November 2011
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Goodbye fb, i’m always happier w/o you.
There is Grandeur in This View of Life: Liberty and Science →
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jfs1:
I have lost a few subscribers for my previous post on this topic, but I do not care. I know I am in the Science blogs category, but I feel I must discuss this issue. I would not have a clear conscience, as someone who sees himself as a friend and defender of liberty, if I do not talk about this…
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my dad just gave me health advice…that’s weird.
Dash Berlin - Better Half of Me (Chris Schweizer Remix)
Dash Berlin
Dash Berlin - Better Half of Me (Chris Schweizer Remix)
“Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.”
—Carl Sagan (via scinerds)
That moment when you realise no matter how many times you give the same friend advice, they still go fuck it up and do some dumb shit anyway.
“I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.”
—Frida Kahlo (via shlay)
Bionic contact lens will display data, like tweets, directly to your eyes
Researchers at University of Washington have made a discovery in testing with rabbits of a new type of contact lens that will be able to project and display data directly onto the contact lens which of course will sit on your eye like any other contact lens. Data can be fed to the lens where “floating” images and information can be seen by the eye.
written and submitted my last lab report of the semesterrrrrrrrrrrrr!! man that feels good. :DDDD
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“I lean to you, numb as a fossil.
Tell me I’m here.” —Sylvia Plath (via 81396)
Tell me I’m here.” —Sylvia Plath (via 81396)
An episode of the BBC's Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate change has been scrapped by Discovery in the U.S., where around half of people do not believe in climate change. →
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In the U.S., Frozen Planet is being aired by Discovery. They were involved in the joint-production of the series. Yet they are still refusing to accommodate Frozen Planet in its entirety.
You’re a joke, Discovery. Science isn’t up to utilitarian referendum. The climate deniers of the United States will never come around unless they’re able to be educated and we’re quickly reaching the point of no return. This is the censorship of facts to coddle the misinformed, only reinforcing that everything is going to be okay in their minds when climate scientists are starting to panic. Unbelievable.
DiscoveryNews, I know you follow me and listen, so listen … I’ll temper my response a bit from hers.
It’s important to note that this comes from the Daily Mail. But even after my “Daily Mail Rule”, wherein I multiply the sensationalism by a factor of 0.5, there’s a significant remainder and I am still left scratching my head on this decision.
Discovery regularly plays programs starring lesser known Britons than Attenborough (like Brian Cox) and less-intelligent Britons than Attenborough (like Bear Grylls). Not to mention that as a network whose influence on scientifically-sound and entertaining programming in the U.S. is second to none, you have both a responsibility and an opportunity to lead here.
Scientific fact is not subject to the rule of opinion, but unfortunately programming decisions are. I respect that. But you know what else is subject to public opinion? Your integrity.
At a time when science communication needs leadership to help deliver sober reality to the tightly knotted brains of denialists and those not paying attention, you’re missing out on the chance to make a difference. I won’t use the word “censorship”, but I will use the word “cowardice”.
And if you have the balls to play reruns of Deadliest Shark-Lobster SwordCatchers or MegaStorm Topeka: The Tornado That Could Take Us To Oz in place of this show … so help you.
My Next Episode: Bone Marrow Stem Cells Reverse Sickle Cell Disease →
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A revolutionary new procedure for stem cell transplant is reversing the effects of severe adult sickle cell disease. For years, adults suffering from sickle cell anemia have relied on consistent blood transfusions and drug treatments to combat the disorder. Bone marrow transplants can reverse…
My friends been diagnosed with sickle cell :(
Let the research begin!
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“People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.”
—Mother Teresa (via absea)
“Patriotism is a lie, and its potential for evil is continually stoked by governments in order to justify a never-ending cycle of war. Until we reject the unspiritual notion that any country is better than any other, and until we inspire a generation of people who will refuse to murder under orders from violent institutions (e.g. the state and the church), we will continue to kill each other without recognizing that we are all murderers in the eyes of the Gods of every religion.”
—John D. Rich, Jr. (‘patriotism is slavery’)
