- Sean at Cosmic Variance on dark matter - if nothing else, check out that motivational poster. Sweet.
- On a more depressing note, Jennifer at The Infinite Sphere looks at water wars in the South: "So what is more important, continuing to encourage sprawl in Atlanta? The fishery industry in Florida? Alabama's economic needs? Endangered aquatic life? How does conservation and innovation fit into this equation? With politics involved, I suspect there will be no easy answer to this very serious problem."
- On to cheerier science: Pamela at Star Stryder on backyard astrophysics, microlensing, and collaborative work. Interesting personalities abound.
- Stephen at Quintessence of Dust looks at the (human-guided) evolution of corn from its wild ancestor, teosinte, a Mexican grass that looks nothing like its domesticated descendant .
- Mo at Neurophilosophy looks at Dr Alzheimer's first case (yes, that Dr Alzheimer). Fascinating if a bit depressing.
Language Liberalism Freethought Birds Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds. Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time. The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church. If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Monday Science Links
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