January 2011
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“If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say,...”
– Sarah Palin, voicing her support for oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, most of which is currently off-limits to oil and gas development. (via officialssay)
Apparently someone doesn’t understand a thing about how ecosystems work and how important they are.
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Climate vs. Weather
climate, n.
The characteristic weather conditions of a country or region; the prevalent pattern of weather in a region throughout the year, in respect of variation of temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, etc., esp. as these affect human, animal, or plant life.
weather, n.
The condition of the atmosphere (at a given place and time) with respect to heat or cold, quantity of sunshine,...
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Climate Change Denial on the Rise? →
evilteabagger:
The number of climate change sceptics has almost doubled in four years, official research showed yesterday.
A quarter of Britons are unconvinced that the world is warming following successive freezing winters and a series of scandals over the credibility of climate science.
Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram...
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Ancient Body Clock Discovered
gray-grey:
The mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life from human cells to algae has been identified by scientists.
Not only does the research provide important insight into health-related problems linked to individuals with disrupted clocks — such as pilots and shift workers — it also indicates that the 24-hour circadian clock found in human cells is...
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The Cautious 60%
getsnartanerica:
An article in the latest issue of Science calls attention to some alarming numbers. Of U.S. high school biology teachers, 28% are enthusiastic and well-informed about teaching evolution, 13% explicitly endorse Creationism or Intelligent Design, and the other 60%… don’t seem to have an opinion either way.
Feeling under-prepared to teach the subject matter, and fearing parental...
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science, n.
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəns/
Etymology: French science = Provençal sciensa, Spanish ciencia, Portuguese sciencia, Italian scienza, Latin scientia knowledge, scient-em, present participle of scīre to know.
Definition: 1.The state or fact of knowing; knowledge or cognizance of something specified or implied; also, with wider reference, knowledge (more or less extensive) as a personal attribute.
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What should I post about? →
The First Post
Hello!
My name is Jeff, and I’m currently an undergraduate chemistry major at a liberal arts college. After I graduate, I hope to go to graduate school to get my Ph.D. I usually blog here, but I found myself increasingly wanting to tackle science issues on my personal blog. For that reason, I’m excited to launch this blog and write exclusively about science.
Here’s a bit of...