan Day — I think that means you are officially expected to be filled with awe of the cosmos all day long, while also being thoroughly skeptical of the supernatural. Hang on…I think that means I celebrate Carl Sagan Day every day. If I want to do something different, maybe I should make an apple pie from scratch. ...
3. Hitmen For Destiny 47 minutes ago permalink4. What does not kill the group, makes it stronger! 57 minutes ago permalinkI recently finished reading The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures , a new book by Nicholas Wade , a science writer for The New York Times . Before giving it the "full treatment" I thought it behooved me to revisit some of the scientific literature which Wade relies upon to give form to him to his argument. One of the ... 5. South African wildlife - Wait, that's not a trunk... 1 hour ago permalinkThis is a bull elephant firmly establishing why it is he, and not the lion, who is king of beasts. The elephant's penis is not only massive but prehensile. As we watched in baffled amusement (and the faintest tinge of inadequacy), he used his penis to prop himself up (as in the photo), swat flies from his side and scratch himself on his stomach. ... 6. Bob The Squirrel 1 hour ago permalink7. Edible Dirt 1 hour ago permalink8. Photo of the Day #756: American avocets 1 hour ago permalinkAmerican avocets ( Recurvirostra americana ), photographed at Antelope Island, Utah. Read the comments on this post... 9. Barbara Ehrenreich on the swine flu supply problem 2 hours ago permalinkI first read Barbara Ehrenreich in 1971 when she wrote The American Health Empire: Power, Profits, and Politics with her (then) husband John Ehrenreich (Health PAC, 1971). She was by then a PhD in cell biology (Rockefeller University) and anti-war activist. We traveled in the same circles and I knew her slightly at the time. Her next book, ... 10. Quote of the day combined with shameless self-promotion: oscar wilde & hfa 2 hours ago permalink
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"society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals" oscar's exquisite taste is obvious: he's wearing hfa's psychological disorder shirt , while posing in front of hfa's schizofont click here for more of his quotes 11. An Open Letter... 3 hours ago permalink...to the guy next to me in seminar yesterday morning. Dear Dr. Hot-Shot, I realize that you thought you were being discrete by turning your phone to vibrate while you texted at a break neck pace during seminar, but when your phone buzzes louder than my vibrator, it is not at all discrete. Then again, if I could text as quickly as you I probably ... 12. Mauro perucchetti: apopalyptic 4 hours ago permalink
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click here for the artist's website (hat tip this is crap ) 13. Fallows on the Fort Hood shootings: "Don't mean nothing." 4 hours ago permalinkJames Fallows gets the shootings right, as he does so much else: In the saturation coverage right after the events, the "expert" talking heads are compelled to offer theories about the causes and consequences. In the following days and weeks, newspapers and magazine will have their theories too. Looking back, we can see that all such efforts are ... 14. Venezia #10 4 hours ago permalinkMy apologies for the lack of both updates and new material, but I've been rather preoccupied over the last few weeks. As many of you know, Libby is back in the UK to give birth to our latest daughter, while I'm still out in Bulgaria with the kids. And while it would be an exaggeration to say that I've been worried to the point of not being able ... 15. What Was Lost 5 hours ago permalinkI just finished What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn and I loved every page. I was so sad at the end, though, and have been thinking about it ever since. 16. Last Night in Twisted River 5 hours ago permalinkCan we sponsor a career day for literary novelists? Not to force them to abandon their IBM Selectrics or bound notebooks and become executive assistants, drill sergeants, or firemen. Rather, it’s to suggest other occupations that their characters might pursue. 17. Libraries: The cheaper, greener alternative to book stores 5 hours ago permalinkAccording to the Green Press Initiative, it takes around 30 million trees to produce all the books in the U.S. And that’s leaving out all the magazines and newspapers that cycle through the average American home.
18. Clock Quotes 5 hours ago permalinkKeep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember. - Anne Sullivan Read the comments on this post... 19. Conflicthistory.com 5 hours ago permalinkBrowse the timeline of war and conflict across the globe. Integrates with Freebase and Google Maps Flash. Date Updated: 2009-11-07 Developer: thimon Tags: conflict , history , mapping , reference , timeline , war APIs: Freebase , Google Maps Flash 20. Budget Bellhop 5 hours ago permalinkService for locationbudget hotels and motels in North America. 30,000 properties listed. Budget Bellhop searches discount hotel sites to locate hotel discounts and cheap rates. Date Updated: 2009-11-07 Tags: budget , hotels , mapping , travel APIs: Google Maps |
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