Greg Laden is a biological anthropologist and science communicator. His research has covered North American prehistoric and historic archaeology and African archaeology and human ecology. He is an OpenSource and OpenAccess advocate. Greg's wife, Amanda, is a High School biology teacher, his daughter Julia is a world traveler and his son Huxley is 2.
Do Individual Females Differ Intrinsically in Their Propensity to Engage in Extra-Pair Copulations?
A repost
Now, this is truly important applied science, in PLoS.
While many studies have investigated the occurrence of extra-pair paternity in wild populations of birds, we still know surprisingly…
My blogging brother Mike Dunford steps in to save poor old Apple Corporation from me and a few others who consider building corporate ads into an operating system to be evil.
He's wrong, I'm right, but if you must go read his post and decide for yourself.
Heather Rosa:
Five days a week I'm a news junkie. On weekends I take a complete break. Come Monday morning, I'm again ready for the news, catching up on whatever happened over the weekend. The first thing that slapped me in the face Monday morning, even before the every-five-minute repeat of the…
... well, that would sure make things a lot easier...
Sean Hannity's ... feigns dismay at the idea that Christians don't have any signs up in the NYC Subway system.
I am trying to imagine the outrage, because it isn't happening. There are pro-Christian signs all over the NYC subway system. It…
I first watched The Corporation
when it was first shown around, at the Minneapolis Film Fest, with the producers and the director. The Corporation
could be termed a forensic personality profile of the American Corporation, but I viewed it as an insightful ethnography of the most important tribe…
Move Over Windows 7!
Canonical on Thursday made available the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7.
The upcoming Canonical release, which is code-named Karmic Koala, is the latest version of the…
A number of items for you to read, starting with this at Effect Measure, a take down of a recent Atlantic anti-vax article: Journalists sink in The Atlantic article on vaccines
Excellent news for OpenSource: White House uses Open Source technology for its web site.
I've been waiting for them to…
H1N1 Vaccination Hysteria Part 1: Is the Swine Flu Vaccine Safe?
and
H1N1 Vaccination Hysteria Part 2: Should I get the shot?
At Urban Science Adventures.
Earlier today a pending non-provisional utility patent application assigned to Apple Computer published. This application, US Patent Application 20090265214, is titled Advertisement in Operating System, and covers exactly what the title implies; namely an operating system that is capable of…
Chicago Coalition of Reason Erects Offensive Billboard!!!11!!
99 Stunning Photographs
Earth and Jupiter in the Same Photograph!!!
Ubuntu SE Edition (SE = Satanic Edition)
Among a certain class of people, the term "Rumsfeldian" is used to describe a style of leadership that prizes bureaucratic turf-protecting, dissent-quashing through barely concealed intimidation, an inflated sense of self-importance, and the inability to incorporate possible long-term consequences…
President Barack Obama signed an order last night declaring that the swine flu is a national emergency. This allows the implementation of emergency plans. So, what is an emergency plan?
For one thing, it is now possible to skip over parts of the federal regulatory process that slow things down.…
What will they say? How will Isis maintain her anonymity on a thing where you display your head??? Will PalMD be so gaga in the presence of the Goddess that he babbles inarticulately?
If these questions interest you, just watch:
Very nice discussion.
Today is Genie Scott's birthday. Genie is loved by all in the community of biological scientists because of her central role, as director of the National Center for Science Education, in fighting the good fight against irrational efforts to teach creationism in our public schools and elsewhere.…
This remedy makes you silly and giggly. It makes you get "high" and you tell silly stories. It also makes you really thirsty and causes some food yearnings. It also causes erotic talk and behavior.
Here's how you make it:
1) Get a really really strong telescope.
2) Point the telescope at…
One day, about six thousand years ago (or more like 15 thousand ? the timing of this is disputed) a volcano in the vicinity of Mwea, Uganda blasted a huge volume of stuff into the air, covering the surrounding landscape and choking off most of the life forms living in a nearby lake. (A very nearby…
Keith Schon of Cataphora discusses how computers can track behavior, and find out all your dirty little secrets.
What are the limits on what your company is allowed to find out about you, and how are they doing it? How do we figure out, after the fact, whether "Yeah, go do that" means "Yes, grab me…
