Wired reports that Florida scientists may have found a sea slug that photosynthesises. Unlike other symbiotic critters like lichens, Elysia chlorotica appears to actually manufacture chlorophyll itself, having, the team supposes, incorporated genes from the algae it eats: Some related… Read More ›
Year: 2010
Only one of these has been invited onto Britain’s Got Talent
Darren the Waving Goat Death Metal Rooster As far as I know anyway. Can you guess which one? BTW they declined the offer because it was too far to travel for the animal.
Science! fluffy marsupials in treetops! with Crittercams!
The elusive tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea are revealing more about themselves to scientists thanks to a new videocam technology project.
FeminismTM Fail?
No, not that kind of feminism. Not the theory of women’s equality or the history of suffrage or the First Wave or the Third Wave or 18 million tiny cracks in the glass ceiling.
I’m talking about FeminismTM, as in the largest feminist advocacy organizations in the country raising millions of dollars to fight on behalf of women.
Quotables: Jimmy Carter on Religion and Women
“The belief that women are inferior human beings in the eyes of God,” Mr. Carter continued, “gives excuses to the brutal husband who beats his wife, the soldier who rapes a woman, the employer who has a lower pay scale for women employees, or parents who decide to abort a female embryo.”
Troubles with comments?
At least one person is having trouble commenting when using Firefox – when sie hits the “Submit” button on a current discussion sie is redirected to a post from 2007 instead. I can’t reproduce it using Firefox myself, so am… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – January 11, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Storm’s a-Comin’ – Tim Minchin’s Storm is getting animated (by a Skepchick). Woot! Teachers know decimals… Read More ›
Uluru nonsense
So, in case you haven’t been following along, there has been talk for quite some time about closing the Uluru climb. A whole lot of tourists, despite being educated about the issues the Anangu people have with the climb of… Read More ›
Bless: they’re still confused about weather vs climate
Not one of them seems to realise that the only thing that has ever stopped the UK (and other nations around the North Atlantic) from having the same winters as Moscow (at a similar latitude) is the twin effects of the oceanic Gulf Stream (North Atlantic Conveyor) and the atmospheric Jet Stream over Europe
Feminism to Blame (Again!)
Does Prof Baskerville give us any stats for how many men in the prisons are there for rape, DV or skipping child support compared to other crimes? No, indeed he does not.
Hoyden About Town 