06/29/2008
'Deformed wing virus' cause of bee mystery?
Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus.read more...
~ published: 06/29 at 21:32 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Federation of American Scientists Release Video Game 'Immune Attack'
Longtime proponents of using video games as sources of learning, theFederation of American Scientists put its money where its mouth is.read more...
~ published: 06/29 at 19:00 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Review of ONLY A THEORY: EVOLUTION AND THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA'S SOUL
See my latest published book review. Only a Theory is written by the scientist/author whose testimony was most critical in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case in which community members challenged a school board's decision to include Intelligent Design in the sc...
~ published: 06/29 at 18:56 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Homosexual behavior due to genetics and environmental factors
Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of twins.read more...
~ published: 06/29 at 16:32 ~ source: Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Higher education and human capital II
I thought I'd also link to some interesting data from a paper by UT Austin economist Daniel Hamermesh, discussed here on the NYTimes Freakonomics blog. Their survey covered UT Austin alumni between the ages of 23 and 43, revealing enormous variations in a...
~ published: 06/29 at 14:15 ~ source: Information Processing ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Deutschland über alles, except for Spain
Congratulations to rafa and all of Spain for their gold from Euro 2008! I can't write anything wise about the game so let me focus on the anthems. ;-)The Spanish anthem, The Royal March, was adopted in 1770. The author is unknown and no lyrics is used the...
~ published: 06/29 at 13:50 ~ source: The Reference Frame ~ permalink ~ points: 0
New pre-Neandertal from Serbia
Reuters is reporting on a Middle Pleistocene find from Serbia: The fragment of a lower jaw, complete with three teeth, was discovered in a small cave in the Sicevo gorge in south Serbia."It is a pre-Neanderthal jaw that we believe is between 130,000 ...
~ published: 06/29 at 11:13 ~ source: John Hawks Anthropology Weblog ~ permalink ~ points: 0
Recreating ancient sounds
Note to self: If the skull-shaped death whistle has lain silent for seven or more centuries don't create an exact replica and blow into it....
~ published: 06/29 at 11:07 ~ source: John Hawks Anthropology Weblog ~ permalink ~ points: 0
New pre-Neandertal from Serbia
Reuters is reporting on a Middle Pleistocene find from Serbia: The fragment of a lower jaw, complete with three teeth, was discovered in a small cave in the Sicevo gorge in south Serbia."It is a pre-Neanderthal jaw that we believe is between 130,000 ...
~ published: 06/29 at 01:00 ~ source: John Hawks Anthropology Weblog ~ permalink ~ points: 0