Science Etecetera, Moonday 12.03.2007

December 3rd, 2007

Mountaintops Removed for Blacksburg’s Electricity

Does the Electricity You Use Demolish Mountains? ilovemountains.org will help you find the mountaintops removed to power your home on google earth

Super cool anecdote about the Value of a Harvard Education, what Native Americans thought when their kids received one for free.

Got it added to my wishlist, Amazon has Uranium Ore for sale $22.95.

The battle between cat-lovers and bird-lovers continues, as it is suspected that outdoor and ferral Cats are Responsible for numerous Bird Extinctions, which is why one bird lover took to shooting feral cats. See also Audubon Society Watchlist 2007 of Endangered Birds.

The Texas Science Curriculum Director has resigned amid calls for her dismissal because she ~~doesn’t have her head up her ass~~ displayed Bias Against Intelligent Design.

Political interference in science is nothing new, as this 1977 Cartoon illustrates. True then, true now.

Talk about misleading headlines, Mutant sperm guide clinicians to new diseases, made me think scientists were genetically engineering sperm to track down tumors or something. That woulda been cool.

The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art

Sheryl Crow may have written a good environmental song: