Who else is going to this?: Gov 2.0 Summit 2010
via gov2summit.com
Sep 2 / 6:57pm
Just a quick reminder of the foaming insanity of the ridiculously named "tea party"
Carbon Dioxide in our atmosphere should be left to God and not government!
via phenotypical.com
Sep 2 / 9:22am
I wish the world were run by people who think like this.
Mathematics, Biology and Metabiology
- If Darwin's theory of evolution is as fundamental, basic and general as most biologists think, then it must be possible to extract some basic mathematical ideas from it.
...- Hierarchical structure of living organisms = software levels of abstraction.
...- Each base in DNA = two bits of software.
...- Human = 3 × 109 bases = 6 × 109 bits of software.
...- I propose calling this new field metabiology: I hope that it will eventually develop into a field parallel to biology, dealing with the random evolution of artificial software (computer programs) rather than natural software (DNA), and simple enough that it is possible to prove rigorous theorems or formulate heuristic arguments at the same high level of precision that is common in theoretical physics.
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Sep 2 / 4:48am
How bad are the next few years going to suck? | Grist
By 2016 my son will be a teenager and atmospheric CO2 will be flirting with 400 ppm.
via grist.org
IOW, you probably don't need to worry about investing in a 529 plan.
Sep 1 / 7:39pm
Sep 1 / 7:21pm
Watch this and I will buy you a beer.
via 350.org
It's happening folks.
The Earth is getting hotter and like the man says, maybe we can adapt to one or two degrees, but four or five or more is going to put us out of business.
Next time you meet a climate-change-denier, please send him my way.
Sep 1 / 12:01pm
Huge Map of Modern Science
Pretty cool "subway map" of major thinkers in most of the bigger scientific disciplines.
Sep 1 / 10:09am
Tea Party Candidate Survey: What is your position on the following 15 statements?
#2: The regulation of Carbon Dioxide in our atmosphere should be left to God and not government and I oppose all measures of Cap and Trade as well as the teaching of global warming theory in our schools.
via guardian.co.uk
Sep 1 / 8:03am
Sep 1 / 7:49am
Arctic oil and gas drilling ready to explode - New Scientist
DRILLING for oil kicked off in Greenland's Arctic waters last week - just weeks after the Deepwater Horizon leak was finally plugged - angering environmental groups. Cairn Energy, based in Edinburgh, UK, is the first company to explore Greenland's waters for oil. It won't be the last.
Interest in the Arctic - which holds 13 per cent of the world's remaining oil and 30 per cent of its gas - is booming, driven by the rising price of oil and a shortage of other places for multinational companies to drill.
via newscientist.com
This is absolute madness.
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