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[Some posts pre-2008 also listed by topic at the end.]

Something is happening here, Mr. Jones      January 10, 2012

First you read about Nome, Alaska. It’s had such tough weather, a Russian tanker and a US Coast Guard icebreaker are painstakingly trying to deliver [...]

The only thing worse than running out of oil      December 22, 2011

Is not running out of oil. This headline today is not good news: Does shale oil boom mean U.S. energy independence is near? Neither is [...]

The obesity epidemic      October 24, 2011

People discuss obesity as an epidemic, but the solution somehow remains individual action. That doesn’t work for real epidemics. You can’t, for instance, not catch [...]

Cure for viruses. This is HUGE.      August 10, 2011

I just saw this, and I’m so excited I can barely contain myself. This is like being there at the discovery of penicillin. MIT researchers [...]

Toxicity and GM Food      January 13, 2010

Genetically modified food was declared too safe to label years ago. Greenpeace has been fighting to have Monsanto’s original data released. Their RoundUp resistant crops [...]

The color of night      November 1, 2009

Really. That would be the general color of the night sky if the universe wasn’t expanding. You’ve probably never wondered why the night sky is [...]

Be afraid. Be very afraid.      October 10, 2009

History shows that . . . [CO2] Levels similar to those now commonly regarded as adequate to tackle climate change were associated with sea levels [...]

It’s Bilby Day!      September 12, 2009

Few things are more worth celebrating than bilbies, and the second Sunday in September is their day. It’s now nearly 7 AM on Sunday in [...]

Mt. Wilson and the fire      September 9, 2009

The last couple of weeks, the world in all of Greater Los Angeles has looked like this: I’m 70 miles further west. The skyscrapers would [...]

The underweight brain      August 27, 2009

Okay, I give up. Dealing with the media’s breathless messes when reporting on science feels like an endless game of whack-a-mole, and I’d decided life [...]

Biology, Caster Semenya, Athletics, and Ignorance      August 25, 2009

With the continuing flap over Caster Semenya, it may be interesting to get some background on the biology involved. A recent article I saw mentions [...]

We all have one-track minds      August 24, 2009

As a person who can only do one thing at a time (if that), all I have to say is: HA! BBC | Multitaskers bad [...]

This is how the world ends      August 18, 2009

Not with a financial collapse. Not with death by insurance company. Those are all just human disasters. We hear them loud and clear, but they [...]

I told you so: negawatts work      August 3, 2009

Not only have I told you so, repeatedly, but so did everybody else who’s capable of coming up with four when adding two plus two, [...]

Time-wasting Nerd Fun      May 18, 2009

I haven’t got much done these last few days. I’ve been too busy watching the Nasa TV live feed from the Hubble servicing mission. Click [...]

Condemned to Repeat?      May 11, 2009

Ecological disaster bad enough to destroy people has happened before. The only difference was the limited technology of the times, and therefore the limited scope [...]

Science-related, at least to me    (pre-2008 list)