Apr
21
NASA has a composite picture of the earth at night.
Note the concentrations of light! I wonder how far out the lights would be visible to the naked eye.
Can you find your favorite country or city? Surprisingly, city lights make this task quite possible. Human-made lights highlight particularly developed or populated areas of the Earth’s surface, [...]
Feb
12
The United States has, until now, been a (if not "the") world leader in scientific research and the development of technologies. This has been the backbone of public policies that navigate reality, and it has brought us our highish standard of living and our economy of relative priviledge. But I think we’re on the [...]
Aug
14
The Flying Spaghetti Monster made it into the Wikipedia, nice!
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the deity of a religion, known as Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, started on the Internet by Bobby Henderson as a parody of the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to allow intelligent design to be taught in science classes [...]
Aug
08
Understanding Evolution
This is a very good introduction to evolution, intended to help teachers navigate through the current minefield.
“Do you believe in evolution?” is a question often asked of biology teachers by their puzzled students. The answer is, “No, I accept the fact that the Earth is very old and life has changed [...]
Aug
02
In a roundtable interview with reporters from five Texas newspapers President Bush said yesterday that he believes schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life.
No problem. Just don’t ask science teachers to teach it. Teach it in religion classes, not alongside evolutionary theories in biology class. The principle [...]
Jul
28
Not in Our Name is trying to launch an initiative for November 2, 2005 called “The World Can’t Wait - Drive out the Bush Regime.” They envision mass outpourings of popular protest on the anniversary of the “re-election.” Politics as usual isn’t going to work, and dependence on semi-magical “leaders” in the Democratic party or [...]
May
20
Join the virtual march! Left or right - it’s about the future.