Tax payers here and elsewhere are being gipped by publishers who claim copyrights to the scientific literature. As an example, this article in Cell was supported by several grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01 AG034504, R01 AG030146, P30 AG10161, R01 AG17917, R01 AG15819, K08 AG034290,[...]
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SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Pope and abortion
Pope Francis Calls Abortion ‘Horrific’ In ‘State Of The World’ Address Someone needs to get Francis together with an expert in his bible. As far as know the Roman bible makes no reference to abortion or to anything their deity said on the subject. Francis also needs to [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Jimmy Carter Announces Near Wipe Out of a Disease
Guinea Worm Disease[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Why Science is Biblical
“We’re in for a thrill,” Based on a UCSF news release If religions are based on stories of miracles, this account of a symposium recognizing the winners of the 2014 Breakthrough Prizes is biblical. Chancellor of UCSF, Susan Desmond-Hellman, MD, MPH, started the meeting o[...]
URGENT: Seattle Public Schools Face A Critical Decision on a New K-5 Math Curriculum
from CliffMass Weatherblog: Seattle residents have until January 8th to provide input on a better math curriculum by emailing or faxing a form found here. We don’t want another generation of Seattle Public School students receiving a crippling math education. It would be a tragedy if[...]
CHINA: “Jade Rabbit” has landed
China’s first moon rover, Yutu, or Jade Rabbit, separated from the lander early on Sunday, several hours after the Chang’e-3 probe soft-landed on the lunar surface. Read the take on FauxNews![...]
December 11th, 2013 - 1:29 am § in Science, The Ave Scene
Climate Change: Precipitation
The Atmospheric Sciences Friday colloquium yesterday was delivered as a Ph.D. defense by Angeline Prendergast, titled “The Atmospheric Energy Constraint on Precipitation Change”. I’ve never interacted with her directly, but at some remove perceive her as active and bright. Sh[...]
November 13th, 2013 - 3:06 am § in Science
Philippino Man Curses Climate Denialists
Climate denial is today’s blasphemy … once states banned blasphemy out of fear of God’s wrath … the wrath of science is MUCH worse.[...]