Graduate science degrees at risk

Graduate science degrees are at risk of being degraded as Texas contemplates granting accreditation to the Institute for Creation Research in order that it may offer online master's degrees in science education. Read about it in this week's Nature.

Happy Leap Year!

Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1908

Immigrant McCain?

An article in today's NY Times writes about the constitutionality of McCain's presidential bid. The question arises out of the meaning of "natural-born Citizen" written into Article II of the Constitution. John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone in the '36. Can you consider a child born of American citizens on a foreign military installment a "natural-born Citizen"? Personally, I'd be inclined to say yes, but then again, I'm not a constitutional scholar.

Saving Sinking Ships

THIS is a fantastic story of how a team saved a huge ship from sinking. The narrative is wonderfully written. Enjoy midday story time!

Stealth Ninja Pirate Patrol Zone (with Moose)

Election 2008

A new candidate is being thrown into the mix.

This American hero has helped to keep this country safe from terrorists for twenty years.

In '88 he defused a hostage crisis in LA, in '90 he foiled a terrorist plot at Dulles International Airport, in '95 he saved the New York Federal Reserve from a heist, and in '07 he brought the greatest cyberterrorism conspiracy in history to its knees.

Vote John McClane.

Environmental Impacts

Bottom trawling as seen from space. This is a view of the track marks left by bottom trawling for fish in the Gulf of Mexico. They guy in the article calculated that yearly we disturb a land area in the ocean roughly the size of the lower 48 states. This is another compelling reason to make sure the fish you eat is sustainable (and hopefully these effects are included in the sustainability analysis).

Another strange music cover

Beer and Booze

Apparently they mix well - at least in this case.

And here's another video for you of the Harry Potter theme done on wine glasses.

moo... maybe.

What Were They Thinking: Cownicorn

sobering art?

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php

happiness...

dogs, sushi, difficult breakups, michel gondry, recycling, the sunday new york times, public radio, apple products, the daily show... how can i argue with any of this? okay, well some of it. but this is kind of funny.
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/

Frogs from Hell

Stony Brook University (and University College London) researchers in the news:

"Its diet would most likely have consisted of insects and small vertebrates like lizards, but it's not impossible that Beelzebufo might even have munched on hatchling or juvenile dinosaurs."

Total eclipse of the heart... uh, moon, sorry

Wednesday the 20th (tomorrow) there will be a total eclipse of the moon at 10:26 PM EST at which time the moon will appear red as the Earth's shadow passes over it. Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies!

Scientists and dancing: safe mix for society?

Today's Science magazine has an article entitled Can scientists dance? Apparently this includes a competition on a dance representation of the performer's PhD thesis. And after the dance competition there was music entertainment called Molecular Code - music created only using sounds in a molecular lab.

Check the link out - there are even videos of the dances and music.