Dirty GreekA blog and website on the green movement and politics from the mind of a twenty-something geek and grad student...Depressing Ocean Map Highlights Damage- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "A group of scientists has drawn a map that leaves the land blank and highlights what humans have done to the world's oceans. The team was led by Ben Halpern of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in Santa Barbara, Calif. Halpern says the goal is to focus more attention on a part of the world that seems out of sight and out of mind. It's not a pretty sight. Full story at NPR. The one bit of good news:"The team that drew the new map of the oceans is now working on more...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2108 A Fantastic P.Z. Myers Article- (Found June 24, 2008 ) From the most recent Seed Magazine, which you should be subscribed to:"One element common to both human and fugu is a DNA sequence called LINE, short for Long Interspersed Element. LINE, itself a gene about 6,000 base pairs long, codes for an enzyme called a reverse transcriptase. The key here is that it recognizes its own RNA sequence, and repeatedly inserts copies of itself into our genome. LINEs seem to be relics of the "copying machinery" of old viral infections wherein a virus would embed..http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2128 DirtyGreek.Org Del.icio.us Links- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Here are my most recent del.icio.us links: Duck-Billed Platypus Genome Sequence Published A PROCRASTINATORS GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE (OR IN DEFENSE OF DELAYING THE INEVITABLE) Empirical research would suggest that almost 90% of people are chronic procrastinators, with acute exacerbations occurring most frequently in student populations1. Given the incidence of this condition in the general population, it appears possible The Science Creative Quarterly ORDER OF THE SCIENCE SCOUTS OF EXEMPLARY...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2127 DirtyGreek.Org Del.icio.us Links- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Here are my most recent del.icio.us links:Pharyngula: Temporal perspective Time, and the existance of man, from the perspective of a sentient rock. Wifi Signal Strainer (WokFi) Long Distance - Instructables - DIY, How To, tech LaFonera Hardware - Including 2nd Antenna BBC NEWS ScienceNature Ancient serpent shows its leg a snake with two legs. Scientists have only a handful of specimens that illustrate the evolutionary narrative that goes from ancient lizard to limbless modern...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2122 Expelled Exposed- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Pharyngula: We need to get the NCSE's counter-site to the hideous little propaganda film, Expelled, to rank higher in the search engines. The way to do this is for lots and lots of you to link to the Expelled Exposed site with the word Expelled. It's not hard: just copy this code into a blog post. <a href="http:expelledexposed.com"><i>Expelled<i><a> Whenever you write about the movie, use that link. Do it a bunch of times, if you want. It's more effective if many...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2121 Age Of The Machines- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Tags: dirtygreekhttp://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2118 DirtyGreek.Org Del.icio.us Links- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Here are my most recent del.icio.us links:An 'Astounding Time' for Planetary Discoveries - washingtonpost.com The recent discovery of methane in the atmosphere of exoplanet HD 189733b was the kind of breakthrough that the astrobiology institute and many others are looking for -- even though the methane almost certainly has chemical origins, as on Jupiter and Satu PERRspectives Blog: CBS News Calls Secular America Immoral Fix Up Your Sad, Pathetic Cubicle How To new scientist - flagellum...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2117 Cattle Mistreatment Leads To Beef Recall- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Before you do anything else, watch this video."Bo Reagan, vice president of research for the Colorado-based National Cattleman's Beef Association, said the videotaped incident was not indicative of how most slaughterhouses operate. "The welfare of our animals -- that's the heart and soul of our operations," Reagan said. U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines mandate that an inspector must review sick or injured animals, called "downer" cattle, before they can be slaughtered, and that...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2110 Bush and FISA B.S.- (Found June 24, 2008 ) "President Bush warned Friday the United States is in "more danger of attack" because Congress failed to extend legislation on domestic wiretapping laws allowing the government without a warrant to listen in on phone calls and intercept e-mails by foreign terrorist suspects that are transmitted through this country.Story here. This whole thing is hilarious, because it's exactly what Daniel Ellsberg was talking about when I saw him speak at Wake Forest University. Bush says we're in "more...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2109 DirtyGreek.Org Del.icio.us Links- (Found June 24, 2008 ) Here are my most recent del.icio.us links:Stephen Colbert - I Am America And So Can You - Audiobook Mars Mars - Taken at Slooh.com Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443) - Photo Taken At Slooh.com Clementine's Fruit and Nut Granola Recipe - Fruits - MyRecipes.com BBC Radio 4 - Comedy - Dirk Gently 's Holistic Detective Agency - Home Page Wednesday 03 October at 18:30 on Radio 4 Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently comes to Radio 4 Wednesdays at 6.30pm, from 3rd October 2007 Effect...http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2081 |