New year brings new attacks on evolution in schools

Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:59 AM EST (msnbc.com)

The new year is bringing new controversy over teaching evolution in public schools, with two bills in New Hampshire seeking to require teachers to teach the theory more as philosophy than science. Meanwhile, an Indiana state senator has introduced a bill that would allow schoo …

science, huh, i-hate-tags, creationism-versus-evolution-debate

Absence of Mind by Marilynne Robinson |

Seeded on Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:41 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Absence of Mind by Marilynne Robinson Karen Armstrong hails a profound and timely argument against the positivist world view At the same time as the western scientific revolution empowered human beings, opened new worlds and broadened their horizons, it progressively puncture …

critique, positivism, i-hate-tags, critique-of-positivism

A dead end on the God debate | Mark Vernon | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Seeded on Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:34 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

A dead end on the God debate The New Humanist debate at the RSA said much about the mistakes of New Atheism but offered little direction for the future.

religion, new-atheism, i-hate-tags, dead-end, god-debate

| U.S. keeping Iraq at arm's length

Seeded on Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:23 AM EST (The Seattle Times)

WASHINGTON — As Iraq erupted in recent days, Vice President Joseph Biden was in constant phone contact with the leaders of the country's dueling sects.

iraq, middle-east, persian-gulf, sunni-arab, world-news, discord, i-hate-tags, security-cooperation

Narcissists Need No Reality Check - Science News

Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:55 AM EST (Science News)

Narcissists make spectacles of their supposedly awesome selves, but they don’t see the world entirely through rose-colored glasses.These sultans of self-regard accurately appraise their own personalities and reputations, say psychologist Erika Carlson of Washington Univer …

science

'Gorilla Man' Goes Unheard - Science News

Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:45 AM EST (Science News)

SEATTLE — Good listeners inadvertently turn a deaf ear to unexpected sounds.

science

Man gets 30 years for sexual torture

Seeded on Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:39 AM EST (The Houston Chronicle)

Gregory Longoria Jr.

bdsm, i-hate-tags

Steampunk: Twisting history, crafting community | Home - Home

Seeded on Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:27 PM EST ()

CNN) - For devotees of Steampunk, the most appealing aspect of the community is that there's no set of rules dictating the right way to participate. But this fact also poses its own thorny line of questioning for outsiders: Just what is Steampunk? Glimpses of this aesthetic …

steampunk

We don't wear masks. But we are lost in our own fogs.

Seeded on Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:42 PM EST ()

This is a old thread of mine posted in another place. Thought it might be interesting to get other's take on it.

lost, not-news, perception, fog, limitations

Steampunk Haunted House

Seeded on Sat Nov 5, 2011 5:20 PM EDT (Source Site)

I found this at one point. Thought you might enjoy. A Steampunk Haunted House in NYC for Halloweens. It'll hopefully be back next year.

entertainment, lewis-carrolls, jaded-viewer, innovative-haunted-housequot

Armstrong to NASA: You're Embarrassing : Discovery News

Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:52 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

THE GIST

armstrong, nasa, science, opinion, embarressing

Restaurant sues over 'Carcass Removal' listing | abc13.com

Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:38 AM EDT (ABC Local Affiliates)

HELENA, MT -- A Montana restaurant listed in the phone book under "Animal Carcass Removal" became the butt of a Jay Leno joke earlier this year, but it's no laughing matter to the owner now suing the publishing company over the business he's lost.

snort Unicorn Acopolypse

Seeded on Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:01 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

In closing, the unicorn apocalypse is adorably terrifying!

odd-news, cute, apocolypse, unicorn, terrorifying, horrendously-cute, cutely-destructive

Bid to rename Homo sapiens called unwise - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com

Seeded on Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:57 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

For about 250 years, our species has been known as Homo sapiens, a scientific name in Latin that means "wise man." Given the havoc humans are wreaking on natural systems, putting ourselves and so many other living things in peril, we don't deserve this name, contends Julian Cribb …

science, silly, reclassification, global-warming-alarmism

An Atheist's Conversation with "God".

Seeded on Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:40 AM EDT ()

Interesting little fictional story I've come accross it's no doubt been posted before. But I was hoping to see what conversation *read conversation, not bickering match as to whether a god exists or not* it stirs up. Talking to God...

religion, no-one, possibility-one, distinct-possibility, educated-duke, as-sherlock-holmes

Did Ben Franklin bring invasive tallow tree to Texas?

Seeded on Sun Aug 7, 2011 8:48 PM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

Interesting that the trees introduced to China faired better than ones that never left.

science, invasive-species, genetics, mutation, adaptation, founding-father-ben-franklin

Solar cells need no sun, just heat to give energy - Technology & science - Future of Technology - msnbc.com

Seeded on Tue Aug 2, 2011 2:56 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Now this looks very promising. Could be worked into any steam turbine based electrical generation system for double the returns I think.

science

The biggest threat to Western values: Neoliberalis - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Seeded on Tue Aug 2, 2011 7:31 AM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

Interesting viewpoint. hEh. Figured I'd throw this out there. Should be fun considering this is supposedly a "liberalist" website.

world, western, world-news, neoliberalism, senior-lecturer

The fiscal isolationism of the United States - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Seeded on Tue Aug 2, 2011 7:26 AM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

I thought this was a rather interesting opinion piece. And scary. Throwing it out there for thought.

usa, us-news, fiscal, isolationism, al-jazeeras

Christopher Krebs' A Most Dangerous Book: How did Tacitus' Germania give Germans such bad ideas? - By Adam Kirsch - Slate Magazine

Seeded on Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:21 PM EDT (Slate)

Can all this be laid at Tacitus's doorstep? Was the book itself "dangerous," or were its readers simply using it to reinforce beliefs and prejudices that came from elsewhere? Krebs, writing with the full horror of recent German history in mind, delivers a harsh verdict.

history, nazi, roman-empire, heinrich-himmler, lost-ark, most-dangerous-book, germania-from

Religious groups part of suit against Alabama immigration law | Believe It or Not | a Chron.com blog

Seeded on Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:27 AM EDT (The Houston Chronicle)

This has got to be one of the flimsier excuses to not do anything to do something about the illegal immigrant problem. People should be allowed to get away with breaking the law because it might hurt the churches?!?!?! Bullcrud.

religion

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