Equinox: The Sun from Solstice to Solstice image by: Tunç Tezel (TWAN) via Astronomy Picture of The Day The picture is a composite of hourly images taken of the Sun above Bursa, Turkey on key days from solstice to equinox… Read More ›
Science
Bother, missed the planetary conjunction
Image Source: Planets over Perth (John Goldsmith), from Astronomy Picture of the Day. Venus, Mercury then Mars are hanging above the Moon over the Swan River in Perth on September 1st. According to APOD, it’s still possible to see the… Read More ›
The “saintly” nurse stereotype
A new biography of Florence Nightingale is reported as portraying her as “not so saintly”, on the grounds that she didn’t do much sitting by bedsides proffering personal care, rather she excelled as an administrator. Apparently revolutionising the care of… Read More ›
“The Knowledge” and navigating brains
London taxi’s [sic] originally uploaded by walking with a ghost From Auntie Beeb: Scientists have uncovered evidence for an inbuilt “sat-nav” system in the brains of London taxi drivers. They used magnetic scanners to explore the brain activity of taxi… Read More ›
Procrastination aid: A punt on the Cam
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mathematical Bridge, originally uploaded by bridgink. Radio National had a delicious program last week: This week… Read More ›
Quick Hit: Hadron Collider
Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed The World Yet? [via strangedave. And do check the source code.]
Graeme Reeves has been charged
It’s been a long time coming, but Strike Force Tarella has now accumulated enough evidence to arrest and charge ex-obstetrician and gynaecologist Graeme Reeves, dubbed the “Butcher of Bega”, on a number of violent offences against women. There were many more complaints, and the police continue to compile evidence.
Major science award for climate change pioneer
I’m astonished that there hasn’t been bloggy outrage from the Bolt-Marohasy camp as yet: Top science award goes to climate researcher Wallace Broecker Wallace S. Broecker, a geochemist whose seminal studies made him one of the earliest voices to warn… Read More ›
Web to Schlaflyites for Palin: no, you no can haz memory hole
Deleting that Palin post won’t make those questionnaire answers go away, Eagle Forum Alaska. Welcome to the world of googlecache and screensave. Palin is ignorant of basic historical facts on at least one question that she does understand (#11), and… Read More ›
Linkage in lieu of a post
Lucy Tartan’s latest Reading Log is giving me ideas for my bedside book pile. Antivax: new evidence shows (again) no link to autism from Bad Astronomy by Phil Plait Best explanation for the non-existence of global warming ever from Pharyngula… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 