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.
Mythical Creaturs Stamps to be released by Royal Mail this summer
Nature's Artificial Divide: The best hope for science journalism is a marriage of new and old media
There is now a Brian Bat Foundation. I suppose it is to raise money to send more bats into orbit.
NPR: Obama Backers Return To…
You've heard about the dismal report of the state of birds in the US. Here is a detailed account of the USFW et al report.
And here are a few different items regarding migratory birds and what you can do about them.
Citizen Science Is for the Birds
Open Data: Help Migratory Bird Observations Fly…
I interrupt this seemingly endless stream of YouTube Videos to announce that Tomorrow (Sunday) Morning, PalMD, of Scienceblogs.com, (White Coat Underground) will be interviewed on Atheist Talk Radio.
The interview will be conducted by Stephanie Zvan, and the director of the show is Mike Haubrich…
This exact thing happened to me the other day.
Signs (without Mel Gibson) - watch more funny videos
I wonder if it is best to just stay away from University campuses.
From Dump Bachmann:
In the beginning of this video Bachmann says she is a "former federal tax litigation attorney". Bachmann was introduced on a Fox talking heads show recently as a "federal tax attorney".
Actually, if I recall correctly, Bachmann's J.D. is from Oral Roberts (since de-accredited…
The space shuttle Discovery launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday with a stowaway -a bat hanging on the outside of the external fuel tank! NASA had hoped the little guy would fly away before launch, but he held on, even after the engines roared, and held on at least as far as observers could…
Assuming that the electrons are not, themselves, part of an elaborate computer simulation taking place somewhere, somewhen.
The Free Will Theorem can be read here.
Why is Linux the coolest erector set in the world, that you should be willing to pay for? In part because Linux lacks the kind of freaky design oddities that arise when the makers of the software must go to meetings with a marketing department and a bunch of liability conscious lawyers,…
President Obama has apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics for his late-night talk show quip equating his bowling skills to those of athletes with disabilities.
..."He expressed his disappointment and he apologized in a way that was very moving. He expressed that he did not intend to…
.... could be Survivor Pharyngula. If you have not seen it you must check it out. '
If you miss it, don't worry, the're going to start showing it on the TV Guide channel.
Julia and I looked into this and we have concurred, and this Jury of Two is prepared to pass judgment.
This is the original Dora the Explorer:
And here (below the fold) is the new Dora:
The original Dora had a backpack and a monkey, she had boot-like explorer shoes, sensible clothing, what…
This is why we love Genie Scott:
The NCSE now has a channel on You Tube, and at this time you can see most, probably all, of Genie's testimony in Texas. It is very instructive.
GENIE SCOTT IS A MACHINE!!!
Here you'll find reports from the evolution/creationism wars -- footage of contentious…
First, check this out, then I've got a story of my own:
"Last week, LAPTOP reported that Office Depot employees were routinely lying to customers about notebook inventory, telling them that systems were out of stock if they didn't want to buy extended warranties or tech services. Now LAPTOP has…
Stephanie Zvan of Quiche Moraine Dot Com has just posted an item on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) ... the bill that affects how workers can form unions, which is so controversial in a very partisan way at the moment.
CLICK HERE
Here it is:
Obama did very well, got repeated cheers for his policy related statements, told interesting stories about life in the White House (and Life in the Bubble).
He did make one goof that the conservative blogosphere is getting all juicy about. He made the link between his bowling…
Here is the imagery, and below is some info for you Saturn moon watchers.
On Feb. 24, 2009, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet. The pictures were taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, developed and built by NASA's…
