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Strange Musings: February 2005
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Monday, February 14, 2005. 7:13 PM —. But Jesus was a good person.". That's such a strange and narrow-minded mindset to me. And yet, it's what they teach in Virginia public schools. Wednesday, February 09, 2005. 3:11 PM —. My guess: 12 noon. Monday, February 07, 2005. 9:02 PM —. When people don't understand something, they can ask the strangest questions. And when those questions come out of the blue about something that seems totally obvious to you, it totally throws you for a loop. 3:29 PM —. A natural...
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Modern Science: July 2009
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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Professional Ethics in Astronomy. Reposted in its entirety from an AAS email. The AAS has drafted a statement on professional ethics on June 7, 2009 (see below). AAS members are asked to login to the AAS Forum at. Http:/ forums.aas.org/. And provide comments. The comments will appear online after a moderator has approved them. AAS Statement on Professional Ethics:. It is also incumbent on senior members of our society to inform more junior members of these ...
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Modern Science: July 2011
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Discoveries and controversies in science today. FY 2012 Congressional budget axes the James Webb Space Telescope. Bad Astronomy (Phil Plait)'s post on the subject. House Committee on Appropriations post on the subject. Write your own letter to Congress. Site via the National Education Association, but you'll be writing your own content and can opt out of sending a copy to the NEA or getting on their email lists). Model letter on the subject. Thank you for your time reading this letter. Once again, I ...
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Modern Science: Mt. Wilson Observatory threatned by fire
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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Mt Wilson Observatory threatned by fire. The Mount Wilson Observatory is home to the 100-inch (2.5m) Hooker telescope, one of the most historical telescopes in the era of modern astronomy. Following on the heels of the Harvard College Observatory Computers'. As of this writing (8:57 PDT / 11:57 EDT) the fires have not yet reached the observatory ( though they are visible from the observatory webcam. Mike Brown). If the observatory does. After the fact that ...
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Strange Musings: November 2004
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Monday, November 08, 2004. 8:25 PM —. Interesting names and what they're for. Write a comment if you have more fun ones. Band name (c/o Tortoise). Red Sox Candle flavor (c/o J Sue). Saturday, November 06, 2004. 1:16 PM —. Http:/ www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/06/texas.accident.ap/index.html. WARNING: This blog often contains disturbing stories of science and math as used in every day life. If you are easily disturbed or a Luddite, surf on elsewhere. New England, United States. View my complete profile.
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Strange Musings: Killing Birds
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Friday, October 14, 2005. 7:09 AM —. The large number of birds that has to be killed in Europe and Asia to prevent the spread of the avian flu saddens me. In Thailand I think they tried vaccinating the birds, but not everywhere has the money and/or desire to do so. It probably also isn't a failsafe way of preventing the spread. If you want to be sad about dead birdies too, scroll through the pictures in this CNN article. Comments: Post a Comment. If you are easily disturbed or a Luddite, surf on elsewhere.
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Modern Science: January 2012
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Discoveries and controversies in science today. Applying to Grad School. I haven't posted here in quite some time. I've been spending more time on my LJ and Twitter accounts (try this same username both places), and works' been pretty draining for the past year. But I wanted to post that I'm applying to return to graduate school for my PhD in either physics or astronomy, with research focusing on physics education research (PER) or astronomy education research (AER), respectively. Links to this post.
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Modern Science: May 2009
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Discoveries and controversies in science today. North Korea's nuclear bomb test. I'm not a big fan of politics, but part of the story about North Korea's second nuclear bomb test. North Korea announced its underground nuclear test a little more than an hour after the U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.7 seismic disturbance at the site of North Korea's first nuclear test. - CNN. And sure enough, here's the earthquake data from the USGS. Links to this post. Strike Two for California. Corbett mad...
