I am so very mortified. I just received the e-mail invitation from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the ASCE’s 139th Annual Civil Engineering Conference. And who do they proudly boast is the guest speaker for the Closing General Session Breakfast? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Yes, it’s Mister Ben “Expelled” Stein himself. Mr. Ben “science [...]
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You said who???
Posted in current events, science, society, tagged engineering, events, media, science, society on 4 June, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Happy Earth Day
Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged ecology, events, habitat, landscape, media, photography, physics on 22 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We live on a beautiful, fragile yet amazingly resilient world, which we celebrate on April 22. It’s the third planet from our star, the sun, formed over four and half billion years ago from accreting stellar matter, along with the rest of our system. Life developed rapidly on the new planet, taking merely half a [...]
Google Earth: Wilkins ice shelf collapse
Posted in current events, science, technology, tagged climate, environment, google earth, landscape, maps, media, science, software, tools on 17 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The various stages of collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in the Antarctica has been in the news over the past couple of weeks. Now you can watch an animation of the process in Google Earth, as assembled by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). After downloading the file and opening it with [...]
Geotourism map: California North Coast
Posted in current events, local, society, technology, tagged california, google earth, history, humboldt, landscape, local, maps, media, native peoples, software, tools on 6 April, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, the Crescent City Daily Triplicate introduced us to an exciting mapping project: the North Coast California Geotourism project, covering the Del Norte to Marin areas, including Lake County. Working with the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations, the North Coast Tourism Council and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are [...]
White Zombie: the electric car that leaves Corvettes in the dust
Posted in environment, technology, tagged electric car, energy, media, technology, transportation on 27 March, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I read an article yesterday on John Waylon, a.k.a. Plasma Boy, a tinkerer who fitted 1972 Datsun body with not one but two electric engines — forklift engines — powered by battery packs. His team takes the car racing on public tracks and with its instant acceleration, the car does wonders on the quarter-mile drag [...]
Cosmos
Posted in books, science, society, technology, tagged astronomy, books, evolution, excellence, humboldt, media, physics, science, tv on 23 March, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. – Carl Sagan, Cosmos A few days ago, the free online video service Hulu made Carl Sagan’s 1980 science series Cosmos available among their releases (also available through Google Video). This is the most recent release, containing Sagan’s 1990 updates as well [...]
Twitter annoys me
Posted in technology, tagged media, networking, rants, tools on 22 January, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve talked about online presence and social networking tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and their applications, used in a professional context. Another networking tool that is growing exponentially these days is Twitter. This application is what is called a micro-blogging service, where users can post messages of up to 140 characters. Posts can be sent [...]
CNN shutting down Science unit
Posted in current events, environment, science, technology, tagged environment, media, news, science on 5 December, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CNN is shutting down its science, space, environment and technology unit. CNN spokesperson Christa Robinson tells TVNewser the unit is being shuttered as the network integrates science, environment and technology reporting into the general editorial structure. “Now that the bulk of our environmental coverage is offered through the Planet in Peril franchise, which is part [...]
Eve’s Daughters, Al Gore’s Crusade
Posted in books, tagged evolution, media, politics, science on 29 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finished The Seven Daughters of Eve, which I was discussing in my previous post. The last third is largely taken up by the fictitious accounts of the seven foremothers of most Europeans. The point is not so much to try to guess who they actually were (you can’t) but to illustrate both the state [...]
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