http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/ Evolution, Life Sciences, Science Education, Human Evolution, and Stuff en Copyright 2009 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:39:08 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.261 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss GregLadensBloghttp://feedburner.google.com <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/59bTLh-KgFg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/59bTLh-KgFg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Hat Tip: Ana</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/california_condors.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/SlkGRi1tv4I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/SlkGRi1tv4I/california_condors.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/california_condors.php Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:39:08 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/california_condors.php <p>Fellow Sbling Chad Orzel's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416572287?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwgregladenc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1416572287">How to Teach Physics to Your Dog</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwgregladenc-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1416572287" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, just might be out in time for you to give it to your dog for Christmas!</p> <p>I don't know what the book is about, but then again, neither does your dog, really. Anyway, check it out, <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2009/11/how_to_teach_physics_to_your_d_5.php">there is a picture of it here. </a></p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/dogs_physics.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/w1Ocrvw7dXw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/w1Ocrvw7dXw/dogs_physics.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/dogs_physics.php Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:05:44 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/dogs_physics.php <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DEoOdcYKbc&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8DEoOdcYKbc&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/tiny_tim_on_global_warming.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/HF5JwGZk-4s" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/HF5JwGZk-4s/tiny_tim_on_global_warming.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/tiny_tim_on_global_warming.php Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:51:40 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/tiny_tim_on_global_warming.php <p>This week is <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/how_to_cook_a_turkey.php">Thanksgiving</a> in the United States. This means that over the coming weekend many Americans will be putting up Christmas decorations in and outside their houses. Many children will be putting finishing touches on their letters to Santa. The shopping malls will start to fill and while economists examine and measure the retail sales bump for signs that the world will not end, we, as a nation, will come together to incrementally crank up the material contents stored in our homes and the corresponding mass of our public landfills. </p> <p>But what do Atheists do on Christmas? </p> <p>We declare <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/12/our_war_on_christmas.php">war</a><br /> !!!! <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/atheism/religion/war_on_christmas/"> War,</a> I say!!!!</p> <p>OH, and some of us put up Christmas and/or Hanukkah and/or Kwanza decorations, we go to the malls or on line and get presents for family and loved ones, engage in Secret Santa negotiations and some of us (and by "us" I mean "them" in this case) sing Christmas Carols.</p> <p>And there is another pleasure we atheists get from Christmas. From our perspective of understanding that Christmas is a cultural event as much as, if not more than, a religious holiday, we enjoy, and even get giddy about, the reaction of people who are nervous about their own religion and who disdain us atheists to our very existence. The ten commandments displayed at the courthouse is an abomination. The city funded Christmas creche in the town square is inappropriate and obnoxious. The Christmas tree in front of the state house? Meh... </p> <p>But what about Richard Dawkins singing christmas carols???? </p> <p>I wrote the following a couple of years ago, but most of you have not seen it. It applies nicely this time of year ... </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/let_the_war_on_christmas_being.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/let_the_war_on_christmas_being.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/jHP4dEQE8Fo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/jHP4dEQE8Fo/let_the_war_on_christmas_being.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/let_the_war_on_christmas_being.php Religion Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:59:20 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/let_the_war_on_christmas_being.php <p>The vote was 60-39 to bring the health care bill to debate. The Republicans failed to stop health care insurance reform on procedural grounds. </p> <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34080216/ns/health-health_care/">details. </a></p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/dems_win_senate_vote.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/KInpJ57HqNA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/KInpJ57HqNA/dems_win_senate_vote.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/dems_win_senate_vote.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:36:44 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/dems_win_senate_vote.php <p>Julia ended up with a minor concussion today.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/2012_an_actual_review.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/2012_an_actual_review.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/NectNy_JV78" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/NectNy_JV78/2012_an_actual_review.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/2012_an_actual_review.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:51:10 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/2012_an_actual_review.php <p>Do not do this at home. This is for certified scientists only. Do not put your finger in this. </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/make_your_own_liquid_nitrogen.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/make_your_own_liquid_nitrogen.