the Daily Mail
Pope Benedict XVI has sacked his chief astronomer after a series of public clashes over the theory of evolution.He has removed Father George Coyne from his position as director of the Vatican Observatory after the American Jesuit priest repeatedly contradicted the Holy See’s endorsement of “intelligent design” theory, which essentially backs the “Adam […]
The Futurist analyzes various metrics and makes predictions
I would be interested in counter arguements to this position, based on data.
Journal Gazette
Scientists have for the first time grown colonies of human embryonic stem cells using a technique that does not require destruction of embryos, an advance that could significantly reshape ethical and political debates about the research.The work, described in today’s issue of the journal Nature, shows that even a single cell plucked from an […]
Popular Mechanics
The Tesla’s transmission has two speeds but for our drive, the car was purposely locked in Second. Step on the gas, whoops, I mean the accelerator, and it scoots away nearly silently in a rush of instant torque. First gear would essentially double that torque, but unless we were racing a Vette or a […]
BBC NEWS
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, has said his country is ready to start “serious talks” with six world powers on Wednesday.Iran has submitted a written response to the demand by the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany to suspend uranium enrichment.
It has until the end of August to suspend enrichment in […]
The wealth of generations - Capitalism and the belief in the future
(via Skeptical Optimist)
BBC NEWS
US astronomers say they have found the first direct evidence for the mysterious stuff called dark matter.Dark matter - which does not emit or reflect enough light to be “seen” - is thought to make up 25% of the Universe.
By contrast, the ordinary matter we can see is believed to make up no more […]
Sorry for the sudden ending of posting over the last two weeks. I was on vacation and though I had intended to blog, albeit lightly, that simply didn’t happen. As a matter of fact, I barely followed the news.
Still, ignorance in no reason to keep from opining about subjects, if it was most of the […]
The Times interview with Ehud Olmert
The war started not only by killing eight Israeli soldiers and abducting two but by shooting Katyusha and other rockets on the northern cities of Israel on that same morning. Indiscriminately.Now we know that for years Hezbollah - assisted by Iran - built an infrastructure of a very significant volume […]
This Detroit News editorial is pretty similar to what I have been saying about the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. One part toward the end is interesting to think about though:
Every additional day Israel is given to degrade Hezbollah’s military capacity gives the eventual peacekeeping effort a greater chance of working and increases enthusiasm for the task.
While I […]
