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Science!

We have a president who believes in science! And he will appoint people who believe in science!
Just wanted to point that out.

If You’re Against Evolution, Take Your Kids Out Of School

Because you’re simply teaching your kids to make life tough for teachers and disrupt the learning of others. God. (via)

First Chinese Spacewalk

Congratulations to China for doing what Russia and the USA did 43 years ago. I mean, great for them, but come on.

Russian Alexei Leonov makes the first spacewalk (March 18, 1965)

Ed White makes the first American spacewalk (June 3, 1965)
(via)

If Only…

Obama Campaign Reveals Science Advisors
Obama announced his science platform earlier this month in response to questions posed by ScienceDebate2008, a nonpartisan political education group. In response to a Wired Science follow-up, the campaign identified five people who helped draft Obama’s statement: Harold Varmus, a Nobel laureate and former head of the National Institutes of Health; [...]

Obama + Space Policy =

Crazy delicious
Two well-known space pioneers on Sunday endorsed Senator Barack Obama’s space program, which calls for lengthening the life of the Space Shuttle so that the U.S. is not without its own ride to the International Space Station.
Former Ohio Senator John Glenn and current U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, both former astronauts, said flying [...]

“Center For Immigration Studies”: Immigrant Farts Cause Global Warming

So, not only is the “Center for Immigration Studies” a racist white power group, they’re also refreshingly stupid.

Water On Mars Redux

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It’s time for us to break the bonds of earth again.
The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday.
By melting icy soil in one of its lab [...]

So, Maybe Our Solar System Is Filled With Water

We are not alone.
NASA scientists said Wednesday they had found liquid on Saturn’s moon Titan, only the second body in the solar system after Earth to have fluid on its surface.
The groundbreaking discovery was made after analysis of instruments on the US-European Cassini probe, the spacecraft that has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 following a [...]

Football “Intelligence” By Position

Very interesting survey that sort of confirms the low regard I have for guys like Terrell Owens and Randy Moss. (via)

Sounding “Black”

As a black man who doesn’t sound traditionally “black” when I speak, this was interesting, though in some respects I would venture to guess that disparities in wages are the difference between sounding educated and uneducated versus racial intonations.

Florida Anti-Evolution Education Bills Dead

For a while, at least, some of the kids in Florida have a shot at a non-stupid science education.

A Puppet Pwns Ben Stein And His Stupid Intelligent Design Movie “Expelled”

I posted this in links yesterday, but I’m putting it here because I thought it was funny and worth more notice. I really hate these intelligent design (creationism) people and the way they continue to try and pervert science and education. Expelled and Ben Stein are even worse because they try to link Nazism and [...]

When I Moved From Florida It Got Dumber, Now It Is Even Worse

The legislature down there in America’s appendage passed a bill that calls for the theory of evolution (caution: may contain science-like material) to be downgraded to just contradictory noise in order to allow creationism based “intelligent design” into the classroom.
This reminds me of why I dislike Florida so.

“Expelled” Is A Fraud

Not only is the anti-evolution film intellectually shallow, the film is also guilty of intellectual property theft.

Ben Sten’s “Expelled” Is Denier’s Paradise

There are actual stupid people who take the rantings of the evolution deniers seriously. This is a movie for them.
In the new science-bashing movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Ben Stein and the rest of the filmmakers sincerely and seriously argue that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution paved the way for the Holocaust. By “seriously,” I [...]

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