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/Oqk7McjCezg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/Oqk7McjCezg/make_your_own_liquid_nitrogen.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/make_your_own_liquid_nitrogen.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:35:57 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/make_your_own_liquid_nitrogen.php <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/the_science_in_the_movie_2012.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/the_science_in_the_movie_2012.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/X1eoC0h7BUU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/X1eoC0h7BUU/the_science_in_the_movie_2012.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/the_science_in_the_movie_2012.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:21:10 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/the_science_in_the_movie_2012.php <p>Cats:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JynBEX_kg8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JynBEX_kg8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Dogs:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LhRDwCJMfmA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LhRDwCJMfmA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Bonus Video:</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/who_are_better_conversationali.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/who_are_better_conversationali.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/SLb84XVYH40" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/SLb84XVYH40/who_are_better_conversationali.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/who_are_better_conversationali.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:44:16 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/who_are_better_conversationali.php <p>Cat:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QSpxzE_PA8M&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QSpxzE_PA8M&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Chipmunk:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a1Y73sPHKxw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a1Y73sPHKxw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Yeah, I know, that's probably not a chipmunk. <br /> </p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/which_is_more_intense_cats_or.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/2EXaAf-6GoM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/2EXaAf-6GoM/which_is_more_intense_cats_or.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/which_is_more_intense_cats_or.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:12:31 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/which_is_more_intense_cats_or.php <p>The Anthropocentric Global Warming Denialist Community is collectively creaming in its collective jeans over the release of zillions of emails that definitively prove that the whole global warming conspiracy thing was made up. Real Climate has the story:</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/global_warming_alarmist_conspi.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/global_warming_alarmist_conspi.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/YkB6FnlGzhs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/YkB6FnlGzhs/global_warming_alarmist_conspi.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/global_warming_alarmist_conspi.php Global Warming Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:23:33 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/global_warming_alarmist_conspi.php <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/am-Qdx6vky0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/am-Qdx6vky0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/top_ten_internet_videos_countd.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/AlGA0LDhS24" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/AlGA0LDhS24/top_ten_internet_videos_countd.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/top_ten_internet_videos_countd.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:59 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/top_ten_internet_videos_countd.php <p>I have a few non-authoritative comments regarding recent and current medical developments. This concerns the flu (esp. the H1N1 Swine Pandemic Flu), and the two recent changes in screening recommendations, for breast and cervical cancer and related issues.</p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/medical_matters_h1n1_science_i.php">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/medical_matters_h1n1_science_i.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/nKODwOxq6xs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/nKODwOxq6xs/medical_matters_h1n1_science_i.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/medical_matters_h1n1_science_i.php H1N1 Novel Swine Flu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:51 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/medical_matters_h1n1_science_i.php <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKoB0MHVBvM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hKoB0MHVBvM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/top_ten_internet_videos_countd_6.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/RR88WccKUaM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/RR88WccKUaM/top_ten_internet_videos_countd_6.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/top_ten_internet_videos_countd_6.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:57 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/top_ten_internet_videos_countd_6.php <p>Artificial Intelligence as a term implies that there is a "natural" intelligence we wish to replicate in the lab and then engineer in any one of several practical contexts. There is nothing in the term that implies that "intelligence" be human, but the implication is clear that such a thing as "intelligence" exists and that we have some clue as to what it is. </p> <p>But it might not, and we don't.</p> <p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/collectiveimagination/2009/11/and_now_we_turn_to_the_topic_o.php">Read the rest here... </a></p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/artificial_intelligence_on_col.php#commentsArea">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/tkaxG_E5igs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/tkaxG_E5igs/artificial_intelligence_on_col.php http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/artificial_intelligence_on_col.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:28 -0500 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/11/artificial_intelligence_on_col.php