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Now Olivia Judson is campaigning for "Other Life Forms"

BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 weeks ago: Image via Wikipedia She is suggesting a Wild Celebration for the Year (2010) of Bio-diversity. In he … more →

Tags: about books, Blogging, Living, Writings, Add new tag, Anomalies and Alternative Science, ants and other insects, bio-diversity, olivia judson

Photos during repair of the ISS during the latest spacewalk

BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 weeks ago: Some photos take on a special sense because of the perspective of the photo. Here’s a great ex … more →

Tags: Computer Stuff, Travel, Photos/Images, Space Shuttle, NASA, International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis

Then there's Olivia Judson reminding us about a deadly aspect of evolution by natural selection1 comment

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Olivia Judson on the influence of science and biology on modern life. TAGS: ‘ORIGIN OF SPECIES … more →

Tags: about books, about death, Better Health, Writings, Charles Darwin, Evolve-by-date, olivia judson, origin of the species, theory of evolution

Origin of the Species published 150 years ago, 1859/11/24

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: On the Origin of Species was published on the 24th of November 1859. This means we are actually cele … more →

Tags: Writings, thinking about religion, about books, Culture, History, natural selection, origin of the species, theory of evolution

Right wing nuts in the US will hate him even more

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Image by StevenM_61 via Flickr November 23, 2009 White House Pushes Science and Math Education By KE … more →

Tags: Blogging, thinking about politics, Culture, Business, obama, presidential initiatives, teaching science and maths, Right Wing Nuts

The image of scientists celebrating the LHC restart got my attention

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: BBC.co.uk offered a photo gallery today marking the re-start of the LHC big bang machine. I skitched … more →

Tags: Blogging, Computer Stuff, Travel, Photos/Images, Large-Hadron-Collider, cern, Cosmology, switzerland, Big science project

Yesterday it was images of fowl, but today

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: it’s a still skitched from a NASA video of our Galaxy: Here’s a link to the video! … more →

Tags: Computer Stuff, Photos/Images, Images and Movies, NASA, Space

Olivia Judson is a pearl with her insights and essays about science

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Image by Getty Images via Daylife She really nails it in my mind in this week’s essay and here … more →

Tags: Blogging, Writings, thinking about religion, Choices, Culture, einstein, olivia judson, scientific view, CV

Since we are moving to Dalian next Feb, I take more than a passing interest in China Weather

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Here’s a recent clip from China Digital Times: The part about “artificially induced … more →

Tags: Blogging, Choices, China, Photos/Images, female form et al, China Digital Times, weather makers, China weather

More Muslims are deciding that the discovery of Ardi disproves Darwin's basic theory

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Image by Colin Purrington via Flickr Here is an excerpt from boston.com: If you learned about Ardi o … more →

Tags: thinking about religion, Choices, about books, Culture, religion/religiosity, Evolution, Darwin, theory of evolution, Al Jazeera

New NASA Space rocket

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago:   Clipped and copied from NY Times Science Tuesday! By KENNETH CHANG KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. … more →

Tags: Choices, Computer Stuff, Travel, NASA, Ares I-X rocket, Space Flights

How can one ignore new evidence that Einstein was right, for now!

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Image by morgantj via Flickr From this morning’s ubiquitous Science reporteur, Dennis Overbye: … more →

Tags: History, Science, einstein, Dennis Overbye, Theory of Relativity

"A Language of Smiles" by Olivia Judson1 comment

BobG in Vancouver wrote 1 month ago: Image via Wikipedia This lady has a way of turning my crank with her thoroughly bibliographed articl … more →

Tags: Blogging, Living, Choices, Culture, Better Health, Photos/Images, languages, New York Times, olivia judson

More public insanity

BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: Image by jesuscm via Flickr How else to characterize wide spread public opinion favourable to Creati … more →

Tags: Blogging, thinking about religion, thinking about politics, Choices, about books, Evolution, Western World, Creationism, Egypt

The natural kind of wide, wide web and not www.

BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: Oh how they weave on and on the better to catch their supper! Here’s how this arachnophid is d … more →

Tags: Blogging, Living, Photos/Images, Environment, madagascar, Africa, Golden Silk Orb-weaver, nephila, spider

With the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth Edge published this great image of Sunrise over Beagle Channel

BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: This narrow slice of seawater is in the middle of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and on the eas … more →

Tags: Blogging, about books, Photos/Images, Charles Darwin, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South America, Darwin in Chile, Chile

Pope says societies must have GOD!

BobG in Vancouver wrote 2 months ago: While the Dalai Lama was pursuing “peace” in Vancouver, Pope Benedict was advising Czech … more →

Tags: Blogging, Living, Culture, History, religion/religiosity, Dalai Lama, Religion and Spirituality, vatican city, Jesus

A few weeks ago I posted here about the aborting of India's Moon shot

BobG in Vancouver wrote 3 months ago: Image via Wikipedia But according to this report the mission was 95% successful even if it was abort … more →

Tags: The News, India, Space, List of space agencies

What will these Creationistas think of next?

BobG in Vancouver wrote 3 months ago: Image via Wikipedia But never fear reasonable folk! As long as Pharyngula (read PZ Myers) lives the … more →

Tags: Blogging, Writings, thinking about religion, Choices, about books, Culture, creationists, Darwin, Creationism


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